Stencils 2012

So I gave Tyler a saw so he could cut some wood which he will use to make a frame which will house his stencil art. It's gonna be cool.



Bri had a cool shirt on which I thought would make a real nice addition to our stencil projects. I told her she should bring it in tomorrow so we can spray paint through it.



She didn't think that was such a good idea.



Well, maybe not her shirt cause it is new but we tried this with an old shirt and the effect worked pretty neat-o-keen. don't you think?



So you kids keep building your frames and we'll pick this up again tomorrow..

Art History Kites 2012

March comes in like a lion, right? What better way to celebrate lion like wind then by flying a kite. so the Art History class is busy making kites. Not just any old kites... art History kites. How exciting, yes I know! So hopefully later this week, if the wind is right, we'll go outside and make it so.







Kristen is not making a kite. She is playing "Hungry, Hungry Venus of Willendorf" the classic marble strategy game.



This is Caity. She was on an episode of One Tree Hill but she doesn't like when people talk about it cause she is modest.

Return of the Monsters!

So if you remember, last semester Apex HS Art attempted a collaboration with the kindergarten class at the Moline School District in Illinois. They drew monsters, the Ceramics class at Apex recreated them in 3D, and the Computer Art class created package designs. We had intended to ship the final products back to Illinois. Unfortunately, they were way to heavy and would have cost to much to ship.



Well, we are up to it again. This time we are making much smaller monsters. The Computer art class will also be designing much smaller and lighter packages. These to factors alone should allow us to ship our monsters out before the end of the year. But don't tell anyone in Illinois. It's top secret for now.

Stop Motion

Computer Art and Animation tried their hand at stop motion. Each of the videos below were created by actually moving each Post-it Note into position and taking one single picture.

The default frame rate of Flash is 26 frames per second so you can image how many photos were taken and how many Post-it Notes were moved to create even these short videos.

For the Blog

For the Blog

1. Click the link below
2. Click on the image you want to post to your blog to make it larger.
3. click the save button. It is at the bottom on the picture. It is small and hard to see.

Skittle Art in Progress

Skittles Fin

Perspective Drawings


Along with the photos, please write about your experience working on each project. The following questions can be used as a guide. You don't need to answer all the questions...

1. Describe your overall thoughts on the final piece.
2. if this was a group project, what was your contribution?
3. How successful do you feel this piece is and why?
4. What worked about this project? What didn’t work?
5. If you were to do this project over again, what changes would you consider making?
6. What was the most difficult part about completing this piece and why?
7. What did you learn from this piece?

Doritos on the Ceiling

You ever go to NY and when you get back there is a Doritos mobile hanging from the art room ceiling? I have. This wasn't a project or anything, just art students being well, art students. Anyway, I think it is really cool... and crunchy

Skittles Complete

A hundred pounds and $100 dollars later, we finally finished our expressive Skittle portraits. We took then to the Media Center where people will be less tempted to eat them.. cause your not allowed to eat in the Media Center...