It's hard to believe that the final projects have already come and gone! Advanced Art students are required to write a research paper and create a final work of art. They must pick an artist of their choice, do research on that artist, write a 2 page research paper and then create their own work of art inspired by that artist. Click the names of the artists in blue to see work by the original artists! Vincent did an outstanding job on his optical illusion inspired by renowned artist, M.C. Escher! Mina also found inspiration in M.C. Escher's work, specifically his drawings which included reflections. Mina came up with the idea to show the reflection of a man who is half from a time in the past (fully human) and half from a time in the future (partly robotic)! Very cool! M.C. Escher was the inspiration artist for Blake as well, but he took a much different approach. Instead of sticking to pencil and paper, like Escher did, Blake took the idea of the optical illusions but applied mixed media processes by combining an image transfer, gouache, and salt relief technique to create his piece. Julie decided to go abstract and created this wonderful piece inspired by Wassily Kandinsky. Natalie was drawn to the alluring work of contemporary artist, Marion McConaghie, and created this mixed media piece, which includes image transfers of text and a hand-drawn chalk pastel and ink butterfly. Sam created this painting inspired by mysterious European artist, Banksy. Like Banksy, Sam picked a social issue to address in his work, which is his opposition to gang violence. Sam portrayed this by creating a stencil of a masked man holding a banana instead of a weapon. Great work, Sam! Courtney created a beautiful flower painting inspired by none other than Georgia O'Keefe. Avonna got creative and painted a fantastical illustration of a flying wolf inspired by N.C. Wyeth! Abby has always loved the somewhat eerie work of Tim Burton (this site is AWESOME). She applied characteristics of his work to her drawings of musicians in some of her favorite bands. Abby did an excellent job of capturing his style! Victoria created this piece inspired by one of my favorite artists, Dan Eldon. She wanted to honor the soldiers, firefighters and other real life heroes in her piece by combining pictures of them, comic book superheroes and text of newspaper articles that tell of stories of honor and sacrifice. These gentlemen worked collaboratively to illustrate a children's book - check back for updates on the final book! I was very impressed with their work as well as many others! It has been a wonderful semester, Advanced Art kiddos. You have all grown and I am so very proud of you. Best wishes in high school and beyond!
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