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Linocut Print Based on Peru Research
(1 art)
from Mar 2010, taught by Lydia Horvath
After creating watercolor portraits for the Memory Project, students found out more about situations in Peru that could ...
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Applique Sweater Heart w/Embroidery
(26 art)
from Feb 2010, taught by Lydia Horvath
These pieces were squares created by Jr. division Art Explorations students after looking at the Pop Art "Heart" designs ...
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Foreground/Background Linocut Print
(9 art)
from Feb 2010, taught by Lydia Horvath
After discussing the concept of foreground and background, students created a composition using a figure or figures as t ...
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"Chiaroscuro" Self Portrait Collage
(7 art)
from Feb 2010, taught by Lydia Horvath
As we continued our unit on Baroque art, we looked at how figures and portraits were often represented in "chiaroscuro" ...
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Self Portrait in Graphite
(4 art)
from Jan 2010, taught by Lydia Horvath
For this final project in 6th Grade Visual Art, students looked in a mirror and then created a fully-shaded self portrai ...
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Unusual Animal Portrait
(12 art)
from Dec 2009, taught by Lydia Horvath
Each student in 2nd semester 6th Grade Visual Arts class chose a small (2"x3") photo of an UNUSUAL animal (no lions, tig ...
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Reflective & Transparent in Chalk Pastel
(3 art)
from Dec 2009, taught by Lydia Horvath
Students in 2-D Studio created their own still life arrangement by creating a collage "base" paper, then selecting and a ...
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Complementary Color Leaves
(14 art)
from Dec 2009, taught by Lydia Horvath
In this art/science integration lesson, students first chose two fall leaves from a large collection brought in during t ...
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"Dutch Baroque" Still Life in Oil Pastel
(23 art)
from Dec 2009, taught by Lydia Horvath
Students studied the art of the Baroque period, focusing, for this project, on Dutch Baroque still lifes. They noticed t ...
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Quilled Snowflake
(10 art)
from Dec 2009, taught by Lydia Horvath
Students in Art Explorations experimented with the "old-timey" craft of quilling to make these snowflakes. We discussed ...
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Mix-N-Match Value Face
(36 art)
from Nov 2009, taught by Lydia Horvath
First, students created a collage face from magazine pictures. They were encouraged to make these as "unusual" as possib ...
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TSA in (1-Point) Perspective
(25 art)
from Nov 2009, taught by Lydia Horvath
As we wrapped up our study of the Renaissance, we looked at how European artists "rediscovered" the rules of linear pers ...
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"Bike-a-Delic" Negative Space
(36 art)
from Nov 2009, taught by Lydia Horvath
For this assignment, students used what they've learned about negative space to draw an actual bike "without drawing it" ...
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"Renaissance" Profile Fresco Portrait
(23 art)
from Nov 2009, taught by Lydia Horvath
As we continued our study of Western Art History, students in Art Foundations learned about the art of the Renaissance. ...
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Negative Space Plant Collage
(38 art)
from Nov 2009, taught by Lydia Horvath
Students started with a drawing of the negative spaces visible in a silk plant. This drawing was then taped to construct ...
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Graphite Manikins
(5 art)
from Oct 2009, taught by Lydia Horvath
For this project, students were to focus on creating the illusion of form through shading in graphite. Also, they were ...
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Creative Sock Creatures
(21 art)
from Oct 2009, taught by Lydia Horvath
Jr Division students looked at the book "Stray Sock Sewing" by Daniel, as well as David Horvath's "UglyDolls". Then, th ...
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Multi-Culture Contrast and Gradation
(47 art)
from Oct 2009, taught by Lydia Horvath
Students drew a number of different cultural artifacts from Ms. Horvath's collection, using contour drawing to focus on ...
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Symmetrical Mosaic Panel
(25 art)
from Oct 2009, taught by Lydia Horvath
After looking at the mosaics of the early Medieval period, students created these mosaic panels using broken dishes as t ...
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Expressionistic Oil Pastel Self Portrait
(16 art)
from Oct 2009, taught by Lydia Horvath
Art Explorations students first looked at the art of the German Expressionists; we noticed how these artists used non-na ...
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Repousse Relief With Colored Pencil
(16 art)
from Oct 2009, taught by Lydia Horvath
Students began this project by creating a drawing based on several different multi-cultural motifs. Next, they cropped ...
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Hand and Ribbon Contour
(71 art)
from Sep 2009, taught by Lydia Horvath
This project introduced the students to contour and line. First students used "picture planes" (clear plastic in a frame ...
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Large-Scale Closeup in Charcoal
(5 art)
from Sep 2009, taught by Lydia Horvath
Students in 2-D Studio began the year by sketching a self portrait. Then, they used a viewfinder to focus on a "close-u ...
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All-White Still Life w/Subtractive Shading
(4 art)
from Sep 2009, taught by Lydia Horvath
For this 2-D Studio project, students made several thumbnail sketches of an all-white still life setup; they selected th ...
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Op Art Spheres
(16 art)
from Sep 2009, taught by Lydia Horvath
Students in Art Explorations created a 3-dimensional effect using colored pencils; they learned how to create contrasts ...
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Personal Mandala
(77 art)
from Sep 2009, taught by Lydia Horvath
For this first project in 6th Grade Art, students had to create a design on a "pie-piece" wedge of paper (1/8th of a cir ...
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"Medieval" Illuminated Initials
(26 art)
from Sep 2009, taught by Lydia Horvath
In Art Foundations, students began the year's art history studies by looking at the art of Medieval Europe. Then, they c ...
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