Magazine Cover, student ages 8 to12

Elise

Louis

Max

Alex

Everyone has a story to tell. Ours was on a magazine cover. Enjoy.

Done on 9x12 inch Bristol Board with colored pencils.

City Layers, students ages 8 to 12

Alex

Dahlia

Morgan

Max

Meghan

Louis

I really enjoyed the project. The students took city elements and layered them for an abstract effect.

 I encouraged them to pick their own color palette.

 This was done in acrylic on 11x14 canvas board.

Charcoal Toys, Marbles and Tea, students ages 10 to 12

Maya

Louis

Meghan

Morgan

Elise

Dahlia

Alex

These charcoal drawings were done on textured 17 x 22 inch paper. We talked about values and accuracy in what they observe. I am really happy that all the students took on tough subject matter (they could have just done a baseball). It was a pleasure to watch them work. They checked their angles and the relationship of one part to another part of the drawing. They also did a great job at drawing textures, reflections and shadows.

Treasure Maps, students ages 7-12

Louis

Maya

Dahlia

Meghan

Max

Alex

Elise

I was planning to do a Treasure Map Project for a while and finally found the perfect paper. It is handmade, heavy, about 14x18 inches and the right color. So I gave the students some instructions... make a list of things in your fantasy place, do a thumbnail (we always do a thumbnail) design a north, south, west, east directional, border, land, water elements and "x marks the spot"... and I am really happy with their ideas and creativity. I wonder what is in the treasures?

Shells, color and value, student ages 10-12

Elise

Alex

Morgan

Louis

Meghan

Dahlia

This project, done with watercolor washes and ink (10x10 inch illustration board) was to observe, draw and paint the shell colors and then do the values (shadows) in pen and ink dots (like sand).

Liam

Lauren

More Student "action" Work, ages 10-12

Alex

Dahlia

Elise

This was a  project done in oil pastels on paper about 17x22 inches using abstract backgrounds to help show action.

Nice job by all the students!

Student "action" work, ages 10 to 12

Louis

Meghan

Maya

Morgan

This project, done in oil pastels, was to show action using inspiration from magazine pictures and abstact backgrounds. I will post the rest next week. We used a variety of paper sizes, from 15x22 to 18x20 inches.

student work ages 10-12

These are more examples of our oil pastel project done on 18x24 inch paper. We were learning about texture and shading. Elise, Maya, Dahlia, Morgan

student work ages 10-12

Acrylic 11x14 inch. Magazine picture cut out and picture painted around it. Elise and Maya

18x24 inch oil pastel showing texture and shading. Louis, Morgan and Meghan.

New beginnings

I wanted to give the students an option of having their work online to have a place for friends and family to visit.

It is optional and I am just posting this so that you can see what/where their work will go. This is a painting I did awhile ago and it is to give you and idea of the size and placement. No last names will be used.

Remember to bring in the signed permission slip if you would like to have your student pariticipate.

thank you!

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