Art Smart

Middle school Link to color theory quiz 

Check out the high school portraits on Picasa to see who their inspiration artist was. Each inspiration artist is in the comment box below the individual image. Take a look!

Blanca - in progress  Blanca - finished  Alejandro - finished Alejandro - in progress  Middle school students studied Mexican Amate bark paintings. The Amate paintings are rich in color and detail, and look like a visual party on a page. Each student chose a subject for their painting, and then began building borders, shapes, colors and details. You can take a look at all of the paintings in progress here  and the finished paintings on Picasa as well. Antonio - in progress  Antonio - finished  Armando - in progress  Armando - finished 

Artist: Emma Artist: Camila  Second graders learned about the Primary and Secondary colors through several color mixing exercises. They  started with a color wheel, and moved on to experimenting with overlapping colors. Finally students looked at paintings by Sonia Delaunay, and created their own final paintings using all of their new skills. Check out more on Picasa!  Artist: Isabel 

High school art students just completed their painting unit. Each student created a pastiche, or a combination of styles, by choosing a portrait by a Famous artist, and painting their face and personality into the portraits. Take a look in the library to see a selection of the paintings, and then see if you can identify the CIPLC student, and the inspiration artist! The answers will be posted at the end of the week! Also check out the rest of the paintings on Picasa!