• Artist and Educator •
KEHINDE WILEY INSPIRED SELF-PORTRAITS
Drawing and Painting and Advanced Art
(Drawing and Painting)
Students grades 10-12 created an acrylic self-portrait inspired by contemporary artist Kehinde Wiley. Students utilized color mixing and color grids, acrylic techniques, and grid drawings to improve accuracy. Students reviewed PowerPoint presentations on Kehinde Wiley and shared their work in a group critique and discussion.
(Advanced Art)
Students grades 12 created an oil portrait inspired by contemporary artist Kehinde Wiley. Students stretched and primed their own canvas. Students utilized color mixing and color grids, acrylic techniques, underpainting, and grid drawings to improve accuracy. Students reviewed PowerPoint presentations on Kehinde Wiley and shared their work in a group critique and discussion.
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Colored Pencil Exploration
Drawing and Painting I
Students grades 10-12 created develop their skills using colored pencils. They utilized layering, blending, and burnishing the pencils by completing a techniques worksheet. Finally, they demonstrated their skills by creating a Color Wheel Mandala and a Major Project Drawing.
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PAINTED PLANTS
Drawing and Painting
(Sketchbook Assignment)
Students grades 10-12 created an acrylic painting of a plant. Students utilized color mixing and acrylic techniques. Students reviewed Youtube videos for inspiration.
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ANTHROPOMORPHIC
CREATURE
Advanced Art and Drawing and Painting
(Sketchbook Assignment)
Students grades 10-12 created an anthropomorphic creature with watercolor and ink. Anthropomorphic meaning with human characteristics. Students utilized principles and elements of art including composition, line, pattern, texture, and value.
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LANDSCAPE LINOCUT PRINTS
Studio Art
Students grades 10-11 created a series of linocut prints of landscapes. Students utilized color theory and printmaking techniques.
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PINCH POTS
Adept Art (Self-Contained Special Education)
Students grades 9-12 created ceramic pinch pots with clay. Students utilized pattern and line to create designs and motifs.
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PRINTMAKING COLLAGE
Adept Art (Self-Contained Special Education)
Students grades 9-12 created printmaking fish collages using linocut techniques and colored pencils. Students utilized color theory to create collaged works.
