Grayscale Project
The project is for the student to take a color photograph, painting, or illustration and translate it into grayscale. They use Color-aid grayscale paper and cut the shapes out. They are not allowed to draw or paint or do anything but cut the pieces out of grayscale paper and glue them down. The size limit is 9″x12″.
Line and Motion
Each work is roughly 3′x5′ and had to address the problem of line and motion.
paint and paint pen on drywall
charcoal on paper
Animation
This is not the actual assignment for my class. The animation below is taken from a project this student did for my class. It was a drawing.
3 inch Squares
Each student created 100 3 inch squares out of paper and marked each one. They then had to create a composition using the squares to fill an 18″x24″ piece of paper.
Mixed media
Mixed media
Mixed media and stiching
Texture Portraits
The assignment is simple: create a portrait using some form of texture that relates to the subject of your portrait.
Say Hello to My Little Friend! - 3'x3' - acrylic and shotgun on plywood.
Elvis - 18"x24" - acrylic on zebra print cloth in a golden frame.
Portrait of a Urinal - 3'x4' - spray paint on faux tile board in white frame.
Tommy - 3'x3' - painted squares pasted to paper.
Self-portrait - 18"x24" - black circles pasted on paper.
Self-portrait - 18"x24" - pencil on paper. Student repeated name to create value and texture.
Three foot Barbie - found three foot Barbie, spray paint, and paint pen.
Casting and Working in a Series
Here we have some casting projects that required working in parts or in a series. There is also one wood project that engages the viewer in play.
Aluminum and wood - 12"x6"x6"
Aluminum sprues and found sheet metal - 18"x4"x4"
Spray painted aluminum - 12"x13"x5"
Tea cup - aluminum - 5"x6.5"x5"
Play with me - wood - dimensions variable
Play with me - wood - dimensions variable
Play with me - wood - dimensions variable
Play with me - wood - dimensions variable
Play with me - wood - dimensions variable
Line and Empty Space in Sculpture
Each work is at least 40″ in one direction. The goal here was to use linear elements to break up empty space yet make that empty space part of the sculpture.
copper, steel, and wood
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