Plein Air Acrylic Painting High School Art

We went outside on two days to make these plen air paintings. I wish we had easels. The students painted on canvas boards.

Geometric and Organic Shapes High School Art

I lectured on organic and geometric shapes. I had the students grid out their canvas paper, do organic shapes on one side and geometric on the other. And they cannot repeat the same shape or color for that shape (not everyone did that). In the middle, I gave them free space to do whatever they wanted. I didn't need to say that it must be non-objective. They were already in that frame of mind.

Tint and Shade Acrylic Painting High School Art

Color Wheel Watercolor High School Art

One Point Perspective High School Art

Short Story Illustration #2 High School Art

Short Story Illustration High School Art

I had my Studio Art students write a short story on a theme. Just 1 page single spaced. After they handed them in, I had them start a series of 3 illustrations to illustrate their story. I had them bring in their favorite children's books and we had a day of sharing and then got started on their illustrations. This is illustration #1.

Skull & Gradient High School Art

Zine High School Art

In Studio Art, we spent several weeks creating this zine. Each student did approximately 2 drawings of invented animals with invented names. But there names had to begin with a given letter of the alphabet (I did one drawing as well with the letter E). So we came out with 26 fantastical animals named in alphabetical order. We scanned the drawings and printed them out in an inkjet printer and hand sewed the binding with blue thread. We made enough so every student could get one and there are 6 left over. They were very pleased with the end product as am I. This has probably been the most successful collaborative project over my 4 years of teaching.

non-Objective Abstraction Family Portrait High School Art

Students in Art Theory 1 were assigned to make a family portrait only using line, color, shape, proximity, distance, size, and no recognizable imagery.

Photoshop Tryptich High School Art

Exquisite Corpse High School Art

We were sitting around waiting to scan drawings for the Bestiary Zine we made in Studio Art when the kids spontaneously started doing these Exquisite Corpse drawings. What kids do that? Start their own art project with their free time in class?