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

Red Cup!

Students in 11th period Drawing had the task of creating two interesting drawings of a simple red cup. Students used colored pencils on colored construction paper and focused on illustrating the highlights and shadows that were seen on the reflective red cup. Here are some of their results:

By Jake F



By Vedad P


By Missy J



By Meghan B


By Mariah B



By Liz M



By Katie G


By Emily T


By Cody V



By Chantel S


By Carolyn K




By Bailey S (both photos)



By Alex L



By Zac K

Non Objective Elements of Art Projects

Students in both the drawing and painting classes completed non-objective artworks that illustrated the Elements of Art. The Elements of Art are: Color, Texture, Value, Form, Line, Space and Shape. Students were to create a balanced work of art that demonstrated their knowledge of the elements.

Here are some of their finished products:


By Alex L.


By Carolyn K.


By Chantel S.


By Mariah B.


By Jessica R.


By Shelby W.


By Zach K.


By Sarah D.

Twig Drawings-Finding beauty in simple objects

Students in 11th period drawing class completed a close observational study of a simple twig. Using charcoal, a q-tip and an eraser, students completed large value drawings of the twigs. Students concentrated on the highlights and shadows found on the twigs and also the textures on the twig.

Here is a group of the drawings displayed on one of the bulletin boards in the classroom.


Individual Twig Drawings:

By Bailey S.


By Hayley T.


By Missy J.


By Keegan H.


By Matt S.

Students also completed a small ink drawing of their twig. Students used India ink on watercolor paper.

Here are a couple of examples:


By Katie G.


By Mariah B.

Nature Drawings

Students in the drawing class were to draw 3 nature objects from observation. Before beginning the drawing students created a ground on their paper by shading it lightly with a #2 pencil. The nature objects were drawn on top of the ground. Highlights were taken out with an eraser and shadows were created by shading areas.
Here are some of the results:


By Chantel S.


By Emily T.


By Bailey S.


By Colin B.

For our first "real" drawing project we will be doing a collection of nature drawings from observation. Students will need to draw at least 7 different nature objects and use at least three different drawing media.