Elements of Art Non Objective Paintings

Students in Painting and Advanced Painting created a non objective painting using acrylic paint and mixed media elements such as fabric and tissue paper. The goal was to showcase all elements of art (color, texture, value, line, space and shape- we left out form since we were working within a 2-D space) within their painting. Students viewed artwork by the famous Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky to see how he used the elements to create nonobjective paintings. This project was the first project this year in painting and gave students the chance to play around with the acrylic paint, palette knife painting, using gloss medium and impasto paste. Here are the results:


Tony T

Sadie D

Paul G

Paige W

Mike H

Kelsey M

Jessie L

Emily T

David W

Christine B


Charlie W

Self- Portrait Links

Rembrandt van Rijn and Vincent van Gogh both completed numerous studies of their own faces. To see their self-portraits check out these links.


Van Gogh's Self-Portraits


Rembrandt van Rijn's Self-Portraits

Typography Portraits

Check out these amazing portraits made out of letters and words. Amazing!

Typography Portraits

Ordinary to EXTRAordinary

Students in 11th period drawing took pictures of relatively ordinary objects and made them extraordinary through enlarging them and changing the local colors of the object and or background.


By: Carolyn K.


By: Cody V.


By: Keegan H.


By: Liz M.


By: Mariah B.


By: Megan B.


By: Zach K.


By: Alex L.

Art is SWEET

In honor of Halloween, the Painting and Drawing classes each completed a "sweet" sketch. The painting classes used watercolors and painted m&ms from observation. The Drawing class drew oreo cookies from observation with the media of their choice. Both classes ate their subjects when their sketches were complete!


By the Painting and Drawing classes



By the Painting and Drawing classes


By Kara K



By Lindsey P



By Cody V


By Keegan H



By Matt S



By Megan B



By Nathan S

Grisaille Paintings

Students in 1st period painting class completed a grisaille painting using only black and white acrylic paint. When students were finished with their grisaille painting they added a glaze of color using the colors of their choice and gloss medium. Here are some of their results:




By Ehrin L


By Tory W



By Sarah D


By Melissa M



By Lindsey P



By Bailey B

Painting Without the Brush: Landscapes

Advanced painting students did some amazing landscape paintings without using any brushes! Look at how cool the palette knife works when creating a painting!


By Alyssa C.


By Amber B.


By Scott B

Elements of Art Hands

Students in Introduction to Art completed drawings of their hands that represented each element of art. The elements of art are Color, Texture, Value, Form, Line, Space and Shape. Students were to experiment with at least 3 different art media and to create an interesting composition.
Here are some of the results:


By Josh G.
Period 9/10


By Jessica W.
Period 9/10

Wall of Hands 1


Wall of Hands 2

Colored Pencil Sketch Books

Students in 11th period drawing completed a colored pencil sketch of a fruit or vegetable. Students learned about layering colors to create depth and dimension in their drawings.





By Vadad P.



By Taylor P.



By Mariah B.



By Keegan H.



By Emily T.



By Cody V.



By Chantel S.



By Bailey S.



By Andrew E.