| Scholastic Art Awards 2010 | |
Good news, two of my art students won Gold Keys from the Scholastic Art Awards this year. This is really exciting because out of 165,000 works submitted, only 693 from the Region-at-Large earned Gold Key recognition. The art work on the right is from an 11th grader in my Digital Art class. It was made by taking digital photographs of his home from different angles and using Photoshop and a "Tilt Shift Maker" to apply an interesting effect that makes certain aspects look tiny. I really like how the three pieces turned out as a series. The one piece below is by an 8th grader in one of my middle school classes. This project is the same as the Chuck Close Inspired Fingerprint Project that I’ve posted before, except that this year I changed things up a bit by having them use a different medium to create the texture (black prisma-color pencil sticks). 
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| Topic(s): scholastic art awards 2010 | |
| By Gogh on March 5, 2010 at 2:29pm EST | Add/View Comments (1) |
| Technology Challenge | |
I’m a "technology challenge" winner! As an art teacher at McQuaid, I was quite excited about a technology challenge hosted by the technology department in which the best faculty websites were promoted and voted on by the school. I showcase a lot of student artwork on my site and have been trying out a student blog in my digital art class, so I was eager about this opportunity. The top 5 websites won a tech gadget of their choosing and I chose a Kindle. Thank you McQuaid! I’ve been intrigued by Amazon's Kindle because books get zapped into your hands pretty instantaneously! What book should I get first…I’m thinking something related to spring! I’ve got major gardening on the brain! Check out my art classes' websites: Mrs. Brosman’s McQuaid Site |
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| Topic(s): contest website 2010 | |
| By Gogh on February 28, 2010 at 8:12pm EST | Add/View Comments (2) |
| Busy Busy | |
So it’s been awhile…I know. But I have good excuses. This summer has been the busiest summer ever! I got married in June, went to Yellowstone for the honeymoon, taught What's Your Story at RIT’s Kids on Campus in July, and am now in the process of buying our first house. I’m also trying to get motivated to plan for the upcoming school year where I will be teaching a new class called Digital Art.This is all very exciting stuff but it left me little time to work on my art. I’ve been craving creativity and I'm dreaming of my new studio space! There are a couple of mini-projects that I want to share: - I made my wedding bouquet and my husband’s boutonniere out of hens and chickens. I kept the roots intact and then transplanted them into a pot the day after the wedding. I can’t wait to plant them in my new garden! Hens and chicks were also the little gifts we gave to family and friends. - Yellowstone's landscapes were amazing. We took so many great pictures. - I entered a back-to-school-inspired-centerpiece contest for the EveryDay with Rachael Ray Magazine and I won! Above is the photo I entered and below is what was published. Check it out in the September issue. 
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| Topic(s): 2009 craft contest photography middle school lessons | |
| By Gogh on August 13, 2009 at 1:54pm EDT | Add/View Comments (1) |
| Grandpa Donn's Roses | |
I started this oil painting in the summer after getting an idea to transform a painting I had stored away for a long time. It was an unfinished painting by my fiancé's grandfather that I wanted to preserve. It was off the stretchers and slowly falling apart. He loved roses and I’m grateful to have beautiful flowers from one of his rose bushes every year. The background is of his painting that I weaved together and stretched over 3 boards. It formed a trellis-like texture for me to paint the roses and pollinating bees on. The frame loudly repeats the nature inspired theme with real tree bark assembled like a puzzle. Again, I was experimenting with texture and color.I really enjoyed working on this piece, especially while remembering summer as I was finishing it up in December. :P Grandpa Donn’s Roses is on display (as well as my student’s and colleague’s artwork) at the Rochester-Finger Lakes Regional Exhibition at RIT’s Bevier Gallery from January 30 – February 25, 2009. Reception is Friday January 30 from 5-7pm. 
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| Topic(s): oil painting mixed media 2008 exhibit | |
| By Gogh on January 28, 2009 at 9:20am EST | Add/View Comments (1) |
| Alicia | |
I did this small oil painting (about 16x12 I think :P) of Alicia, my fiance’s cousin’s cute little girl, over my 2008 winter break. I experimented with the canvas by painting on an antique looking floral fabric that I thought suited her sweetness. I loved playing with color and tried not to over think anything. My goal is to start doing more experimental studies like this.For fun, I used this for a family Santa Swap and remarkably her parents went first and picked this gift. No stealing needed! |
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| Topic(s): oil painting 2008 portrait | |
| By Gogh on January 25, 2009 at 4:08pm EST | Add Comment |
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