Shoreline Arts Trail 2012!!!

Get a group together, explore with your family, or go with a friend and meet an artist that lives and works in your community. Learn about the artists participating HERE

If you are in one of my classes you will be required to learn about an artist in the community this semester, so take advantage of the Open Studios this weekend.  When you visit the studios bring your sketchbook and ask the artist how they got started, if and where they studied art formally.  View their work, write about their art using art vocabulary in your own voice.  Use the Four Steps of Critique to do a more formal analysis of one of their works of art.  The most beneficial part of this experience will be talking to the artist.  If you cannot make any of the open studios this weekend start doing some research on artists in the community to see which ones you would be interested in visiting.

 

List of Artists and Contact Information

Out of this WORLD!

Designing for the Web

These Surreal works of art utilize many of the tools we have been learning in Adobe Photoshop.  Some very interesting photos that are definitely out of this world!

Amy B

Tanner G

Andrew M

John T

Inspiration is Everywhere

Intro Drawing and Painting 

At a recent teacher workshop I was given a hand-out that contained a lot of information.  As the speaker presented I was looking over the hand-out and spotted words that resonated with me.  I underlined these words, drew designs around them, and began to doodle pictures that came to mind.  My doodling helped me better understand what the speaker was trying to get across and I was inspired to create a collage.  I first ripped and cut the words out from the hand-out then I used mod-podge (acrylic gel medium) to glue them to Bristol board.  I then began to layer pastels, mixing them with mod-podge.  The piece was spontaneous, like a doodle. Try this for a sketchbook assignment-you can add photographs, use marker, pastel, ink...etc.  Over the next week think about words your hear or see…maybe you will be inspired by words in a song or during a lecture in school. 

A book I find inspirational is:
Unfurling, A Mixed-Media Workshop with Misty Mawn: Inspiration and Techniques for Self-Expression through Art. The collages below are examples of her work.  Her work is multi-faceted and so much fun to look at.  I especially enjoy the way she incorporates a still-life into this collage.

Collage by Mysty Mawn

Collage by Mysty Mawn

Creating a Shape Tween

Designing for the Web

When you create a shape tween you morph one shape into another.  It is relatively easy and fun to make!  Follow the guidelines in the shape tween lesson and you will be on your way to designing in Flash.

Shape Tween Lesson

Created by Shoshanna L, 2011

Created by Jason P, 2011