Cardboard Sculptures in Art 1

Well hello!
 I meant to post this in June amidst all the craziness of the end of the school year, and here we are in August where I'm getting ready to start it all up again.

I wanted to show examples from my final project in Art 1. We ended the class with a sculpture unit and after most of the year working in two dimensions, this was a challenging and exciting change.

Students created 3 dimensional objects using card board and hot glue. Some decided to paint them, others left them plain. We explored the many ways that cardboard can be used to build up a structure and create texture. I made a sculpture chicken out of cardboard as an example which I took photos of along every step of its creation so they could see me using an armature and building the structure around it by scoring the cardboard, using notches and creating a feathered texture with the inner, corrugated section of the cardboard.

I asked students to create a representational sculpture using cardboard that was viewable from all sides. I was so excited to see how many different ideas and projects they came up with!

Here's my chicken

Sid made this beautiful castle

Alexa went for this cool tree- the texture of the bark was  so effective!

Gabriella made a bouquet of flowers

Isabel made this happy breakfast plate

Noelle's ice skate

After much consideration and lots of cardboard, Molly decided to make a giant meatball!

Valerie's hot dog was pretty amazing!!

Jess made this camera

Steaming mug of tea by Victoria

George's football

Jane went with a pumpkin!

Sweet turtle by Julia

Jacob's ice cream cone

Sophia's elephant

Lucas made this airplane

Isabella went with a jellyfish

Rylan went for something really challenging- she wanted to recreate a photo of her dog wrapped in a blanket- it's so cool!

Elements and Principles of Art Photo Assignment

My photo students recently finishes an assignment where they tried capturing all of the different elements and principles of Art. It was really fun seeing what they came up with. Here are just a few.

Aarushi- Line

Amanda K.- Space/Perspective

Amanda M.- Movement

Annie- Value

Eva- Emphasis

Ian- Emphasis

Ellery- Movement

Siddharth- Color

Olivia- Color

Amanda M.- Proportion

Lilly- Movement

Marlee- Texture

Lindsey- Movement

Solvai- Unity

Peter- Texture

Self-Portrait with a Relative

My Honors Art 4 and AP students worked on one of my favorite projects lately- a diptych that is composed of a self-portrait and a portrait of a relative. The self-portrait's are inspired by the pose, gesture and lighting of the image of the relative that is chosen as inspiration. It is always really fun to see what images people are drawn to recreating. Some people stuck to taking recent photos of their parents and others used older pictures of their family member when they were roughly the same age as the student. Students picked a medium they wanted to explore more.  I love seeing all the stylistic differences.  Enjoy, these are always really fun to look at!

Anna and her Dad 

Mia and her Mom

Clara and her sister

Emma and her mom as a high schooler!

Patrick and his Mom

Lisa and her mom both used Snap Chat filters for their photos!

Marina recreated the dramatic lighting in this portrait of her Grandmother as a young woman

Veja and her mom- twins!!!

Kelsey and her Mom at the same age- also twins! Love the complimentary color choices here

Shae recreated this picture of her Uncle with his dog with her dog!

Work Selected for Youth Art Month Show in Boston

My students are participating in a state wide exhibit at the Transportation center in Boston to celebrate Youth Art Month this month. The show is called "United Through Art"

Students in grades K through 12 from across Massachusetts have been selected to have their artwork displayed at the State Transportation Building in Boston. This exhibit, sponsored by the Massachusetts Art Education Association, is part of Youth Art Month (YAM), a national celebration held each year during March that emphasizes the value of art education for all children, and encourages support for quality art programs in schools. 

Across Massachusetts there are numerous celebrations and exhibits happening in schools, in districts, and regionally.  The Boston exhibit, United Through Art, is the only statewide YAM Exhibit in Massachusetts, and features student work from over ninety communities. 

The show will be on display and open to the public weekdays 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. from February 13 through March 31.

The following students are representing my classes at  Wayland High School in this year’s YAM Exhibit at the State Transportation Building.

The artists with work on display are:

Clare Lippincott (12^th Grade), Marlee Griffin (11^th Grade), Yana Lipnesh (9^th Grade), Gabrielle Smith (11^th Grade), Shaelee

Comettant (11^th Grade), Emilija Iannace (12^th Grade).  Their pieces are below!

I'm proud of their great work!

Clare's self-portrait from Advanced Drawing

Mia's beautiful Conte crayon drawing done for AP Studio Art

Gabi's awesome drawing representing a still life assignment in Advanced  Drawing

Marlee's excellent contour drawing done in Drawing

She's lovely scratchboard Chicken done in Honors Art 4

Yana's great charcoal drawing representing Art 1!