Memorialized Event Mixed Media Project

Students were challenged to create a layered work of art

using a variety of materials and techniques to express a meaningful event in their life

First they created a small sample piece to experience with new media

Geometric Sill Life Practice

Students used their knowledge of value to create life like geometric still life pictures

Value with Prismacolor Art Stix

Students were introduced to the element, value

They used Prismacolor Art Stix to blend colors to create value steps

Using construction paper students added highlights and shading

to turn shapes into forms

Circles into Spheres

Squares into cubes

Students learned to blend colors to create gradations

Watercolor Abstracted Emotions

Students were introduced to line as an expressive element

and continuing to explore composition, color theory,

and water colors by choosing an emotion that they expressed abstractly 

Watercolor Abstracted Names

To further students' exploration of composition, color theory, and use of

water colors students overlapped the letters of their name

to create abstract compositions that were visually interesting.

Students were challenged to use a color harmony/theme

The goal was not to be able to read their name,

but to create something visually interesting

Introduction to water color

Students were introduced to color theory and created small

water color compositions to experiment with color mixing.