Seniors Working on Choice Projects

Hi all! It's not often that I post videos, but I just HAD to post some in-progress videos of a couple seniors working. As one of the last projects for the seniors in Art History Studio, students pick an artist (past or present) that inspires them. They do a little research about that artist and make a piece of art as an homage. Below are two videos of students working on their projects.

Olivia chose Edward Clark as her artist. Clark is an abstract expressionist painter from the 60's and is still alive and exhibiting work today. He primarily paints with brooms on very large canvases! Olivia wanted to experiment using a broom to paint as well! She plans to add more paint everyday until the canvas is full. 

Autumn chose local cake artist Amanda Oakleaf (Oakleaf Cakes in Boston MA). Autumn is very interested in cake artistry and decided to make a cake "dummy" (nothing edible on the inside, with fondant on the outside) to practice her fondant sculpting skills. These are the beginning stages before she hand paints flowers on the sides.