Student Artwork, The Key School, Digital Photography I, 2012-2013; Ensworth School, Photo 1, 2008-2012

Photo 1 (Grades 10-12)

Digital Project: Working with a Single Color.

Students were to choose one color to work with as a thematic and compositional element. These are four photos by a student in grade 12 who chose the color orange.

Photo 1 (Grades 10-12)

Digital Project: An Object's Excellent Adventure.

Students were to take photographs of a single object in as many different places and situations as they could think of while thinking about composition and light.

Photo 1 (Grades 10-12)

Digital Project: The Short List.

Students were to choose three themes from a "short list" (the list of themes included patterns in metal, reflections, glassware, fences, studies of a bridge, churches, antiques, and not-in-service).

Digital Project: Working in the Style of a Master Photographer.

Students were to choose a master photographer to study. After writing about the photographer, they were to create a series of photographs in that photographer's style . This student (grade 10) chose Eugene Meatyard.

Digital Project: A Day in Your Life.

Students were to create a collage based on a series of photographs that chronicled a day in their life.

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Student Artwork, The Key School: Drawing and Painting I, 2012-2013; Ensworth School: Painting 1, 2010-2012

Painting 1 and 2 (grades 10-12)

Students created a painting based on a collage they had made from magazines and color prints of master-artists' paintings. Once the canvas was covered with paint, they had to start to improvise and unify the different sections of the painting. Oil on canvas (16" x 20").

Painting 1 (grades 10-12)

Final project of the semester: students created a diptych painting based on the theme of "Heaven and Hell." Oil on canvas.

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Painting 1 (grades 10-12)

Over two weeks, students worked on three self-portraits that demonstrated three different color schemes (monochromatic, analogous, and split compliments) for homework. Acrylic on paper.

Painting 1 (grades 10-12)

Students created a small still life painting from an arrangement of objects that they constructed. They had the choice of bringing in their own objects or using objects that were provided. Oil on canvas (11" x 14").

Painting 1 (grades 11-12)

The second major oil painting. Students brought in family photographs to incorporate into the scene and style of a master artist. The images below show students working in the style of Thomas Gainsborough, Vincent Van Gogh, and Winslow Homer. All paintings are 24" x 18".

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Painting 1 (Grades 10-12)

Still life painting assignment. Students selected a section of a large still life to work from. Oil on canvas (16" x 20").

Painting 1 (Grades 10-12)

Color mixing exercise. Oil on paper.

Painting 1 (Grades 10-12)

Self portrait paintings based on a photograph. First oil painting using titanium white and mars black only. Oil on canvas (14" x 11").