More Expressive Colors and Brushstrokes in Art 2

Hi, my name is Natalie Piacenza. I am from Mr. Maddux's class. This year I have Mr. Davis's Art 2 class and it is the best! My painting is about my first day at Hillcrest High School. I was very nervous and it was raining hard and lightning. To show how nervous I was, I used grays and blues and diagonal lines. I used bright red and yellow to make the school and my bus stand out. I ended up liking it at Hillcrest High, but then I came to Woodmont High in the 11th grade. I like Art class because it is fun. This painting is the best thing I've ever done. I hope people like it. 

Winter Scenes in Art 1: The Sequel

Hey, I'm Emily Jones. I'm in the 9th grade. I am in Mrs. Cauble's Art 1 class. Ever since I was little, I loved watching my uncle Nat Jones draw. I soon became interested in drawing. In this assignment, we had to choose a picture to paint and make three changes to it. I chose a bird in a pile of snow. I changed it from a pile of snow to a rock and made it a night scene instead of day. I love the way this turned out, because as I sketched it it looked awful. As I began to paint, it started to look better. ^.^

Even More Winter Scenes in Art 1

My name is Katie Wilton and I'm in Mr. Davis' Art 1 class. Our assignment was to take a winter photo that he printed out and make a painting with at least three substantial changes. I had a picture of two cows in a field of snow and I added elf ears to my cows (Bob and Joe) and Bob has antlers. Joe has a santa hat. I also changed the trees and added snow in the background. In the original picture, Bob was solid black with only a patch of white on his forehead and made him white with black spots. I think it turned out pretty good but the snow flakes should be neater.

Atmospheric Perspective in Art 1

Hi - my name is Billy Cue. I am in Mr. Davis`s 1st period Art 1 class. Our assignment for this project was to use basically a color scale that we did about a week before we started this. We marked each set of buildings, mountains, or sky a different color. There were 5 sets, with the 1st being the lightest, 2nd being a little bit darker, 3rd being the pure color, 4th being the color + a little bit of black, and 5th being black plus a little bit of color. This took me 3 or 4 days to do. I wanted to make this my best piece of art so far and I'm happy that I succeded in doing so.

More Winter Scenes in Art 1

Hello, my name is Blanca Labrada!!! I am in Mrs. Cauble's 3rd Block Art 1 class. For this assignment, we had to choose a winter picture and draw or paint it. I painted the picture and just added a little of color pencil. And we also had to change 3 substantial things about the photo. I changed the fence, the bushes, and added the trees and the houses in the background. I also added some rocks on the road. I really enjoyed doing this assignment!

Winter Scenes in Art 1

Hello, my name is Anna Dieringer. I am a freshman at Woodmont High. I am in Mrs. Cauble's Art 1 class. Ever since I can remember I have loved to draw. I started taking private art classes in Michigan, where I used to live, when I was twelve years old. When I moved here in August of 2008, I decided that I could start drawing on my own. The assignment was to choose a picture and change three things about it in the background. I picked the picture of a squirrel and I changed the acorn that the squirrel was eating into a Christmas light. Then, I drew lights "growing" on the branches. Because I wanted the lights to stand out I chose to shade the entire picture in graphite pencil. I only painted the lights. I really enjoyed this project because I learned that I can draw really well without having to ask my art instructor what to do. I did this project in two days of art class.

Expressive Colors and Brushstrokes in Art 2

Hey there! The name's Jaime Ferris. I created this work of art as a project in my Art 2 class. The goal was to make a painting explaining something that changed my life using specific colors and brush strokes to describe how I feel about it. I chose to paint about my growing ability to draw dragons. I started drawing dragons ofter my parents bought me a drawing book that explained how to add detail and how to make the dragons come to life. In my painting i used acrylic paint and then added shading with Prismacolor colored pencil over the top. Long smooth brush strokes helped to add to the mood of this painting. The pink and white swirls in the background stand for pure love that flows in harmony. The dragon is purple, which to me means passion. The burst of fire coming from the dragon's mouth represents excitement and joy. My favorite part about this painting though is how the dragon's eyes are always on you no matter where you are or how you turn the painting. Feel free to give any comments about my work!

Monochromatic Self-Portraits in Art 1

Hi, my name is Kayla Thackston. I'm in Mr. Davis' 1st period Art 1 class (and by the way, he's an awesome teacher - already one of my favorites.) This is my self portrait painting. It took me a day and a half to finish. The second morning, it was kinda hard to get the same shade of purple that I had started out with. To get a lighter color, I added white and to get a darker color, I added black. I chose purple because it's my favorite color and actually, it turned out a lot better than I thought it would - although it could have been better. (LOL) He had us start out learning how to mix the primary colors to get secondaries and intermediates, and I've never done that before. It turned out pretty good. This isn't one of my favorite pictures that I've done in here, but it was really fun.

Tribal Tagging Self-Portraits in IB Art

My name is Leighton McDonald and I am a Senior in a Higher Level IB class. I have taken IB art for 2 years and am now in my second year. This is a self portrait done in acrylic on wood canvas. This piece took me about one school week to complete. I began to express my new "electronic tribal" style in this piece. This new style makes the painting pop and it makes it seem busy but not to busy that it takes away from the main focus of the painting. The facial details contain many other colors that minor artists would not originally use. Purples, yellows, reds, and greens helped me build the facial shading that I originally wanted. The bold lines that surround the face make the face seem like a comic book illustration. In a recent critique, another artist said that the lines make that painting look 3- dimensional in a way. After wondering what made the painting pop, i came to the conclusion that the artist was right. The bold lines completely changed the way the painting looks. The lines and colors on the outside of the face were a free style of my imagination. I didn't purposefully mean to freestyle the painting, but I'm glad I did. I have gotten many great comments about the painting, but I still think there could be something else done to it.