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Stencils, Spray Paint and Selfies

5/28/2015

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There is just something really cool and engaging about spraying a spray can for the first time! Drawing & Painting II students have been working on creating a spray paint self portrait. They created stencils using photoshop and original photos they have taken. Many students had the opportunity to use their go to selfie. After carefully cutting their stencils they use spray paint and bin of old stencils I had to create a layered effect. Of course we had a healthy discussion on where and when to use spray paint. However, the weather had other ideas. It is so humid that the paint would not dry. We will give it another try tomorrow and hopefully get the last layer on using their custom stencils and text. Pretty cool, right?
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Drawing & Painting II Students dive into Charcoal

1/14/2015

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Here are our supplies: simple pink eraser (left), bits of compressed charcoal in all stages of use (middle) and 6B charcoal pencils with pink eraser tops and blending stump (right) Oh, and Yes... it is messy! Lots of washing hands and cleaning the tables at the end of the period.
Period 1 & 4 Drawing & Painting II students have just begun their charcoal self portraits. They began the project by taking fun and expressive photographs and cropping them in photoshop. They had 3 different size formats to choose from. They had to consider the balance of value and contrast in the photo while creating an interesting composition. The images were gridded to enlarge the drawing and they began practicing different  charcoal techniques. Check out the beginning stages...
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Students working on their self portraits.
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    "The arts celebrate multiple perspectives. One of their large lessons is that there are many ways to see and interpret the world."
                    -Elliot W. Eisner
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    Mrs. Dorothy Amme
    Visual Arts Teacher
    Piscataway High School

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