Surrealism

"Psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express — verbally, by means of the written word, or in any other manner — the actual functioning of thought."

Breton's Surrealist Manifesto, 1924

Students in Mr. Boccini's Studio Art Classes explored the ideas of Surrealism. They collected a random groups of magazine images, anything that caught their eye. One image became the basis for an "environment" in which to place other images. Some use of geometric perspective was required in each composition, but it could be distorted or manipulated. Part of the image used Stippling (a shading technique using dots.)

Collage, oil pastels, sharpie markers, watercolors, tempera paint and colored pencils were used in these mixed media images.

Printmaking Logo

What logo catches your eye? What does it tell you about the company? Why do most logos have a color scheme?

 

Students in Miss Church's Studio art class have been looking at different logos and questioning what the company wants them to know. Why certain colors catch your attention and how a simple logo can go a long way.

 

After looking at different logos and color families, students created their own personalize logo on a linoleum.

Students had to create a logo and draw it on linoleum 

Then they had to carve out the negative space

Next students made prints!

 

 

 

Studio Art - Ms. Bianco

Students worked with oil pastels to create Animal Portraits. Not only did they need to understand color and color mixing they had to focus on texture and composition.

 

Color Wheel Project

Students in Miss Church's studio art class have been learning about the color wheel and color families. First they made a color wheel with the primary, secondary, and teritary colors.  Next they created a tint and shade for each color.

 

Here are some examples:

                                   Color Families Project

After creating a successful color wheel, students created a rotating image that portrays four color families. They were to create an original design and rotate it clockwise.  This created a symmeterical image.  Students could choice from primary, secondary, teritary, analogous, monochromatic, warm, cool, or neutral color families.

Check out some of the artwork here or come visit the high school art wing to see it in person!