Mrs. Hussey's 9th Art II-Nylon Stocking Sculpture

NYLON STOCKING SCULPTURE

First student create a base using a square block. They drill holes into the base and attach wire into the holes. 

Then the students cover the wire and the base with a single nylon stocking. They then form the wire to a pleasing form. 

Students then cover the nylon with Gesso. 

After sculpture are dry student can use paint to give their sculpture character. Painting the sculptures took them to the next level by creating character and bold statements.

Mrs. Crump's 8th Art II- Keith Herring Figures

KEITH HERRING STYROFOAM FIGURES

Keith Herring was a recognized modern street artist in New York City. He began drawing at a young age and found his love for cartooning from his father. Herring died in 1990 from AIDS related complication. For his complete biography visit this link:  http://www.haring.com/about_haring/bio/index.html

As a class we learned about the history of Keith Herring. Students studied the concept and common themes of his figures. 

Then students used the important aspects of the figures to inspire their creation. They had three important directions to follow.

1. Figures should resemble Keith herring's artistic style

2. Figures need to be doing an action.

3. Finish figures with bright colors just as Keith Herring would use. 

Students started by drawing their individual design onto a piece of styrofoam. Then they cut out their figure with a styrofoam cutter. The wire on the cutter is heated and cuts through the styrofoam like butter. Coolest tool I've ever seen. It creates limited mess. 

Once the figure is cut out students paint their figures using bright colors. 

 When students have completed the painting process they construct their figures using toothpicks and glue as support. Although the result is fragile. The students end products were inventive and reminiscent of Keith Herrings artistic style. 

Mrs. Crump's 9th Clay Animation Class

CLAY ANIMATION

Clay Animation is a semester long process. In the end the student will have created a wonderful film that they've created from scratch. 

1. Planning: The student are given a workbook where they create characters, background, storyboards, and write thoughts and drafts of story line.

Students also investigated the history of Clay Animation through the internet. 

2. Construction: After student work in their workbooks for what seem like forever, they finally start the hand on process. Students start with the backgrounds or sets. They create them in a cardboard box using paint, glitter, and a variety of other materials.

Also in the construction faze is building props. Students use legos to create structures such as castles, houses, trees and other necessary props. 

Here is an example of a tree. 

3. Clay Figures: Students have to create their characters in their movies with clay and wire. 

First students make an armature to support the clay figures. 

After their armature is made students use clay to cover the armature and start the transformation from wire to character.

Here is an example of a character before and after. 

Now that we have our characters and backgrounds made we're working on taking pictures. This is the "Stop Motion" part of Clay Animation. The students take still pictures of each seen.

Mrs. Hussey's 9th Art I- Name Designs

DESIGN NAMES

The Students are learning about the elements and principles of design. In this project they needed to incorporate their name into a an original design. 

After creating a unique design incorporating their name students used their knowledge of color to create depth and interest to their piece; by shading and varying value. 

The end results are vibrant are successful in creating an illusion of foreground, middle ground, and background. The students created amazing designs that demonstrate their new found knowledge.

Mrs. Crump's 8th Art II- 3D watercolor names

3D WATER COLOR NAMES

Students were assigned the task of creating a 3 Demential piece using 2 Demential materials. This process includes manipulating book paper by cutting, punching holes, folding, rolling paper, and painting paper with watercolors.  

Students had three Important directions to follow:

1. Name needed to be 3D and stand out from the background.

2. Students needed to add another 3D element other than their name.

3. Either their name or background needed to be painted.

The final products were very eye catching and pleasing. The students did wonderful on this first project.