Category: Student

Students’ in my classes this semester had to research symbols on who they were personally. Along with researching symbols they had to find one color that represented their personality. Along with researching these symbols and color, the students had to take a photo of themselves or a selfie. I call this project “Selfie Symbolism” or… Continue reading Symbols that represent ourselves personally

My students in Drawing and Design worked on a project focusing on Positive and Negative Space. The students used references from a story they have read. They had to make the image 12X12″ and utilize positive and negative space. Creating simplified images to tell the story in a new perspective for the audience to read. Here are… Continue reading Working with shapes and stories

Spring semester is underway, and my students are already hard working on their midterm projects. I am posting a few from the first month of class focusing on the Design Principles and understanding line and shape in a grid.  The project is called 5X5. Students had to create a grid using 25 squares. In those… Continue reading Student works from Spring 2018

Engaging students in new media technologies in art and design bring awareness to what tools they can use to convey a message to the mass media. In Drawing 1, I challenge students to create a stop motion animation focusing on the environment the ocean. They could use any media to create their stop-motion animation.  Here… Continue reading Motion in Art and Design