Using the Inkle Loom in Art 2

Hello! My name is Tiana Caple. I'm in the 11th grade, and I'm in Mr. Davis's Art 2 class. We just finished a new project using the Inkle Loom. First we learned to wrap the thread we wanted to use as the warp around the machine. The warp is another word for the color of the strings you've chosen. After that that you weave the string together which is called the weft. That's definitely the easiest part. The hardest part is the warping, because you have to be very careful to do it exactly right. The picture at the bottom is the piece that i made. I think it turned out really good. It didn't take me long to do it. I used pink, purple, and blue. The weft is white. I think this is easier than painting, and much more fun. It's fun, and not that complicated.

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. 

Visual Journals in Art 2

Hey, I'm David Rollings. I love to draw- I have since I was little. Me and my older brother Allan are the only people in our family that draw. My grandmother was the one who really encouraged me to draw. She always said that if I kept drawing, I would get better and better. So I did, I've been drawing since i was in kindergarten. I used to be obsessed with drawing hands, but lately I've been trying to draw people and poses more. This was actually one of my visual journal entries. What we have to do each week is do three journal entries. This was one of my first entries. It's a picture of my friend Wendy. The picture says "playing roulette with a flower," which is a lyric from the song "There's No Penguins in Alaska" by Chiodos. Chiodos is my favorite band. The picture went right along with the song so I decided to draw it. I used standard graphite pencils to draw this. I usually don't like my artwork, but this one is one i actually like.

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!

Parodies of "The Scream" in Art 2

Hello, My name's Tabatha Neese. I'm in Mr. Davis's Art 2 class for third period. This had to be my favorite project so far. It's the first time I've actually used oil pastels. They are now my favorite medium to use. I think I did fairly well on this project. I used two characters from Fairly Oddparents which went along well with the theme. The theme was a parody to "The Scream". We had to either change the background with something that scared us or change the two characters in the front, Timmy and Vicki. The two characters in the front had to had some sort of rivalry. Timmy is scared of Vicki, and Vicki likes to torture Timmy. It didn't take me long at all to do this. I took it home, worked on it and finished it. I spent the most time on the green swirl in the middle representing a lake or pond of some sort, because I wanted to get the colors just right. I enjoyed this project very much, because I like cartoons and I like working with oil pastels.

How do you like our new banner?

Thanks to John Abercrombie, in Mr. Davis's Art 2 class, who spent the period today using Photoshop to create our new blog banner. Excellent and professional job, John!

Illuminated Personal Manuscripts in Art 2

Hi, my name is Brandon Andrews and I'm a junior at Woodmont High School. This is my second year being in art and I enjoy every minute of it. When I get to school everyday, I can't wait to get to my fourth block class with Mr. Davis. Creating art for me is a way to forget everything around me and focus on what I'm creating or drawing. When I first started this piece I had no clue what I was going to do. It was my first illuminated personal manuscript. Mr. Davis gave us some examples and from there it just "clicked" and i knew what to do. My favorite part of this piece is definitely the clock that shows 3:30. (That's the time we get out of school.) I also like the drama masks and how i used the different colors on the masks and how they project out into the sky. A lot of the object in here are stuff that I do daily, such as playing the guitar and the piano. I absolutely love music. I have to have music while I'm doing my art. I kind of helps me get to "that other world" where it's just you, the music, and what ever your working on. Another idea that i had was to draw a music staff coming out of my trumpet and the keyboard and wrapping around the entire page. It took me about a minimum of seven hours to do, but I really enjoyed working on it everyday. I hope that I will have more chances to create more pieces like this one.