Sand painting

Sand painting- Using colored sand and glue on paper, students can make beautiful designs.

Drawing- self-portrait

Graphite on paper. Student learn how there own face. Balance, composition, shading
and other related topics are covered. Mirrors can useful in this project and examining famous artists of the past. 

Painting - Thomas Pope art work

 Acrylic paint - Abstract painting showing a red shape, ground and sky or ocean. The shapes add to the design and becomes a moving or float figure.(above). Acrylic paint - Abstract figure that seem to look cell or smooth shapes that maybe seen in nature. Natural and organic fluid design and soft colors. (below)

Painting and Drawing- Thomas Pope art work

 Color pen used to illustrate a table with cup, cereal box on top.

 Pen and ink on paper used to create a cross hatch drawing of different fish swimming.

 A water color painting of a small pond in the woods. The red shape is a bridge and cabana hut next to a lone tree ( above). Water color paint of a Sunflower (below).

Painting and Drawing- Thomas Pope art work

 Pen and ink drawing of laundry dryer and basket

 Colorful oil crayon drawing of city street, building and tree.

 Pen and ink drawing  in the technique called cross hatching. A new of a city at night and people walking and city lamp as the focus.

 Painting Acrylic paints.  A island with large yellow tents and red hills on the left (above). A island with tents on green beach, geometric sky and red shapes in the sea.(below)

Photography

 This photograph of a view from above the street. This back and white photo has long exposure time and hand colored with special photo paints called Marshal Paints.

 No camera is required to make this is image. Photography paper is and objects are placed on photo paper and exposed to light. Then developed as normal photograph in the dark room.

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 This is color photograph of Mount Hood, located in the state of Oregon.

This high contrast process is a photograph of a group of skiers. The faces were taken away as effect of something mysterious.

Photography

 This photo is from a color slide and is created by a process called Poloroid transfer.

 This color photograph is created at night using a flashlight to paint light color. Requires a long exposure to light or shutter is opened for a minute.

 This is created with a camera that is made by a student. This is an example of pin hole camera. The day light exposure is about 2 minutes in sun light.

 The photograph shows a carnival ride and figure of people sitting in seats as it swoops forward. This is created by longer exposure times with a SLR camera.

 This pin hole camera photo shows a building and artist with friends. The photo paper is hand colored with paints to give the gravel pink and green look.

 This black and white  photograph of print is both a positive and negative photo at the same time. This effect is made in the dark room during printing onto photo paper.

This photograph show a female dancer and soft cloth effect is achieved when textured cloth is placed between the photo paper and enlarger lens as the light comes out of the enlarger to expose photo paper.

Jewelery : friendly plastic broaches

These colorful design broach are small and easy to make. They are attached with clasp behind the broach to attach to shirt or blouse. The wearable broaches are 3 1/2 " to 2 " wide. Photo is little out of focused. Friendly plastic comes in small sheets and heated water is required to activate the melting of the material to pull, cut, twist, turn and shape a wearable item to wear. Kids love this material.

Shadow Dancing

 

 This video shows a female dancer with head dress dancing behind a curtain. A light source shows her silhouette. This could be integrated with a shadow puppets show.  Part of creative experience is trying new ideas and discovering new things in story telling. Student need to be given new creative opportunities to express themselves.

Shadow Dancing

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkX-IqDlhrU

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Box Head Man

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IaAHHewYH4s

Box head man is a 13 minute movie that combines acting,sculpture, animation, jazz, studio special effects, story telling, mask and body puppets. This surreal fun tale is directly influenced by the children book writer Dr. Suess. My friends from Washington and other States all help to make this movie. The person mainly responsible for making this film is Tom Hodgeson now living in Arizona.  A wonderful story of a boy who sets off on a adventure and meets a wonderful and strange creatures. Box head is the story teller.  Life lesson can be learned from this film and communicates to young people directly and indirectly the powers of personal vision and imagination. See credits at end of movie. The Quitters plays for the film score and I have been designated as the 'unofficial producer' for this blue grass band, at one time in the past. I play 'big man little man' and help out in the film in other ways.

Animation: clay and stop motion animation: Band Aid

This animation was  written by students and filmed with 1970's Super-8 movie equipment. Band Aid is about a girl who dances too much, falls apart and is later fixed by a doctor on a toy bus and later she continues to dance.

Animation- clay and stop motion. Plot a girl dances too much and falls apart. She is fixed by a doctor using x-ray machine and pliers. Student writen and produced.

Pencil Drawing: fantasy world, still life, experimental shapes and texture

This pencil drawing of a creature from  Dinosaur  time visit a floating jellyfish floating in the sky.
Life Drawing - a pencil drawing of human foot examines the detail of full part of foot that includes
viens, toenail and more. Drawing techniques  of shading, texture and balance are seen.

Nature Studies - Out door study of trees are wonder to go out side and look at spring time when it arrives. Use of gravity can be used and transfer to drawings as the feeling of weight can be used and taught. Graphite pencil and paper. Observation, balance, texture and other related topics are discussed.

Experimental Drawings - These drawing created quickly are important studies of a subject and bring to mind emotional feelings and expanded horizons of the human experience. Authenticity and unique expressive artistic experiences are good to try and understand for new and experienced art students. These visual ideas can lead to other avenues of expanded paintings and drawings. (above and below)

Drawing: Color pen - mirror design, tesilations

Drawing - A visiting artist from local art museum came to our schools and showed the class how she created silk scarves. Students came up with their own patters for cloth design. Students should have professionals visit and can give them ideas how how make a living  for a career or ideas college after high school.

Drawing - Mirror drawing design. ( above and below)

Drawing: Story telling-female artist, teenage girl is searching for meaning of life. Material- Paper, pen

Drawing: egyptian, still life study, imaginative characters and story telling ( cartoons)

This drawing gives an example of Egyptian hieroglyphics writing in art classroom. Student can integrate the arts into other subject area. A combination of color drawing, writing, research can make projects more interesting and create better presentation.

Drawing studies can include fast or slow still life drawings with regular pencil. Students can learn to let go and gain confidence in their artistic expression through various studio classes.

Sometimes projects have surprising imaginative characters that  show themselves. Children need to have opportunities to be creative and discover their world of creative potential.(above) Combining story boards and writing can be the beginning to creating cartoons. (below)

Ceramic: masks, fastasy city

Ceramics: Mask making can be fun and interesting.

Ceramics: Masks can sometimes represent Native American spirits. The person wearing a mask can tell a story about their finished work of art or research paper can be writing on a specific group of people that wore the mask for ceremonies.(above) Sometimes a fantasy city is created and may even look like the world below the sea.(below)

Ceramic Plate: Story plate and slab plate

Ceramics: A story plate is about real life experiences other have had about something in life. The example story for the green plate ' I was living on a island. I collected shells that were very beautiful and I used to walk around the island from my house. The ocean water was so beautiful and life was special on this island. I want to go back there as it was a special time in my life'. I would encourage children to try to remember places, dreams, families and friends. This way the connection to the arts creates a love of learning and a passion to make special and meaningful projects. (above) A simple slab plate with the right about of glaze color is simple and also special for students. (below)

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Group Sculpture Projects:

Sculpture: This large 9' long by 3 1/2' fantasy animal was created by three students and make with wire, chicken wire, paint, glue and string. This project was influenced by Mexico Oaxacan Wood Carvers. This is a Lizard, cat and head area is rat all in one figure. This hung about 8 feet about students heads through out a school  and filled the  hall ways at Pacific Academy. All above and below were make at PA. One project lasts about 6-8 weeks. Materials- Different wire grade 08 to4, chicken wire, glue, flour, paint, tin snips, pliers, screw driver, smocks, gloves, hammer, vise grip recycled newspaper and brushes. Other projects could be used for theater shows and schools can display projects like these for the community.

Sculpture: Fantasy alien dude from space (left) A zebra, duck nosed guy, (right)

Sculpture: A butterfly, zebra, flying cat with green lizard tail. 7 feet by 4 feet.

This is a study drawing a for fantasy animal sculpture. elephant, camel and snail tail.

This is a study drawing a for fantasy animal sculpture. Bunny rabbit, eagle and mouse.

Giraffe

This is a study drawing a for fantasy animal sculpture. Giraffe, bird and dog / horse. (above) This was published in the monthly news letter and school web site. bunny, lady bug and other animal figure.(below).