Frank Gehry Inspired Architecture
​Students were introduced to the work of award winning Canadian born architect Frank Gehry. They created a commercial or residential design rendering inspired by the architects unexpected twisted playful organic forms. Students decided on construction materials such as glass, wood, silver titanium, stainless steel ,and how best to illustrate them. Renderings included surrounding landscape. Line Drawing; watercolors; colored pencils

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING design by Keira

RESIDENTIAL HOUSE design by Alessandro

EXHIBITION HALL design by Gianluigi

MUSEUM design by Massimo

RESIDENTIAL BUILDING design by Gina

MUSEUM design by Mia

RESIDENTIAL COMPLEX design by Lyla

CORPORATE OFFICE COMPLEX design by Nicole

Still Life Painting - In the style of the Dutch Masters.
​In this second high contrast project students paint still life understanding the importance of tone in their work. They use strong dark and light tones with fewer middle tones resulting in a dramatic painting. Color is introduced as a high contrast. 
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Rhythm and Movement Ribbons

​The students created rhythm and movement in their drawings of ribbons. They used value and contrast to help create the illusion! Students used a four step process taught in class. Each illustration was created with Prismacolor pencils on black paper. Creativity and design.
​ This project is in a group of three projects this year that include movement, reflection, energy and light. The other two are a Frank Gehry inspired architectural design drawing, and a water pattern acrylic painting.

Figurative Abstract
A quiet, still, abstract interpretation of a figurative self portrait.  Attention is paid to proportion ,shape, shadows, and layering paints. Students work from photos of themselves.

Keira age: 11

Massimo age: 13

Filiz age: 11

Peyton age: 9

Gina age: 12

Julia age: 9

Mia age: 11

Estela age: 13

Isabella age: 8

Lyla age: 9

 Hand with Dripping Paint ​
This project had the added challenge of drawing the hand in the foreshortened position. Students worked from photos of their own hand or resource material. They selected colors from the color theory lesson to create the dripping paint. Tonal drawing and Watercolor Paints.

Water Patterns- Abstract Painting- Self Expression

Students studied photos of water patterns and reflections. They created their own design using pencil, and acrylic paints. Class lesson on creating art from natural elements; layering paints; attention to broken reflections; colors, tones, water movement, and patterns. Students were encouraged to reflect on their on self expression, and learn more about themselves through their art.

Keira

Alessandro

Gianluigi

Alyssa

Mia

Gina

Massimo

Filiz

Sofia

Francesco

Valencia

Estela

Mannequin Emphasis
Students posed a class mannequin, and studied the proportions carefully. They created a composition that would emphasize the mannequin by creating an imaginative background. Working from observation skills including learning to glance back and forth from subject to drawing . Materials: Ebony Pencils; Watercolors; Colored Pencils

Self Portrait Wearing Hat- Watercolor 
​​Students were introduced to fine art examples of portrait paintings with the subjects wearing a hat. Photos were taken of students wearing a hat they brought from home.  They made drawings from their photos, and finished with watercolors.
Lesson Goals: seeing the hat and head as one shape; noticing any shadow on the face created from the rim of the hat; blending skin tones with watercolor paints; layering  from light to dark; ways of injecting ones personality into a self portrait. Proportions of the face and head.

​Vertical Composition Watercolor  ​Click on the image for full view
Students were asked to create stacks of rocks, books, or colorful cups playing with balance and teetering contrast resulting in an interesting composition. Lesson goals: Creating emphasis by using dark background and increased intensity in object color. Light source and shadows. Lost and found edges in painting. Blending a dark to light background. Watercolor techniques and brush control.

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Self- Portrait Cubism Box- Tonal Drawing from Observation

Students created a portrait box, by studying their features in a mirror, and drawing them in each box. Photos were taken of their ears so they could see them better. The lesson included understanding the anatomy of each feature, ( bridge, ball, and nostrils of the nose) and how to create a realistic 3D illusion through shading. Finished 2D drawing and printed 3D Cube.
 Lesson goals: expressing your personality through your drawing; drawing facial features; cubism; observational skills; tonal shading ; lost and found edges in shading; materials and usage ;ebony sketch pencils, tortillions, erasers.

Gina