Art 7 & Art 8- Alabama National Fair Winners

I am so excited to announce the Middle School Alabama National Fair Winners! So Proud!

By Class:

Water Color Painting

3rd place- Gabby Pohlman- 8th grade

Drawing

Honorable Mention- Carly Mattox- 8th grade

Color Drawing

Honorable Mention- Rylee Holt- 8th grade

Sculpture

1^st place- Erika Aho- 8th Grade

Printmaking

1^st place- Taylor Meadows- 8th grade

2^nd place- Emily Kent- 7th grade

3^rd place- Harrison Carter- 7th grade

Honorable Mention- Sarah Claire Loeb- 7th grade

Mixed Media

1^st place- Emily Kent- 7th grade

From left to right: Sarah Claire Loeb, Harrison Carter, Emily Kent 

Top Row left to right: Erika Aho, Taylor Meadows, Carly Mattox
Bottom Row left to right: Gabby Pohlman and Rylee Holt  

Art 8- Form and Reflections

Art 8 students were to view a still-life of glass bottles sitting on a mirror from all sides taking into account drawing the reflections. Students were to observe the still-life before they started their practice drawing in their notebook. Students took notes on line, contour line, and structural line. Students began with a contour drawing of the bottles and reflections, then filled in with structural shapes and lines. Students were to use a sharpie to create various thick and thin lines to their contour drawing. Color was then added using watercolor and the use of value was stressed.

Below are students working on their final: 

Art 7- Montgomery Humane Shelter Winners

Proud of my middle school students! Pictures of  our middle school winners for the Montgomery Humane Shelter:

From left to right: Emily Kent, Mackenzie Montiel, and Kendall McCann

From left to right: Emily Kent, Mackenzie Montiel, and Kendall McCann

Art 7- Shattered Images

Art 7 on a Shattered Image project. Students took notes on Cubism and looked at and discussed works by Pablo Picasso. Students were encouraged to focus on a single item such as a car, insect, person, animal, or building. Students should have placed their object so as to create a compositionally strong image. Students had to create 2 practice 4.5 x 6 contour drawing in their notebook. Having my students think of what shattered glass might look like or wavy lines of water, they had to divide their 2 drawings differently. These new lines would overlap the line drawing of their subject. This will alter their initial line drawing by making the shapes more visually complicated. The effect is to create many more shapes, like a puzzle. Then the students are to experiment with gradations of value from rich black to the lightest gray the pencil will go. Students are to pay careful attention to each new shape created in the divided image. Students will pick one to create on an 18 x 24 sheet of drawing paper for their final.

Below are pictures of students taking notes and working on their final:

Art 6- Value Study

Art 6 is working on an exercise to help increase the understanding of using value with in an artwork. This will help when we begin our lesson on color and color schemes. Students were to create 4 simple fish drawings in a rectangle the size of a dollar in their notebook. Having my students think of what shattered glass might look like or wavy lines of water, they had to divide their 4 drawings differently. These new lines would overlap the line drawing of their fish. This will alter their initial line drawing by making the shapes more visually complicated. The effect is to create many more shapes, like a puzzle. Then the students are to experiment with gradations of value from rich black to the lightest gray the pencil will go. Students are to pay careful attention to each new shape created in the divided image, the element of value is studied.

Below are pictures of students working on their value studies in their notebooks.

Photography 1- Leaves/Texture and Getting Ready for DOOT

Photography I students are finishing up an assignment on leaves and texture. Students were to look for as many kinds of  leaves as possible. Leaves on trees, or on the ground. In order to fulfill the texture requirement, the students had to create a good amount of contrast in their negatives. This meant the leaves should have been in open sunlight. Students were also looking for interesting effects of light and shadow: one leaf casting a shadow on another, or on the ground or branch beneath it. Students had to pay attention to how the leaves interacted with each other and with the frame of the picture (negative and positive space). Crop in close enough so there's no wasted space, but not to forget that space can be a useful compositional tool.

Also......
Photography I students are getting ready for "Doing Our Own Thing". DOOT is an art competition that encourages creativity in students. All winning pieces will be displayed during the month of  November in the Armory Performing Arts Youth Art Gallery. The students that their work has been entered will get the opportunity to attend workshops on Friday, November 4, 2011.

DOOT DAY Friday, November 4, 2011
Check-in: 7:45- 8:20 am
Workshops & Demonstrations: 8:30am -11:30am $5 workshop fee per participant
Lunch: 11:30am -12:00 noon
Awards Ceremony: 12:00 noon- 12:15pm (parents are welcome)
Sidewalk Chalk Art sign-up: 12:15pm - 12:30pm
Sidewalk Art Competition: 12:30pm- 2:15pm
Sidewalk Awards: 2:30pm

Photography II- Getting Ready for DOOT!

Photography II students are getting ready for "Doing Our Own Thing". DOOT is an art competition that encourages creativity in students. All winning pieces will be displayed during the month of  November in the Armory Performing Arts Youth Art Gallery. The students that their work has been entered will get the opportunity to attend workshops on Friday, November 4, 2011.

DOOT DAY Friday, November 4, 2011
Check-in: 7:45- 8:20 am
Workshops & Demonstrations: 8:30am -11:30am $5 workshop fee per participant
Lunch: 11:30am -12:00 noon
Awards Ceremony: 12:00 noon- 12:15pm (parents are welcome)
Sidewalk Chalk Art sign-up: 12:15pm - 12:30pm
Sidewalk Art Competition: 12:30pm- 2:15pm
Sidewalk Awards: 2:30pm

Photography II- Alabama National Fair Photography Exhibition Winners!

 Photography II students photographs hanging at the Fair. I am so proud of my students!

Photography II- Alabama National Fair Photography Exhibition Winners!

I am so proud of the Photography II students and am excited to announce their wins!


People Category

First Place
Elizabeth Kean 

Second Place
Carlee Naftel

Third Place
Amy Smith 

Honorable Mention
Carlee Naftel

Honorable Mention
Hayley Bell

Pictorial Category

Second Place
Amy Smith 

Third Place
Zack Taylor

Honorable Mention
Amy Smith 

Honorable Mention
Elizabeth Kean

Unclassified Category

First Place
and
Best of Show
Reed O'Mara

Second Place
Zack Taylor

Honorable Mention
Elizabeth Kean 

Art 7- Montgomery Humane Shelter Winners

Congratulations goes to Kendall McCann, Emily Kent, Mackenzie Montiel for winning the Montgomery Humane Shelter      “Howli-day Card”.

What they have won will be announce at 9:30 a.m. at the annual Walk ‘N Wag on Saturday October 8^th on the grounds of the Blount Cultural Park at the Shakespeare Theater. 

Below are pictures of the winners artwork.

Artwork by Emily Kent

Artwork by Mackenzie Montiel

Artwork by Kendall McCann