Some students are still working on the last day of school, trying to finish projects. However, most students are packing up and getting ready for summer fun! Before we go, I wanted to share a few of the final Seesaw posts. These students worked hard, developed skills, took risks, experimented and did all the other things artists do. "This project was most definitely my most successful because I broke out of my old shading method where I would spend days just blending in the shading to a new, more cartoon like, blending style of just harsh change of color to make it POP more. I’m also working on doing more logo like things so I can build a good portfolio in order to get a logo designing job in my future." ~Lainey "This piece that I call the spider web is the one that I learned the most from. This was one of the first pieces that I did when first starting this art class. I learned how we can be creative with just lines and dots to put together to form a oddly satisfying piece to look at. I would later use this technique in some other pieces but with some contrasting colors. This also transferred into some 3D pieces as well inside a fortune teller. " ~ Lexey "I chose to redo this project because I didn’t like the first one. When I redid this piece I decided to make it bigger but couldn’t find paper big enough so we found a glass to paint on. I added more colors to it and tried blending some more into it. Once I was done I decided to shine a light through the glass to see how it would look. So now it is painted of a different canvas and a bigger image." ~ Amandelyn "This was my most successful project! This project was an attempt in providing depth to one of my characters, I believe it is my best, as I used new skills that I had learned throughout the year to bring it all together!" ~ Trip "This project was pretty successful and I learned how to blend better and how to work with oils. This helped me grow as an artist and showed me that oil painting is one of my new favorite ways to paint. this is the project that I grew the most from. This painting showed me new ways of painting and I enjoyed this project." ~ Percy "I choose to redo my fabric sloth because I felt like I could have done better if I had chosen to do acrylic paint (which I like using that medium anyway). Simon is currently sitting in a case alone and I feel like he should have a friend join him, so her name is Sami. I had a really fun time creating her. I even repainting her like, 5 times, finding a brown is hard. I’ve come a long way since 6th grade and I hope to only improve" ~ Ashton The Art of South B: displaying the art from students at South Brunswick High School, NC
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As part of their final exam, students were asked to Redo one of their previous projects. For the redo students could choose to remake their project better (demonstrating improved skills or techniques), or make it different (demonstrate a use of a different medium), or rearrange it (Demonstrate a different composition). The redo project are currently in progress but here is a look at some of the ideas our artists are working on. Above, making it different. Recreating an original marker drawing and recreating the image using an actual hand. Redo demonstrating improved skills. The image on the left if the original. The remake (still in progress) demonstrates improved use of texture, brighter colors and more detail. The original on the left, the redo (still in progress) demonstrating a different composition and different medium. Winners!'Meanwhile the results of the Young Artists Patriot Competition came in. Keely won third place for her piece. Parker took second and Gail's piece won first place. Gail's piece has advanced to the state level! Trying Something DifferentAshton painting the canvas blue and purple and then covered it with strips of tape. Later she decided to paint an eyeball. i'm not sure why. When it was dry, she removed the tape, which was fun to watch so I captured the process with these photos. Overall, its an interesting piece, don't you think? KhalidThis art one student decided to create a stencil of the artist Khalid. But first, she created this large collage. Hidden in the collage are titles and lyrics captured in both word and images. How cool is that? Look below to see what I mean. Giant Tweety BirdThe giant reverse color Tweety Bird is now hanging in the cafeteria. Best way to end a weekly post! The Art of South B: displaying the art from students at South Brunswick High School, NC
Above Image: SchoolArts Summer Issue, Open Art Room Article There is one question that is often asked specifically in regards to a choice-based program. The question is; does choice-based teaching meet the standards and if so, how? The answer is a resounding yes. The Standards align perfectly with choice-based teaching, and in particular, they align with TAB (Teaching for Artistic Behavior). Here’s how. The Standards Realigned The Artistic Process follows a particular order. First, it asks the student to look at art (Inspiration). Second, it asks the student to find a connection in that art (development). Third, it asks the student to create art (Creation). Finally, it asks the student to reflect and present art (Reflection). All four of these phases are covered by the Standards however, they are not aligned. The Standards were not necessarily created to be used in any particular order. However, they are presented in order, numbered 1 through 11: Creating, Presenting, Responding, Connecting. In this order they do not align with the Artistic Process. However, since the Standards were not meant to be presented in any order, we have freedom to rearrange their order. When we reordering the standards to the following: Responding, Connecting, Creating, and Presenting We notice how well they align with the Artistic Process phases: Inspiration, Development, Creation and Reflection. Read the full article in the Summer issue of SchoolArts Magazine here. You can also read more about Aligning the Standards here. More about how we align the standards with Learning Targets here. More about aligning the standards with Writing Prompts here. The Art of South B: displaying the art from students at South Brunswick High School, NC
A look what the AP class wrote on the whiteboard sums it up. We completed all 12 Breadth and all 12 Concentration pieces. We matted all the quality works and packed the box, ready to ship. AP Art 2019 is done! Here is a look at the student's Sustained Investigation; the concept of producing a series of sequential visual forms to explore in greater depth a particular visual concern. Isabella"My concentration is a series of original characters that are interacting and showing emotion to the implied environment around them while exploring contrast, color theory, and proportion. " Graci"My concentration is a series of stylized self portraits depicting different aspects of my personality through either accurate proportions or exaggerated features while exploring the relationship between the background and the foreground of each piece." Kaitlyn"My artwork is a series of abstracts using a technique called acrylic pouring. This technique interested me because I had to experiment with different densities of paint mixed with my medium and water to get my desired consistency that would flow smoothly when doing different pouring techniques." Zoe"My concentration is a series of humanoid figures depicting various emotions and various positions, as I demonstrate this by using watercolors, pencil and markers in a cartoon style." Morgan C"My concentration is a series of original works of art symbols inspired/depicting things found in history with tribal arts and patterns found in different cultures while emphasizing the darkness and lights in each cultures, movement and balance." Hannah"My concentration is a series of original animal shapeshifters that are placed in different positions/perspectives and backgrounds some of which are interacting with their human counterparts. All pieces were done in mixed media most of which was water color paint and colored pencils." Patsy"My concentration is a series of kids in Guatemala depicting the experiences and relationships formed throughout my trip while exploring a creative way to incorporate Guatemala through the background ,with the contrast, value." Naomi (Natalie)"My concentration is a series of Crow/Ravens. With each Image I started with a drawing/painting using traditional materials. I then imported those art works into Photoshop where I digitally edited each one. My projects depict the beauty of crows through their actions, such as flying patterns." Morgan A"My concentration captures lights reflecting our culture. My concentration depicts the complexity of how much life lights brings to our culture. My concentration stemmed off the idea go how light reacts to the photograph." The Art of South B: displaying the art from students at South Brunswick High School, NC
We are back from spring break and heading into the last few weeks of the 2018-2019 school year. Next week we will present our last unit of the year and the week after that we start our final project. So wow, it's going quickly. Still, lots of fun stuff happening as the year wind down here's a look at some of the happenings.... Tie dye stuffed turtle! There is no more that needs to be said! He wants to take AP next year but recreates a lot of copyright characters. We talked and I let him know if he wants to take AP then he has to create original works. so he drew his classmate sitting next to him. I don't think we'll have much trouble with AP ;) This is a landscape by one of our beginner art students. And this is one of her first paintings. Imagine were she'll be next year. This is a diorama of a mountain that was created from a chunk of plaster that dried in a container. The plaster was carved to resemble a mountain with a river and water fall. The two bears and tree were printed on the Makerbot 3D printer. Who doesn't like a good stencil? Another beginner art student creating a series of large, stencils displayed in the hall. Art, need I say more?
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Art of South BArtwork by students at Art of South BThe Visual Arts Dept. at SBHS is like no other program in the state. Learn more, watch the Intro to South B video.
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Make Artists Podcast with your host Ian Sands the choice based, student directed, Teaching for Artist Behavior, high school art teacher and stuff and things... but mostly stuff. What's TAB?Teaching for Artistic Behavior (TAB) is a student-directed art education pedagogy that directs students to think and work as artists.
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The Open Art Room provides a student-centered approach to art instruction that is inspirational, practical, and classroom-tested.
ArticlesClick Here to read the May SchoolArts Article, "What If, TAB"
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Click Here to read the January SchoolArts Magazine Article Engagement Grading
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Click Here to Read the 2019 Summer SchoolArts Magazine Article Realigning the Standards!
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Click Here to Read the February SchoolArts Article, Build A Dynamic Art Program with Modular Teaching!
Click here to Read the October SchoolArts Article, Artists Solve Problems
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