Postcard Art

I <3 Kaua'i!

(Note shoreline basalt boulders on the right. That is where I sprained my ankle.)

Art Time Comic

My niece and I had art time on the Fourth of July. I liked what she drew so much that I wanted to do a comic featuring it.

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*I'll post the original when I find it if I remember!

Homework When Students Don't Behave in Class...

My favorite Flowers

These bushes were right outside the house we were staying at in Hawai'i and I liked them a lot, so I drew them...or at least started to, but then I got eaten by mosquitos.

Here's a photo of the ones by the house instead of the railing.

Music Painting

This is the painting assignment my students are working on right now. Here are some process pictures of my painting.

Requirements:

1. Must be based on at least one aspect of music. Either an artist, a favorite song, or an issue important in the music industry.
2. Must contain the silhouette of at least part of a person.
3. Must show some different painting techniques.
   
   
   

Church Today

Music and Art

My students are doing music and art paintings. They are doing much better than I am. Their sketches were due last week. Here is my sketch.

This just makes me think, "wow, you are left brained for an art teacher, and how in the world will this make an interesting painting? It's so cartoony and design-y!"

Hmmmm. We'll just have to see.

More Sculptures

I was doing plaster hands with 9th grade and tape sculptures with 10th graders.

Step-By-Step Tape Sculptures

I told another teacher about this sculpture project and he was upalled at the materials and lack of earth-friendliness of the artwork. I got the idea here. I have found it is an excellent way for students to consider form because they have to place the tape in the direction of the different planes of the objects they are using.

Step 1: Find an object with interesting forms. I used this assignment this year to have students consider pop art/culture.

Step 2: Cover the object with plastic wrap or aluminum foil.

Step 3: Tape, tape, tape, and tape some more.

Step 4: Cut out your object with a straight-edge. (If the students have used their favorite childhood toy as their armature you may want to help them cut because then the razor should be slid under the tape face-up to make the cut. This breaks the "never cut toward yourself" rule of safety in the art room.)

Step 5: Tape your sculpture back together.

Step 6: Display in a deliberate place to photograph, or install for viewing. (I had my students consider where the actual object would be, or where it would never be.)

Abstract Comic Garden

Abstract Comics or Techniques?

You can decide:

(More than one post a day? --Don't get used to it. It's the last day of Spring Break.)

Logos & Doodles at the MoMA

I sat in the Rothko room doodling for a while this spring break...

If you have followed my blog for a while, you may recognize this story. I'm still doing sketches to figure out how to best tell it. I think the first drawings were better, but this is just a sketch. I know there's a better way to tell it.

Finished Comic People-Page

This is the page in my sketchbook I began in October of 2010. Today I finished drawing on and filling up the page. 

I need to work on developing a more distinct style if I ever want to get a full book or even mini-comic done.

Dia: Beacon: Quick Comic

I <3 Dia: Beacon!

This was done very quickly with marker. I didn't use pencil first because it is meant to be a comic sketch.