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.



Digital Grading : SchoolArts Magazine : Blogging

Today, the Art One classes spent the day in the computer lab creating thieir blogs. Students use these blogs to post images of their work, to write about their progress, and to comment on other student's art.

I use these blogs to grade...

Yes, that's right. I grade digitally. No more stacks of artwork or piles of paintings. 

I could tell you all about it but while we were in the computer lab, setting up our blogs, a funny thing happened. I received an email from Schoolarts Magazine. The October issue is out.. and guess what?

There is an article in it by me! And not just any article but one about... wait for it... digital grading!

What great timing!

So check out the article! Here is a link! -->
http://www.schoolartsdigital.com/schoolarts/201210#pg17

Moss Graffiti : Part One

Ill! A big bucket of gross, nasty moss! What can we do with that? Well, moss graffiti, of course!

Creating moss graffiti starts off with the right ingredients. Buttermilk, a little sugar, corn syrup and of course, moss. We mixed all that together in the blender and filled our cups with moss paint. Then we hit the streets..

Actually, we hit the long, cinderblock wall that is protected from the sun most of the day by the other buildings. The lack of direct sun and the amount of humidity in the NC summer air should be the perfect environment for our moss to grow.

Everyone got a cup and a brush and created graffiti on the wall. Now we'll just have to sit back and wait to see if it grows. Stay tuned!

Below is a Prezi we watched in class all about moss grafitti. Check it out!

Moss Graffiti on Prezi

Computer Art : Week One

Frog Tongue tutorial completed by Katelynn

Week one in Computer Art starts with two (rather long and boring) tutorials.. the Frog Tongue (seen above with a horse instead of a frog) and Angry Pancakes (below). 

I didn't create the idea behind either of these tutorials but I did create the tutorials (if that makes sense.) So, if you would like an introduction to the world of Photoshop, feel free to check out the videos (links below). 

Pancake Tutorial completed by Cookie

The Frog Tongue video tutorial can be found here!

The Angry Pancake video tutorial can be located here!

Art History 2013

While you're making those last minute schedule changes, let me ask you one question...

Are You In?