Interactive Chalk Murals : Day 2

We started work on our latest project, interactive chalk murals. The idea is to create murals on the wall of the courtyard where other students can take photos of themselves interacting with the murals.

Today was day two of actual work on the walls. The goal was to block in colors wit hlarge sidewalk chalks. tomorrow, we might be ready to start working in more details.

 

View the piliminary sketches back when we first started, click here.

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Color Me Katie : Artist Inspiration

Here at Apex HS Art, we decided instead of giving everyone in the Art One class a sketchbook assignment, that we would break up each class into teams of 5-6 students. 

Each week, only one team would have a sketchbook assignment.. and not just have to complete an assignment, but rather to compete against the other members of their group. Think of it like a reality game show TV program in the art room.

So this week we gave our first set of teams an artist that they would use as an inspiration.. and since we are starting work on our interactive chalk murals, we thought Katie Sokoler, AKA Color Me Katie would be the perfect artists to start with.

Each student's art was critiqued based on Creativity, Craftsmanship and Inspiration by their fellow class members... you know, the kids that didn't have a sketchbook assignment this week.

So here, for your viewing pleasure, are this week's entries...

Above: One of the winners from Sands' art class

She won and got a prize and wore the cerimonial tiara! 

Interactive Chalk Murals : Part 1

We started work on our latest project, interactive chalk murals. The idea is to create murals on the wall of the courtyard where other students can take photos of themselves interacting with the murals.

Easier seen than said so as an example, the giant spider web. Seen above as a sketch, seen  below as an outline drawing. Next, we will fill in the colors to complete the murals.

Another example above, a sketch of a person doodling on their math class work.

To complete the project we're gonna need a lot of chalk so we decided to make our own. Here are some chalks in the works. We mixed plaster of paris with tempera paint and poured it into paper towel rolls.

Sponge Bob jelly fish sketch

Sponge Bob jelly fish on the wall

The scene from Titanic

iPad : Day One

Today was our first day trying out the new iPads in the Media Center. They came loaded up with Sketchbook Pro and Layers Pro. Today, we only used Layers. It was enough just to get in there and give that app a go. 

I gave a simple task, create three forms using analogous colors and try blending with the smudge tool. OK, so this one might have gone overboard with the smudging. :)

I think everyone had a good time. They were so focused!

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After a bit, I showed everyone how to use the layers in Layers. Then I set them loose to draw anything they wanted to. I think she's either drawing a furby or a mogwai..

Well, that was fun! We'll have to try again sometime!

Apex HS Art Blog Hits 100,000 Visits!

Today, Apex HS Art Blog had it's 100,000 Visitor!



To celebrate I thought I would share five of our most viewed pages of all time...

#5. Top 10 Christmas Presents Every Art 1 Student Should Ask For..

Of course you would ask Santa for a turtle for Christmas. They are great as pets and for observational drawing lessons!

















#4. Scribble Art Using Masks: Photoshop Tutorial

This is an easy yet fun and effective way to turn any photo into strands of see through stuff.

#3. Top 10 Artist New Year's Resolution

Another top ten list in our top five list of all time most visited pages.






















#2. Typography Portraits : Computer Art Class

Gave this typography assignment to my Computer art class and they ran with it.


And the Number One Most Visited Apex HS Art Blog Post is...

#1. Post It Note Project Explained!!

Everything you need to know to start Post-it Note muraling today!


Thanks everyone for visiting!

Come Again!

Shadow Art

Did your teacher ever give you a box of junk and a strong light source and tell you to make some art? I'm sure he or she did. It happens all the time. In fact, it happened today in Sands Art One class. Here are the results...

They create a giant monster and...

The monster is looming over a small child's bed. Scary!

I like this tree. it is part of...

This recreation of the movie poster for E.T.

Cool how the bottles taped together make ET and the boy on the bike.

They are making an amusement park including..

A rollercoaster and a ferris wheel.

This bird is flying in the sky of clouds.

Working on a water scene.

We didn't start the fire. Incorporating a little Photoshop and projecting it on the wall.

A B movie about a guy walking a plank...

Aliens abducting an innocent victim.

Space, the final frontier... and the final shadow art of the day.