Expressive Lines! a warm up sheet..

Check it out! Let's get into the creating and use of lines....
Complete this warm up and notice what good results you may want to use in our next "group project".

Shading Pattern Project

Let's get into using the pencil to create a range of VALUES to make the illusion of depth. First, you have to create a design of SHAPES to break up the page into organic, mechanical and symbolic forms. Each form will be filled in with VALUES.
Here's the handout- and some ideas for shapes..

Mechanical shapes...

Symbolic shapes

Organic shapes!!! Wow!

About the Class...

Here are copies of the class goals, elements and principals vocab sheets.

Please look through the previous posts to see examples of Art 1 kid's artwork and the work of other artists.

Kerri Szolusha

My artwork was a rendition of Carolina by Jacob Collins. This was an assignment to further my own personal interest in art, and I wanted to refine my skills. I believe that the shoulder was the best part of my drawing because I worked the hardest on it, and it took the most time. I refined it multiple times until I felt that it looked both anatomically correct, and true to the original artist's work.

More good Clay Samples

Look at these pieces for use of SURFACE TEXTURE, COLOR, and overall SHAPE.

A GOYA for Halloween...

After a Halloween visit from the Ghost of Francisco Goya (18th century Spanish painter). Students in Art 1 created a mural in his style. Goya is known for his "dark" imagery, which was a metaphor for the troubling times he lived in.

Here are some details from the work...

ANNE KRAUS's ceramics with a story

Look how Anne uses painted images on the SURFACE of the ceramic to lure you into viewing the work from all sides. She uses images, words, and colors to develop a story and personality that is matched by the SHAPE of the piece.

See more of her work here...