Fall 2013 Newimals : Part 2!

Everyone likes a Good Newimal! New animals created as one of the first Photoshop projects the Computer Art class here at Apex HS completes. The objective is to mix the colors, textures and body part shapes as seamlessly as possible. Take a look -->

Your Fall 2013 Newimals : Part 1

The Newimal project has become a classic. What's a Newimal? New animals created as one of the first Photoshop projects the Computer Art class here at Apex HS completes. The objective is to mix the colors, textures and body part shapes as seamlessly as possible. Take a look -->

Text as an Element

Beauty and Culture

The Art Three class now follows a four phase process; Initiation, Design, Production and Presentation. The initiation phase begins with a topic and a theme. This project's topic was based on a principle and the project's principle was Text as an Element. We also provide a theme as a prompt to help generate ideas. Our first theme was "Culture". The medium was left open.

Petri dishes filled with recent newspaper article clippings and other cultural symbols

Much of this image is created using written text

Strips of paper with written expressions of culture wrap the hand

Three pieces of plexiglass with written forms of transportation set at different heights and depths

A family tree: the words read grandfather, mother, sister, etc. However, none can be read without rotating around the tree, new words form instead.

Photo transfer of images of Apex culture and different perspectives

Mural painted in the science room. When viewed through a red lens reveals science terms

Our next project will be based on the principle Intertextuality, where this piece will also work :)

Bring a Bunny to School Day

One of our students brought a gaggle of bunnies to school today.. so we could draw them.. sort of. 

Ok, mostly, we Oooooohhhhhed and aaaaaahhhhhhed. Tough boys melted and girls were telling me this was the best day of their lives.. 

The power of the bunny is, well, a powerful thing!

We also had a race. Shelby won hands down.. Turtles always beat rabbits.

Forced Perspecitve Photography

Perspective changes everything.  I thought it might be fun to try something different this week.  The kids have been working on their realism drawings for the past 2 weeks, I thought we'd try something else. Inspired by Ian Sand's post earlier this year we took a shot at forced perspective.  

I introduced forced perspective photography as art that incorporates an opitcle illusion based on perspecitve.  Students even watched a video on how they used this method in Lord of The Rings. If you'd like to see how they were introduced check them out here. 

What's The Point??

This first Art Two project's principle is Contrast. Each work was to show strong contrast. We also provide a theme as a prompt to help generate ideas. Our first theme is "What's the Point?" Art Two has a third constraint, medium. This first project is limited to charcoal, pen or pencil...

Like I said, this first project is limited to charcoal, pen or pencil... ( unless you can talk Mr Sands into letting you try something else which isn't too hard to do :)

Spock has pointy ear... lol!

SchoolArts Magazine Article : Interactive Murals

 

The digital edition of the SchoolArts Magazine article written by Apex students Sarah Muzzillo and John Michael Santos is now online. The article covers the work of Art One students who filled the courtyard of our school with interactive murals. 

Each mural left an empty spot where someone could pose with the work while their friends snapped some photos. In this way the person taking the photo becomes the artists and the photo becomes the work of art. Mind-blowing, I know!  

Read the article to find out more!!

Below, are a few more pics on the interactive chalk murals...

Check out more Interactive Chalk Murals, click here!

Read the SchoolArts article here!