Snowfest 2013

This was the second year that we competed in the High School Snow Sculpting competition at Frankenmuth’s Snowfest. The competition consists of a team of four high school students and a snow block with the dimensions of 6ft x 6ft x 8ft. It was a fun jam packed two days filled with amazing learning about team work, problem solving, and hard work. I already am counting down the days till next years competition. So what do you get when you give four students a 6x6x8ft block of snow?         

 "Ode To Squidward"

Clay In Progress

It's that time of year when one can find frequent trails of dust tracked through the school, leading back to the art room. Myself and many students have traded in the usual contacts for glasses. Art students can be spotted with smudges of a gray substance on their clothing, hands and in special occasions even their faces. This can only mean one thing and one thing only. It is the greatest time of year again! No, it’s not that we are only a few days away from Christmas break; rather it's CLAY TIME!!! Art students are taking the last few days before break to finish their clay projects. The kiln is being loaded as we speak for the first of the year!!

Figure Drawing (Art 2)

After taking a few days practicing our gesture drawing skills we started in on our final projects. The project was to create one unified composition using three figures. Also this year I switched it up a bit and instead of using conte crayon I had them use charcoal pencils on toned paper. This switch was to allow students more control over their drawing.

Happy Thanksgiving!

        I have many traditions on Thanksgiving. These traditions include watching the parade, watching the lions lose another heart breaking football game (hopefully this year they pull out a win), spending time with the family, and of course eating way too much amazing food. This year I would like us to start a new Thanksgiving tradition. This year take some time out of your busy day to take part of a tradition that dates back to the first thanksgiving (okay you got me, maybe it doesn’t go back that far). Lets all take a few minutes to be a kid again and draw ourselves a hand turkey. You may ask yourself what is a hand turkey? No worries ehow took care of that for us. As a high school art teacher the hand turkey has driven me crazy and plagued my nightmares for so many years. This year however the thanksgiving spirit has taken over and I have decided to turn over a new leaf or in this case “my hand” and embrace the hand turkey. Have yourself a hand turkey bonanza!! Happy Thanksgiving!!!!

Finished Pumpkins 2012

Mixed Media Skeleton’s

Recently in Art 2 we dove into mixed media. This project was an introduction into different mixed media techniques. We spent some time talking about the ground in which we create our art on.

We then started out by creating a collage background of newspaper clippings onto cardboard.

After which we did some observational drawing of Jimmy the skeleton. Lastly taking those preliminary sketches and creating a final piece using charcoal pencils on top of our newspaper collage.

Here come the pumpkins!!

Be on the look out in and around St. Louis because here come the pumpkins. Year two of the community pumpkin project is underway. Here are a few teasers for you to wet your whistle till they make it out into the community.