Kluender/ Didlake Art 78

Students are enjoying their first lesson with Mrs. Didlake! They have been creating skull masks in celebration of Dia De Los Muertos, or Day of the Dead.

Students have learned a lot about this Mexican tradition.

They have created skull masks using cardboard and oil pastels and will soon add more symbolic pieces.

Kluender/ Didlake Art 8

Art 8 students spent some time drawing outside to get inspired about their upcoming conceptual art installation with Mrs. Didlake.

Bradley: Art 6 O'Keeffe Paintings

Kluender/ Didlake Art 8

Art 8 students began a lesson with my student teacher, Mrs. Didlake today. They were introduced to CONCEPTUAL ART and artists such as Rene Magritte, Marcel Ducamp, and Jeanne Claude and Christo. 

Student used Scholastic magazines to delve deeper into the work of Jeanne-Claude and Christo.

Students will be working on their own piece of conceptual art here at school.

Kluender/ Didlake Art 78

Art 78 students began building their relief skulls out of cardboard today. 

They were encouraged to use their sketches as inspiration, but given permission to change as needed.

Kluender Computer Art 78

My Computer Art classes are finishing up their studio Power Word Kaleidoscopes and working on their digital kaleidoscopes on Photoshop.

Kluender and Didlake

Please help us welcome our student teacher visiting from VCU, Mrs. Didlake! She has begun to take over the ARt 78 classes with a Dia De Los Muertos lesson. Today, students were introduced to this holiday and drew skulls in class.

Kluender Art 8

Art 8 has been working on a mini still life project. We drew from still life options set up in the Art Studio. Students were encouraged to design a unique drawing composition by drawing big and going off the page, adding overlapping and one or more horizon lines to show depth, and adding value (shading) in their chosen material. They could choose from pencil, charcoal pencils, colored pencil, or pen & ink for their drawings. 

Then, they were asked to add a second material to accent their drawing. Some chose tempera or watercolor paint, some chose magazine mosaic or colored pencil. On this day, some chose to work out in the courtyard since the weather was so nice.

Kluender Art 78

We are in various stages of progress in Art 78. Students for the most part have finished shading and are working on their magazine mosaic backgrounds. 

Once the base color mosaic is complete, they will cut letters "ransom style" to quote their portrait. What a great way to have your artwork look great AND have something to say!