Face Off

For Halloween, I want to share a show I found on SyFy called Face Off.  This is a reality show where the contestants are presented with a challenge to create a character based on the judges criteria.  They must make everything for their design; from the mask molds to the costumes and then have to dress a model and apply make-up to finish the look.  The transformations that take place are amazing! 

These images are from a challege where the contestants were given a children's drawing of a monster and they had to take it from a 10 year old's crayon drawing to a living monster.

The link to full episodes and a picture gallery is below. 
http://www.syfy.com/faceoff/episodes/season/3/episode/307/monster_twist

Halloween Still Life

This is the Halloween Still Life that CFA art students will be drawing this week in room 330.

Stop Motion Animation

Our last Art Report was on Tim Burton who is famous for his stop motion animations, such as The Nightmare Before Christmas. 

This is a stop motion animation that a seventh grade student, Zach D., made at home using Lego's.  It is amazing!  

 

October Doodler's Anonymous

The month of October is almost over, but there is still time to turn a drawing in.  Check out some of the amazing artwork from the Ground Floor and Third Floor Doodler's Anonymous Boards. 

 

E-Share for Yearbook

Mr. Tolbert and the CFA Yearbook Staff are looking for parents to share their photographs for possible use in the yearbook! The E-share program is a safe, easy and reliable way for parents to become a part of the yearbook.

Tootsie Rolls

We are starting our still life drawing unit in 7th grade art.  To get use to drawing this as we see them (not as we perceive them), we are drawing tootsie rolls.  Here are some drawings from period 5A.

Mr. Tolbert's Art Room

I have been in Mr. Tolbert's Room on the third floor Friday and today administering the Pre-Tests for 8th grade art.  What a beautiful space!  I have to say that CFA's 330 is the most beautiful room probably in the entire district.  No wonder Corning native Fredrick Carder used the space for his studio on occasion.  7th graders, no only do you have the amazing and inspiring Mr. Tolbert to look forward to next year, you also will get to create art in this wonderful space! 

Terrific Tangles

These are the first two finished tangle in the 6th grade art class.  I am so impressed with these ladies work!

Natalie - 9Period 9A

Lauren - Period 9A

Graffiti Tags

Seventh grade students are starting to finish their Graffiti Tags. They look AWESOME!  Check out a few of these great drawings.

Sarah S. - Period 8B

Kaitlyn K. - Period 1B

Damien H. - Period 4A

Tangles

6th grade students are working on Tangles in art class.  A tangle is a doodle that is created by following these guidelines.

Deliberate Stroke - In a tangle you draw each stroke consciously and deliberately..

Deliberate Focus - As you make a deliberate pen stroke on your tangle without concerning yourself of what it will look like when you are done, that very act of putting your pen to paper focuses your attention in a special way. As your eye follows your pen strokes your attention shifts to a state that allows fresh thoughts, new perspectives, and creative insights.

No Eraser - There is no eraser in life and there is no eraser in a tangle. You will discover that apparent mistakes can be foundations for new patterns and take you in unexpected and exciting new directions.

Unknown Outcomes - Unlike much art, or most activities, you start out intentionally not knowing what your tangle creation will look like. This method allows you to discover new possibilities that you might not have anticipated when you began. We can most always tell when we've preplanned a specific outcome when using my tangle method. It almost always looks forced and stiff.

Abstract - You always succeed when you create tangle art because you always create a pattern. A tangle creation is meant to be non-representative with no up or down. Since it is not a picture of something, you have no worries about whether you can draw a hand, or a duck. You always succeed in creating a pattern in a tangle way.

Here is an example I just finished in our class yesterday. I cannot wait to share the amazing work the students have created!

September Winners

The winners for Doodler's Anonymous for the month of September are....

6th Grader Leah Storm

7th Grader Rachel Hageman

8th Grader Matthew Markayze