Oaxaca animals are a traditional craft created by the people of Oaxaca Mexico. The animals are carved from wood traditionally by men and the women and children paint them with colorful and detailed designs. Families often will have painting techniques and designs that appear on many of their carved animals.
The students each selected an animal that they felt represented them and built it out of clay. Once the animals were fired they created their own marks and designs. This lesson allows students to leave the realm of Fine Art and experiment with Folk Art. Folk Art is usually created by self taught artists and originate in a specific area. The works of art are stylized and break away from reality. The students enjoyed the opportunity to create something colorful, fun and unique to them. |
Riley Uht
Student's Abstracted Paintings
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Watercolor is a challenging medium to work with. The more experience an individual has, the better they will get. To help students understand this concept they each needed to make two paintings. One painting needed to represent the photo as closely as possible, and the second needed to be an abstract interpretation of their second selected landscape. The class learned and practiced a variety of watercolor techniques that allowed them to control the temperamental medium of watercolor. For inspiration, students looked at the artwork of local artist Dr. Robert Lynk.
Student's Realistic Paintings
Tristan Mason
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One of the most challenging parts of painting is learning how to mix color. To help students break away from using paint colors out of the bottle (never a good idea, they are too intense) all students made an image out of color paper. They needed to use at least five colors and could have any subject matter that they liked. Once their image was made, students needed to paint the image they made as closely as possible. To then better understand how color has value, students then made the image in a gray scale matching the values of the colors they selected. When completed, the students had created a triptych.
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The contemporary artist Margaret Lanzetta uses patterns throughout her artwork. At first these images seem to just be a floral pattern that could be printed on fabric or a cell phone case. However, upon investigation of her selected images and artist statement, her work has a deeper meaning. Students were encouraged to come up with a meaning that they would like their artwork to subtly share with the viewer and then create a pattern or repeating shape/image. When their paintings were completed, students needed to write a statement to accompany their work.
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Richard Sanchez
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Watercolor is a challenging medium to work with. The more experience an individual has, the better they will get. To help students understand this concept they each needed to make two paintings. One painting needed to represent the photo as closely as possible, and the second needed to be an abstract interpretation of their second selected landscape. The class learned and practiced a variety of watercolor techniques that allowed them to control the temperamental medium of watercolor. For inspiration, students looked at the artwork of local artist Dr. Robert Lynk.
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Color TheoryOne of the most challenging parts of painting is learning how to mix color. To help students break away from using paint colors out of the bottle (never a good idea, they are too intense) all students made an image out of color paper. They needed to use at least five colors and could have any subject matter that they liked. Once their image was made, students needed to paint the image they made as closely as possible. To then better understand how color has value, students then made the image in a gray scale matching the values of the colors they selected. When completed, the students had created a triptych.
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The contemporary artist Margaret Lanzetta uses patterns throughout her artwork, at first these images seem to just be a floral pattern that could be printed on fabric or a cell phone case. However, upon investigation of her selected images and artist statement, her work has a deeper meaning. Students were encouraged to come up with a meaning that they would like their artwork to subtly share with the viewer and then create a pattern or repeating shape/image. When their paintings were completed, students needed to write a statement to accompany their work.
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Students created two landscapes, one that accurately replicates the image they referenced, the other abstract. They learned a variety of watercolor techniques that allowed them to control the temperamental medium of watercolor. Students looked at the artwork of local artist Dr. Robert Lynk for inspiration.
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One of the most challenging parts of painting is learning how to mix color. To help students break away from using paint colors out of the bottle (never a good idea, they are too intense) all students made an image out of color paper. They needed to use at least five colors and could have any subject matter that they liked. Once their image was made, students needed to paint the image they made as closely as possible. To then better understand how color has value students then made the image in a gray scale matching the values of the colors they selected. When completed, the students had created a triptych.
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Students created two landscapes, one that accurately replicates the image they referenced, the other abstract. They learned a variety of watercolor techniques that allowed them to control the temperamental medium of watercolor. Students looked at the art work of local artist Dr. Robert Lynk for inspiration.
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