Photography

My student Raphael took photos of malls while on holidays in the Philippines and decided to digitally manipulate them for a project.  He has titled this series "Monuments to Fashion".

New Paintings

I decided to let my students choose their own projects which sounds great at first but they soon realize how difficult that is.  So my response is ...

Begin with where you are most comfortable.  

Begin with what you are most interested in.  

Begin with what you are the most curious about.  

Begin with what you would like to be better at.  

Begin with an old idea that never went anywhere.  

Begin with someone else's work that has inspired you.  

Begin with something you heard in the news.  

Begin with something you are reading in another course.  

Begin.

Here are some results that are just starting to roll in.

More Notan Designs

I had 100's to choose from as I had four classes making these.  My classes are mixed ages and levels so this is definitely accessible for everyone, including special needs.

Colour Theory Painting

Grace submitted her painting a little late but I think it's fun (and she had fun making it) so that makes it worth while including.

Collage & Poetry

One IB 12 student is exploring collage/painting and poetry (T.S. Elliot and Shakespearean sonnets).   She has made a series of small 8 x 10 images that I think are quite intriguing.

Self Portraits

A couple of recently finished self portraits by some IB 12 students - one collage/drawing and one coloured pen drawing.

Japanese Notan Designs

This is a great project for all ages and abilities. The students started with a 5" or 6" square of black construction paper, drew shapes (white pencil crayon), cut out all the pieces, glued down the remainder of the original square, and then flipped over the cut out pieces ending up with a mirror image.  There's a great you tube video that demonstrates the process well:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=--IFiH6zH68.  These are just a few of the pieces finished early.  I'm having students do one in black and white and their second one using multiple colors.