BCWMS VISUAL ART & DESIGN
Follow me
  • About Our Classroom
  • Creations
  • ArtPrize Entry 2018
  • 2011-2018
  • ArtPrize Entry 2017

Week Seven

3/9/2018

0 Comments

 

Building More Skills

This past week, students were introduced to their next major project theme: Spaces and Places. It was fun to see students shift gears and think about how we can depict different places based on our experiences and interests. 

To get students started, we looked at a variety of artists and then spent sometime on building understanding and skill with two challenges: Fast Collage and Photoshop Challenge 2. Both looked at how we can bring images together to make something new and both focused on students working with spaces by establishing a foreground, middle ground, and background in their work. In both works, students are asked to create quickly. It is always amazing to see what they can make in such short periods of time. The goal is for students to use this understanding of space in their project as they see fit moving into next week.

Here are examples of the work below:
Picture
Isaac: I created this by using an abstract collage with various scapes and figures, along with putting an unrealistic twist to the size of figures when looking at depth
Picture
Kari: I made an interesting piece of collage. There is a really cool background and the middle ground I had cats and then I had a dog for the foreground.
Picture
Bryce: I like this piece because it really shows the horizon and the mountain and also the lake thats in it. This could be one of my favorite pieces of all.
Picture
Gage: I made this with photoshop I outlined the mountains and the grass. Then I made the little details like al of the trees in the photo and the twigs on the ground. I liked this because I like to do photoshop.
Picture
Madeline: I selected the space challenge because I enjoy looking at the space and see all the cool things out there. I liked being able to create a cool effect with the sense glare and with the stars. It was all cool to see how you could create the planets with different patterns and colors. To see how the project came together to create something a whole image was very fascinating
Picture
Eli: In the photoshop challenge 2 I did The space image. This was an intermediate challenge and I really enjoyed it. I Learned many new things with photoshop and how it works. I also use lots of factors of art and the composition to get the whole art work. I really loved how the lens flare and the stars make the space look really realistic.
Picture
Olivia: To create this piece I used a graffiti name maker to create my name in graffiti. After that I put it onto a photoshop piece with a picture of the wall. Then I made it look like the graffiti was painted on the wall and had been weathered there over time. This made it look real even though it isn't, and that is why I decided to do this piece. It looks so real and it's really cool to have my name painted on the wall.
Picture
Niklas: I created this name using Graffiti Creator. I think the shape of the letters look very cool and I also really like cool colors like blue and green. I think the colors show me as a fun person.
Picture
Zander: The hallway I made was made in photoshop and it was made with a line tool, The gradient I used was a cool one that I found and this is what I made
Picture
Aron: In this image I have made a hallway. First I took a picture of a hallway, and I used the pen tool to fill in the lines of the image. After that I then used the gradient tool to make the background colorful. Finally I used the extort tool to add some cubes for the background. I selected this project because I wanted to try the most challenging project available, because that is kind of fun and the most rewarding in the end.

Technology-based Work

Picture
In my STEAM class, students are focused on technology this week for their second major "Can Do" project. They could make anything as long as it was technology focused. It was fun to see the variety of works students have started to make and how they have employed materials we have obtained thanks to grants from DonorsChoose.org and TangerKIDS. 

We will be finishing up these works this week and moving onto the next focus: Engineering.

Picture
Picture

Mini-Hideaways

Picture
My 3D students are working hard as we hit the final stretch of class and our last major projects before we complete the course at the end of April. It is crazy to think of how quickly we have gotten to this point. This week, students finished working on their mini-hideaway projects and took photographs of them on their desired locations. 

It was neat to see them completed and on location as well as read why students selected the places they did for their work. 
Picture
Picture
Picture

Last Collaborative

Picture
One of my favorite components of this course has been the amount of collaborative work students have done along the way. We will be finishing our final one next week, where students are asked to create a large cardboard camera. 

My students decided to use this older example as their inspiration and also make it wearable (since our next project deals with wearable works). It will be fun to see this come together in the next week. 

Making Connections

Picture
This week was also spent making connections with our NIS program through Google Hangouts. It was fun to have students discuss various opportunities to create in our program and answer questions from 6th grade students about what it is like to be in Art and STEM in 7th and 8th grade. 

0 Comments

Three to go

5/20/2017

1 Comment

 

STEAM Collaborations 

The STEM teacher and I decided that simply one more collaboration was not enough for our students, so we did a JAM PACKED week and a half that included three! It was a perfect way to finish our last collaborations as a group and release some creative energy during State Testing.

​Here are some of the results: 

#1: Mandala Madness

When we plan out our collaborations, we want to make sure students are getting equal parts Art and STEM. This Mandala collaboration really is one of the most perfect blends we have found and offers a chance for everyone to help out. 

First students get into groups of four and learn about various ways cultures have used radial design as a strategy to communicate ideas. After we look at some examples of various designs, students fold and cut their own mandala, using the fold lines as their lines of symmetry to transfer the design so it is symmetrical throughout their piece. 
Picture
After students completed their designs, we went outside to translate them into LARGE replicas with chalk. I happened to be sick on the day we did this, but my students made sure to turn in images of their work. Here are a few:
Picture
Picture
Picture
Students also explored radial symmetry through digital means using Sumopaint and Photoshop. 
Picture
Picture
Picture

#2: Piskels to Legos

Picture
In the spirit of translating images from one platform to another, students created images using the online program PiskelApp and then recreated them on our Lego Board! This Lego Board and the Lego pieces were purchased through a DonorsChoose project earlier in the year and funding from The Byron Center Fine Arts Boosters.

It was an awesome use of materials and it was fun to see all of the different creatures and creations students came up with to add to the board. This was our first time doing this collaboration and only had about a day to complete it. I think we will do some other really cool things with the Lego board in the future based on this experience. 

Picture

#3: ArtPrize Youth Collaboration

Picture
Inspired by my trip to The Lab School in Washington, D.C. for The Power of Art Conference, I knew I wanted to do a large collaborative with students that would ultimately hang in our library. The new Youth Collaboration Award offered by ArtPrize was just the incentive to get something done by the end of the year and we hope we are able to connect with a venue in order to have it as a part of this year's competition. 

The above video walks you through the five day process students went through to create this colorful work. First, students looked at the combines of Robert Rauschenberg and used his application of paint to inform their approach to attaching the canvas by making marks using a variety of tools. I was able to use donated paint from X-rite that was given to us a couple of years ago for this and a variety of paint brushes, sponges, texture tools, yarn, and stamps for applying it to the three 4x8ft foam boards. Even some teachers and our Assistant Principal got in on the action. They were simply encouraged to make marks and attack the surface (I had a great painting teacher in college who would say the same to me).

Then students were shown some images by Caledonia Curry and how she uses printmaking and cut patterns on paper to create collaged and layered works. We used the idea of paper cutting to create a series of portraits of students from our school (some of the images were from photos I had taken for the yearbook and others were from students own images) and various circle patterns. Students worked in pairs for this and it was fun to see the patterns and faces emerge as they cut into the colorful pieces of paper.

Once that was complete, we worked together to arrange the cut outs on top of the painted background until it seemed to look "right." Using Modge Podge and sponge brushes, they were sealed on top of the surface.  

The end result is bright and colorful and reflective of the wonderful chaos that is both the end of the year and frequently in my Middle School Art room. I think we are pretty much finished (although we may add in some Sharpie outlines in the background - we are still debating this). We have until June 22nd to connect with a venue so our work can be a part of the ArtPrize Youth Collaboration Award consideration. 

I
f you are interested in hosting this work, please visit the link and request a connection. 

This work will be on display in the BCWMS Lobby during our Arts a la Mode/Fine Arts Night on Tuesday May 23rd.

Picture
1 Comment

Collage and Value

5/20/2015

0 Comments

 
Earlier this week, students finished their collages and value drawings and turned them in on Artsonia. It was fun to see them experiment with methods that ranged in scope that included realism and abstraction. 

For inspiration, we looked at the work of Chuck Close and Noli Novak. I also came across the work of David Lock, which is perfect for this assignment and I will make sure to reference again in the future with my students. Here are the works I saw last weekend from his Misfit series, currently on display at the GRAM:

Picture
Picture
I really enjoy discovering new artists when I go to a museum, especially when they are so connected to curriculum already being explored in the classroom. I immediately shared these works with my students as they finished up their collages. I have all kinds of ideas on how to connect this type of work together next year. 

Speaking of making connections, I made sure to include Noli Novak in on the creative process by tweeting her some pictures of the students in action. She was gracious enough to respond, making my students feel encouraged and special. 

@campbellartsoup happy to see that! They are amazing!

— Noli Novak (@NoliNovak) May 14, 2015
Here are a few process pictures of the students working on each piece simultaneously. I find that when I am offering more than one process at a time, students move freely between them and make decisions on which they would like to spend more time on and which will be completed first.
Here are some completed works of both the collages and drawings. You can find more work on our class Artsonia gallery. 
Picture
Katie H: I first found the features of the face: eyes, nose, mouth. and then I found skin and hair then I found colors for the background I pasted them in small strips. I like this a lot. what I really like about this work is the background because one that is what i took the longest on and that is also the thing that I think brings out the piece the most.
Picture
Porter S.: To make this artwork I used a variety of magazines and put them together to make a face that looks realistic. I think it turned out better then I thought it would. I think that because I thought it would be very plain and simple but I found out it was fun so I started having fun with it and experimented with it and mixed and matched until I was satisfied with my work.
Picture
Hannah L.: I think that my work is abstract as most of the pieces are but i suppose it is one of the more "realistic" pieces. So i first started off by finding different pieces for the background then glued them on. And then i began looking for skin tones to use for the face and the neck and glued that on top of the background. After i did that i found eyes, a nose, and a mouth and glued them on to the face on long with the hair.
Picture
Kaitlyn V.: I was inspired by Noli Novak and her idea for drawing with dots and not using lines. I had the opportunity of doing this and making in into this piece of art. For the background i did a new technique where I scrape oil pastels on water and it changes everything up. I think that this was a fun piece that I had the opportunity to make and was glad I could make it.
Picture
Jordan C.: In my artwork, I used value by having an imaginary light in the top left of my paper. I used darker shades for the spots that wouldn't be touching the light as much. I love this artwork, and the reason I did a colorful background is so it will make things pop out more. I think I did an amazing job at shading were I should have and should not have shaded as darkly, Overall I think it is fantastic.
Picture
Jewel R.: I used many different values in my work, Light dark, middle. The usage of a pencil can create so many different things, light, shadows, ext... I was looking forward to do a shading project and we finally did. ^-^ I really love this piece of art work and learned that shading with your pencil isn't the only way to show value. I will definitely try stippling again. Hopefully get as good as Noli Novak!
0 Comments

Notans, Two Ways

4/11/2015

0 Comments

 
Before we left for Spring Break, 7th grade students worked with the Japanese concept of light and dark harmony through paper cut and digital Notans. It was fun to see the students work with the concept in two mediums and have them compare the work and processes. Here are a few from the group, but you can find them all on our Artsonia gallery.

Paper Notans:

For the paper Notans, students used a 4x4 inch black paper and cut out shapes that would then be opened like a mirror from the side. They were asked to cut shapes from all four sides and use a glue stick to secure it to their white background.
Picture
Aaron: In this piece of art I made the shapes in a unique way that I thought was cool. Some of the shapes I made were influenced by my surroundings and I also used some of the designs in the video that we watched.
Picture
Kasey: I created a Asymmetrical and Symmetrical design using black and white colors. I wanted to create a different and funky design. So used more organic shape then geometry shapes.
Picture
Denver: When I was creating this piece I was thinking of fire and the way it burns thats why it has a sharp fire like edge to it. And for the smoke the circles and waves represent that. Also in this pice i added a trapezoid to show a mountain along with the mountain like shape in the circle. This makes it seem like the fire is on a mountain or something. this piece may seem like nothing at first but when you look at it more and think about it, it seems to have a story.

Digital Notans:

For the digital Notans, students were asked to use work from their Artsonia portfolio and alter it in Photoshop with the use of the lasso tool and some other editing tricks. 
Picture
Jewel: During the creation of this art piece, I used the lasso tool in photoshop to cut and paste into a digital notan. My favorite piece of this artwork is the eye on the other side of the face.
Picture
Matthew: I made this notan by using the lasso tool on photoshop. This made it so I could select a part of the image and flip it so it turned out to be a notan like the paper ones we made in class.
Picture
Jordan: For this Notan, I used the lasso tool in photoshop. I took an image from my own profile on artsonia, and I made it into a Notan. It was really easy, and as I went, it got cooler and cooler. I really like this artwork because it has a lot of color and design.
0 Comments

Monsters and Collages

11/11/2013

3 Comments

 
Picture
8th grade students worked on Monsters last week, inspired by Japanese contemporary artist, Takashi Murakami. This year was especially fun because we got to use a new technique of felting wool on for extra details due to a Donors Choose project being funded! Here is a video from last year, explaining the process: 
Picture
7th grade students worked on Collages last week using their previous portrait and cut up magazines. It was fun to see the creative solutions students came up with to create a face out of many other faces. you can see the full gallery on Artsonia or watch the video below. 
3 Comments

All kinds of Collages

10/10/2013

0 Comments

 
Picture
Students are working on collages this week as we create both digitally and traditionally. 7th grade students are creating a Profile Collage where they embed images in their profile silhouette that express their interests. Here is a tutorial of the project that I made with Camtasia Relay (the lesson is adapted from this).

8th grade students are working on expressive Photoshop images, where they are making the unseen seen. This is always a fun project because the outcomes are so different. 
Picture
Picture
Below are some more traditional collages created by Mrs. Allan's class. It was a really fun project and students did a great job working on weaving a pattern before applying their silhouette of a tree on top. 
0 Comments

Profile Collages

9/17/2012

0 Comments

 
Picture
Picture
7th grade studens finished their Photoshop collage portraits to help me get to know them better. I love how colorful the images are now that students filled them with their favorite items. I also really enjoyed the artist statements students wrote to accompany their work. The recurring theme from the statements was how much students liked being able to choose what they wanted to put in their faces and how they also enjoyed using computers.

Photoshop is always a fun tool to use in my room and I am excited when I see the results. You can check out the full class of work on www.artsonia.com/schools/byron1.
0 Comments

origami revisited

5/29/2012

0 Comments

 
Picture
Picture

Jen Stark, Afterglow

The above three artists are being used as inspiration for the collaborative project I will be leading my students as we finish out the school year. We will be creating origami sculptures that will then be formed together on the wall to make a mural. I am excited about this project and look forward to posting pictures when we finish it (hopefully by the end of the week). Here are some worksheets that we will use for paper folding:

Picture
Picture
Picture
0 Comments

mixed media

3/27/2012

0 Comments

 
Picture
Picture
7th grade students are mixing up media today after adding value with pencil on their portraits yesterday. Today they are using Modge Podge and tissue paper to give their background a pop of color and contrast the value scale applied to their drawings.

After the decoupage dries, students will add line designs and patterns with sharpie and then use their photographs to create abstracted portraits using various cut up magazine cut outs. We are using Noli Novak as inspiration for both of these projects and are excited to chat with her in an upcoming Skype interview when we return from break!
0 Comments

creating collages

12/12/2011

7 Comments

 
Picture
7th grade students are working on a new project today surrounding the topic of collage.

After looking through this presentation, students started on their own collages from old magazines and glue.

This is a fun way to learn about synthetic cubism, various artists, as well as how to apply the technique to your own work.

I look forward to seeing all of the ways students use collage for this last project before our two week break!

7 Comments
<<Previous

    RSS Feed

    Archives

    August 2018
    June 2018
    May 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    November 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016
    December 2015
    November 2015
    October 2015
    September 2015
    August 2015
    July 2015
    June 2015
    May 2015
    April 2015
    March 2015
    February 2015
    January 2015
    December 2014
    November 2014
    October 2014
    September 2014
    August 2014
    July 2014
    June 2014
    May 2014
    April 2014
    March 2014
    February 2014
    January 2014
    December 2013
    November 2013
    October 2013
    September 2013
    August 2013
    July 2013
    June 2013
    May 2013
    April 2013
    March 2013
    February 2013
    January 2013
    December 2012
    November 2012
    October 2012
    September 2012
    August 2012
    July 2012
    June 2012
    May 2012
    April 2012
    March 2012
    February 2012
    January 2012
    December 2011
    November 2011
    October 2011
    September 2011
    August 2011
    July 2011
    June 2011
    May 2011
    April 2011
    March 2011
    February 2011
    January 2011

    Picture

    Janine Campbell

    Teaching Visual Arts since 2004 and making images since picking up a crayon.

    Picture

    Categories

    All
    2011 P B S Innovative Teacher Awards
    2011-P-B-S-Innovative-Teacher-Awards
    2011-study
    2013 England/France Trip
    2014 PBS LearningMedia Digital Innovator
    2017
    3d
    3Doodler
    3D Printer
    8th
    9/11
    Abstract
    Advocacy
    Africa
    After School Art
    Animals
    Animation
    Architecture
    Armature
    Art
    Art Exchange
    Artist
    Artist Of The Week
    Artist Rooms
    Artists
    Artist Trading Cards
    Artprize
    Arts A La Mode
    Arts-integration
    Artsonia
    ArtStart
    Atc
    Automata
    Award
    Awards
    Badge
    Balance
    Bcfab
    Bctv
    Before School Starts
    Blind Contour Drawing
    Blizzard
    Blog
    Blue-Lake
    Bookfair
    Boot Camp
    Camp
    Canada
    Casts
    Cats
    Celebrating Art
    Celebrating-art
    Celtic Knot
    Celtic Knots
    Ceramics
    Chalk
    Challenge
    Chickensaurus
    Choice
    Chuck Close
    Chuck-Close
    Class
    Clay
    Cleaning
    Cloud
    Coding
    Collaborate
    Collaboration
    Collage
    Color
    Comics
    Competition
    Conceptual Art
    Conference
    Contest
    Contests
    Contour
    Cranes
    Creativity
    Creatures
    Cubism
    Cyanotype
    DAFT
    Debate
    Demonstration
    Design Thinking
    Detroit
    Dice
    Digital
    Digital Art
    Digital Art Camp 2011
    Digital Collage
    Digital ID PSA
    Discovery
    Disney
    Display
    Donation
    Donorschoose
    Donors Choose
    Doodle4google
    Doodle Bomb
    Doodling
    Dot Day
    Drawing
    Dual Enrollment
    Einstein
    Elements-and-principles
    Empty Bowls
    Empty-bowls
    Endangered Species
    Endangered Species Day
    Environment
    Exam
    Exam Review
    Exams
    Exchange
    Exhibit
    Experiment
    Exploring
    Exquisite Corpse
    Exquisite-corpse
    Extra Credit
    Fashion
    Felt
    Felties
    Felting
    Festival-of-the-arts
    Field Trip
    Film
    Filming
    Final Exam
    Fine Arts Night
    Fine-arts-night
    Finished Work
    Finishing Up
    First Day
    Flip Books
    Form
    Friendship
    Funding
    Fundraiser
    Funds
    Games
    GAP
    Gif
    Gift
    Glaze
    Google-docs
    Graffiti
    Graffitti
    Gram
    Grand Rapids
    Grand-rapids
    Grant
    Grants
    Greek
    Greek Art
    Growth
    Guest Artist
    Hallway
    Help
    High School
    Holiday
    Holidays
    Idenity
    Identity
    Infomercials
    Inspiration
    Interview
    Invisible Art
    IPad
    Issues
    Japan
    Jewelry
    Jim Dine
    Jim-dine
    Kendall
    Kendall Dual Enrollment
    Learning
    Legacy Project
    Lego
    Lewis And Clark
    Line
    Logo
    London And Paris 2013
    Macul
    Maea
    Maeia
    Make Art
    Mancala
    Mandala
    Mandalas
    Masks
    Math
    Meijer Gardens
    Meijer-gardens
    Meijer Great Choices
    Memorial Day
    Memorial-day
    Mess
    Mixed Media
    Mixed Media.
    Mlk
    Molds
    Monster
    Monsters
    Moodle
    Motivation
    Movie
    Movies
    Mural
    Museum
    Music
    NAEA
    Nature
    New School Year
    New York
    Nick-cave
    Noli Novak
    Notan
    Objects
    OkGo
    Op Art
    Op-Art
    Oragami
    Organization
    Oscar
    Paint
    Painting
    Paper Beads
    Paper-beads
    Paper Cranes
    Paper Mache
    Paper Sculpture
    Pastel
    Patriotic
    Pattern
    Paul Flickinger
    Peace
    Perspective
    Perspective Drawing
    Perspective Drawing
    Photographs
    Photography
    Photoshop
    Pinwheels
    Pixels
    Plan
    Planet
    Plaster
    Play
    Portfolios
    Portrait
    Portraits
    Poster
    Posters
    Pottery
    Power Of Art Conference
    Presentation
    Printmaking
    Process
    Program
    Project
    Projects
    Promo Video
    Psa
    Published
    Qr Codes
    Railside Assisted Living Center
    Reading
    Recycle
    Reflection
    Reflections
    Region 9 Show
    Remix
    Research
    Resolutions
    Robotics
    Robots
    Scholarship
    Scholastic
    Scholastic Art Awards
    Scholastic Awards
    School
    Schoolarts
    Scone
    Scone Day
    Scratch
    Scratch Art
    Sculpture
    Sculptures
    Service
    Sewing
    Shawn Smith
    Shepard Fairey
    Show
    Silly
    Singapore
    Skeleton
    Sketchbook
    Sketchbooks
    Skills
    Skype
    Snow
    Snowday
    Social Contract
    Soft Sculpture
    Song
    Sooper Art
    Soundsuits
    Space
    State Film Festival
    Steal Like An Artist
    Steam
    Still Life
    Storyboards
    Street Art
    Street-Art
    Students
    Study
    Success
    Summer
    Sumo Paint
    Sumo-paint
    Sun
    Superbowl
    Support
    Surreal
    Surrealism
    Symmetry
    TAB
    Tagxedo
    Takashi Murakami
    Technology
    Tedxlivestream
    Tennesee
    Test
    Thanksgiving
    The Dot
    Transfer
    Travel
    Utica
    Valentine
    Value
    Van Gogh
    Van's Custom Culture
    Video
    Video Games
    Videos
    Vote
    Voting
    Website
    Websites
    Week Eighteen
    Week Four
    Week Nine
    Week One
    Week Seven
    Week Seventeen
    Week Six
    Week Ten
    Week Thirteen
    Week Three
    Week Twelve
    Week Two
    West Michigan Chalk Art Festival
    West-Michigan-Chalk-Art-Festival
    Winner
    Winter
    Wire
    Wrap Up
    Wrap-up
    Writing
    Year End Review
    Zentangle

    Picture
    Picture
Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.