So here are some photos I made today and a drawing of my hand.

 My hand

 Sunrise

 Plant

Fountain in the night

Jason 8/15

These are my four observational drawings. I like them, but feel that they could use some refinement. The stapler and the soldier were intended to be sketches, though. My shading could use some consistency; I didn't want to make the drawings to dark and thus tried to be sparing with it.

Marker Basket

Mini Stapler

Toy Soldier

Door Bolt Housing

My 2D definitely needs more improvement than my 3D, though...

Wall Hanging from July

Hey, my name is Richard Prey. Here are some of my Pictures I made in the past week during my trip in USA and Canada. I made this in New York. It was my first day in USA and I was overwhelmed of all the flags. And this is what was coming out. I will publish more photos and drawings soon.

8/15

 Tennis Ball

 Cable

Art work by non-art material 

I used creak and button to complete this art.

FOR THOUGHT: Street Art vs Public Art

Here is a CNN article regarding the nature and aesthetics of street and public art.

                                                             Modern Weapon

                                                             Shadow's Imprint

                                                           Irish Celebration

                                                                Buffalove

                                                              The Young

                                                                  Ike

Black and White

Hey everybody! I was sadly away for the whole summer at camp, and did not know that there was anything due! I have put the drawings that I did at camp in the book, and will add pictures of them later, but here are some pictures I have taken recently or at camp!

Inspiration: Bansky goes to the Olympics

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2012/07/banksy-goes-to-the-olympics/

Jason Jang 7/19

Organic patterns derived from plant specimens and Industrial patterns derived from machines

I combined several plant specimens to make this pattern.

I derived this shape from printingpress gear.

Process:

I took specimens of plants and combined them in several ways so that I could find the best mixture of shapes and composition of pattern. I transferred these patterns to 4x4 squares and I repeated the pattern into 8x8 square. From there, I repeated 8x8 square four times so that it creates 18x18 square of repeated patterns.

Looking at negative spaces are very interesting.

Lizzie 7/16

These are a few abstract photographs that are parts of future collages. 

 Pier 

 Ferris Wheel

Light

Lucas 7/16

Those two drawing below are my observational drawings, I have been doing a lot of photographing during summer.

Sun Glasses

 Hat

Proposal

Here is one of my proposal, I got influence by Kolomann Moser's poster.

Jason 7/14

I've been progressing through the drawing pages and have found that I am renewing my skills with time. This is the first drawing I did:

And these are the two latest:

I am also experimenting with styles of gradient with the lines. All of these are continuous line contours (overlapping means inner and outer, right?) as I did in Mrs. Shepp's class. I'm paying more attention to the overall shape of the object, and I think that last hand might capture it better than filling in more as in the previous one. I also wrote brief reflections after each drawing...

I've also done some weaving, but I don't have photos of those pieces yet. I think I'll have to use the printer at school and retroactively place some images in my IWB...

CONGRATULATIONS!

CONGRATULATIONS!

IB SCORES JUST IN!  

We are so proud of all of you!

GREAT JOB!

YAHOO!

Art galleries on the internet

Check out this link, where PBS "Ideas" channel examines the traditional gallery vs. internet galleries that use internet resources to make groundbreaking art. It's 2.5 minutes.

http://www.pbs.org/arts/gallery/idea-channel-season1/idea-channel-s1e9-browser-art/

Hey everyone! My name is Kes, and theses are a couple pieces of my work done over the past couple of years. The first is abstract, done in acrylic paint. It's one of my personal favorites because to me, it's very serene. The second is a still life of an orange done in chalk pastel, a school assaignment. Lastly, my own pencil drawing of an eye. Hope you like them, and I can't wait to meet you all!

Trouble posting?

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Happy summer!
Ms. Wilson

06/15 - Maggie


Hello I am Maggie Adair and these are my two observational drawings. I am currently with my grandmother and these are two things that remind me of her. Her favorite tea is Mint and this is her favorite cane out of the many that she has bought all over the world.

My Grandmother's Cane



Cup of Tea

I am also working with photography with nature and capturing many different movements within plants or animals. I will upload photos to the blog once I have gotten the photos! :)

Jason 6/15

Hello. I am Jason, and this is my introduction. I am starting the first year of IB Art as a senior. So far, I have started my IWB with the biography... Hopefully I can get supplies soon.

06/15

Here are two observational drawing:

Cup

shoe

This is one of the proposal of my thematic study next year: 

Influenced by David Hockney, I want to try to do a photograph project like he did.

ILLUSTRATED: the process of illustration

This blog is written by professional illustrator Steven Belledin.   On this page you will find a 14 day sequence, from start to finish, of a recent painting.  His illustrations are accompanied by thoughtful musings on his process.

Click here for an animated gif of the sequence.

ART from coffee stains!

Read this inspirational article about a young artist who manipulates coffee, as well as other interesting media, to create her original work.
http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1h0FUQ/inhabitat.com/hong-yi-paints-an-incredible-portrait-using-coffee-stains/