Another Brick in the Wall Pt. 2

Here is another video of the new projects on the wall. The Magnet 1 and 2 students made self-portraits with oil pastels in a color scheme of their choice. The Drawing/ Crafts/ Fundamentals students did variations on a leaf, and Aubria made the beautiful oil painting of the gymnast.

It's been awhile

I know I haven't posted anything for this school year. I've been kind of overwhelmed getting adjusted to teaching at Lee so I've let the blog fall by the wayside. But I'm back, baby! Instead of posting pictures of everything we've done, I thought I'd just post a video. It's easier than taking pictures of everything, and it gives me a chance to use my new Flip ultraHD. Enjoy.

Big News

I will no longer be teaching at ASFL. I am transferring to Lee High School and will be teaching the magnet art classes there. I love ASFL, the students, and everyone I worked with, but I have been there for ten years, and I just felt like it was time for a new environment and a new challenge. I will miss everyone I taught and taught with, but I'm confident Dr. Summerville will find a wonderful new teacher to take my place. I wish everyone the best, and anyone who's interested can now see the work of Lee students on this blog.

School's Out For Summer!

Not quite yet, but grades are posted, we're having awards days, and we're pretty much closing up shop. It's been a great year, and the students produced some beautiful artwork. I enjoyed doing the blog, and I will see everyone in August.

Congrabulations!

I want to congragulate the following students for having their art chosen for display in the Student Art Tent at Panoply: Leopold N'Kengbeza, Asongafec N'Kengbeza, Kyara Simmons, Tiara Strong, Evan Shirley, Kevin Mai, Victoria Ownbey, Yady Bamaca, Taylor Sanders, Chloe Long, Hannah Rhoden, Justin Wallace-Williams, Hannah Smejkal, and Tori Zapalac. Panoply will be in Big Spring Park April 23-25. Go check it out!

Here are some watercolor landscapes the 7th and 8th graders made. Boy, I'm just watercolor crazy lately.

Justin R.

Leopold

Victoria

Yady

Isaac

In the Abstract

These are some abstract watercolor paintings the kindergarteners made.

We talked about abstract (or non-objective) painting and how it doesn't look like anything in the "real world."

The kids painted several shapes first and then painted them inside and out.

The Birds

We actually started this project in February, and we finally got around to finishing it.

We looked at the the artwork of John James Audubon, and talked about how he would paint birds in their natural environments.

We then looked at pictures of birds that live in North Alabama, and the kids chose one to paint in a "bird's-eye view."

I'm sorry I don't have the names of the kids who painted these, but I forgot to write them down before I hung the pictures in the hallway.

Somebody Put Me Together

Jacob and Kenneth

1st grade helped me go through my scrap box and we made these portraits based on Pablo Picasso's Cubist portraits.

Joseph and Weilan

Niyari and Makayla

Alyssa and Amiya

Kierston and Kaliyah

Some Kind of Monster

These "monster skeletons" were made by the 4th graders. I'll let you figure out the names.

Have a great spring break!

The Beasts of the Fields

Chloe

These are some animals the 6th graders painted using watercolors.

Mattie

They were asked to focus n the texture of the animals' fur or skin or whatever they happened to have.

K.C.

I don't know what kind of creature this was, but it was cute.

Hannah

Again, the picture just inexplicably rotated, and I don't know how to fix it. Anyway, I really liked the eyes on this fox.

Melvin

This eagle reminded me of Sam the Eagle from the Muppet Show.

Our house...in the middle of our street

These buildings are the products of our first IB unit. The students imagined themselves as architects, and they had to design a house or some other structure with a specific client in mind. This first one belongs to Justin W., and he designed a house in the mountains for a retired couple.



This is one that Byron made for Kanye West



I'm not quite sure what this is. Maybe Sable designed a new Fortress of Solitude for Superman.



I like the kind of elegant simplicity of Victoria's Japanese style house

The students were really enthusiastic about this project, and these are just a few of the results. I'll include some more in a later post.

Aarrrgh!

My internet is moving so slowly today. I think if I tried doing a full post, the process of uploading pictures would cause me to throw the computer out the window. I'll do a big post on Monday and everyone can see the houses we've been working on. Have a great weekend, and enjoy the (yay!) warmer weather.

Hip to be Square

Kevin

So for our last project, the 7th and 8th graders used a grid to draw a portrait, then after they had the picture drawn, they erased the grid.

Justin W.

I figured this time we would embrace the grid, and make the grid the focus of the picture.

Leopold

This was a long project, but I think the results speak for themselves.

Tiara

Evan

The Small Faces

Kevin

Here are some great portraits the 7th and 8th graders just finished.

Leopold

The black parts were done with sticks dipped in india ink.

Hannah

The white parts were done with white charcoal pencils.

Victoria

They turned out really well, and the sticks dipped in ink gave the lines a really cool quality

Pinch Me!

These are some clay pinch pots the 6th graders made. Not much to say, I think they speak for themselves. They turned out really good.

These are the top and bottom views of the bowls.

Stellaaaaaaa!

These are some "3-D paintings the 7th and 8th grade students made based on the painted sculptures of Frank Stella.

They cut different shapes out of cardboard and painted them with acrylic paint.

After they painted the shapes, they hot glued them together. They were supposed to focus as much on the negative space between the shapes as the shapes themselves.