Larger Than Life Nature

Students have been hard at work in every class, but we thought we'd kick off the year with some charcoal drawings from the Art Club! This type of large scale drawing is so helpful, and important for growing artists because it gets them out of their comfort zone. These particular students are either interested in making art for personal reasons, or are applying to art school and building a portfolio of work. Stop by any Tuesday and Thursday after school to see what we're up to!

Stay tuned for more cool projects!

 

 

 

 

 

"A studio classroom is much more complicated than it looks at first impression.  The students who originally appeared so casual are actually working hard-- they are thinking visually, analytically, critically and creatively."  - Lois Hetland 

Senior Research Project

One of the last projects that seniors work on Art History Studio is a research project. Each student can choose ANY artist from past or present and create a piece of art inspired by them and their technique. Below are some finished products.  Please come to our annual art show which will take place May 10th this spring and see them in person! 

 

 

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. 

What Do Those Art Kids Do After School?

Juniors have been hard at work building their art school portfolios! I wanted to take a moment to showcase some of the art they've been slaving over. There's a variety of materials, sizes and subjects. Many of our Art School Prep students come from Multimedia and Painting & Design. 

 

Gesture Drawing with Multimedia!

What is gesture drawing? It's the art of drawing a figure (or person) quickly and economically within minutes.  Freshmen in Multimedia got a taste of this exercise by modeling  for one another and taking turns drawing each pose.   For their first time drawing gestures they did an incredible job!