Song Title Painting!

The fifth and sixth period students chose one song title and had to visually represent it on canvas board using acrylic paints. The challenge was using images that "read" to the viewer. When done correctly the viewer should be able to look at the painting and know the song title immediately. Try to guess the song titles for each painting! The answers are listed at the bottom.

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Answers!

1. Smells like Teen Spirit
2. Party on 5th Avenue
3. Drop the World
4. Poker Face
5. The Narwhal Song
6. I Will Follow You into the Dark
7. Ring of Fire
8. Teardrops on My Guitar
9. Stereo Hearts
10. I Believe I Can Fly
11. 19 with Neck Tatz

Focus Painting!

For this painting project, the third and fourth period students looked at an out of focus upside-down artwork and painted what they saw.  Each day the painting got more in focus and at the end of the week, the students saw the source painting clear and right side-up for the first time! It was a big surprise when students discovered that the image was upside the entire time!

 

Students did an amazing job mixing colors, as they were only given Red, Yellow, Blue, Black, and White to create all the vivid colors in this painting.

The original art work was made by André Derain: Pont de Charing Cross, London, in 1906. Try to guess which image is the original!

Cartoon Comic Books!

Students created an original comic character with personality traits and an optional side kick. Students created a comic book with a page for the front view and side view of the characters, a page for the comic strip, a page for the background history of the character, and a comic book cover with a price tag and bar code. To complete the book the students created a Chevron Lace Pattern stitch to bind the book together. This was a large project and the students rose to the occasion!