Students studied the life and work of American painter, Winslow Homer and looked at his many New England seascapes. Students use acrylic paint and oil pastels to create their own seascape inspired by the rocky New England shore.
These bas-reliefs were inspired by Renaissance artist and sculptor, Donatello. Students studied his story and figure based bas-reliefs (or low-reliefs) and then created their own creature design using model magic on board, finished with metallic paint.
Students studied the life and work of Spanish artist Joan Miro, looking specifically at his painting, "Figures and Dog in Front of the Sun". Students made a list of characteristics of his abstract pieces and used this list to create a drawing of figures in action.
Students studied the work of French artist, Georges Suerat and looked at many of his pointillist paintings. Seurat was interested in the fact that the human eye is able mix colors when different colored dots are painted right next to each other. Students used this idea to paint a still-life using only primary colors. Students painted dots of yellow and red to create orange, dots of blue and yellow to create green and blue and red dots to create purple.