Dia De Los Muertos

Incredible detailed work with students... Assignments ranged from working with multiple materials (including: tissue paper, colored pencils, white charcoal, markers, oil pastels) all learning about these materials on black construction paper.  

SHADING TUBES

SHADING

This is a lesson about shading... students were to draw a curvy line, place eight dots on it and START creating funnels! See the link below for detailed instructions. See the photos for the beginning of the students' projects. Click here for more detailed instructions: Lesson Plan By Mr. E

MONSTER PLAN!

LESSON plan

CHARCOAL first critique

kids are fuzzy on purpose...

CHARCOAL

CHARCOAL... not easy. SUPER messy. AMAZING RESULTS. Vine charcoal, thick charcoal, pencil charcoal...

COMICS

Our first book is getting ready to print! We created characters, and put them in a comic strip! Here are some of the final results that will be in the book!

SNEAKERS!

The Dunk was first introduced by Nike, Inc. in 1985. As the Nike Terminator’s "fraternal twin", originally having numerous colors in most sizes (Hi-Top or Low-Top) for various Universities and Colleges. Since its reintroduction in 1998, the Dunk has transformed from a basic basketball shoe into a subcultural icon and an inspiration for fashion, culture, and art.

(ABOVE COPIED FROM WIKIPEDIA)

We created our own "DUNKS" with a converse printout and we designed our own sneakers with the intent of making them personal... here are some of the outstanding examples of our V.O.D. (Very Own Dunks) Limited Editions OF COURSE!

BROCHURES

Tell me about you! Make a brochure about yourself and tell me about things like: your favorite food, your favorite music, your favorite place, your family, your favorite book, movie etc.

Here are some examples!

WOMEN'S HISTORY PROJECTS

Martin Luther King Project

WOWSAH! UPDATE for last three months!

WE HAVE ACCOMPLISHED A LOT IN THE SECOND TERM AT ACC! We have moved into PROJECTS-- that is longer term projects. Students have done an amazing job working independently and successfully completing their work!

HERE is a list of the projects:

January: MLK portraits

February: SELF portraits

March: Women's History Projects

March/April: Lord of the Flies Projects

Here are some highlights from each one.

WORKING ON WINTER themed CARDS!

BLOCK PRINTING!

Using a fork, spoon, knife and cup students were required to come up with unique designs using non traditional drawing tools! Fantastic work!

LEGO creations

check it out! pretty creative and unique designs...

HAPPY THANKSGIVING...

What are you thankful 4?

AND

Murals with Native American Symbols...

CLAY CLAY CLAY!

Students have been working with clay... forming it with their hands, making people, characters, cartoons, scenes, comics and EVERYTHING imaginable!

EVEN working an older assignment in- The Pear Tree!

AMAZING WORK!

Take a look...

BEAUTIFULLY RENDERED COLORING with pencils

Students are often stumped when they have to come up with a topic and an original illustration. SO, in the interest of getting students to look at color schemes and color in general I gave them a choice of coloring sheets. THEY did an incredible job and here are some of the completed results from today!

LET'S see today what STUDENTS come up with!

Here is the black and white of it! These are coloring pages that students will transform into beautifully designed posters! Students will use colored pencils to complete these posters and make them into real sellable art!