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Awesome art projects for high school

Interiors in Perspective

6/18/2015

 
1-Point Perspective Paintings of Interiors
Art Foundations 11/12
-Students first learned about 1-Point Perspective and then created drawings of an interior space. Using watercolours, they painted the space, giving it great depth. This works well as an entry level project for perspective.
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Dynamic Tools and Keys

12/17/2013

 
Students drew enlarged key sets, keeping as much detail as possible in the contour lines. They then divided the picture plane into geometric shapes using rulers. Students had the choice to do organic shapes as well. The challenge was to fill each shape within the keys and the background with a different colour. Students also chose to keep the keys the same colour and just alternate the background.

Materials: pencil crayons, watercolours

Adapted from Ken Vieth's project.
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Role Model Tonal Portraits

10/26/2013

 
Students chose an image of a person that has been a role model in their lives. They did research on their role model's life and accomplishments. We used the opaque projector to project an enlarged version of a printed image of their role model on the wall. Students traced the projection, focusing on the shapes that are created by highlights and shadows. The highlights and shadows were then number in a range from 1-5, with 5 being the darkest shade. They created a value scale of one colour with 5 values and proceeded to paint their image according to the numbered scale.

The project below was completed with Grade 8 students.

Materials: opaque projector, 18x24 paper, pencils, tempera paint
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Back to the Future: Paintings with a Modern Twist

10/26/2013

 
Process Work

Students chose a famous painting that they wanted to work with. They did a sketchbook drawing of the painting and then decided what 'modern twist' they were going to give it. Next, they drew the image onto a piece of gessoed Stonehenge and then painted the image with acrylic paints. We first covered a series of Acrylic Paint Techniques as well as experimental paintings in the style of their chosen artist in preparation for their final paintings. Students also completed an Art History Page after researching their artist and style. 

You can tell by the paintings below how much they were into this project!

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Final Paintings

Materials: gesso, Stonehenge paper, acrylic paint

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