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Art Studio II/III is a continuation of Art Studio I.  Students continue to work in various media and build their technical skills, however they are also asked to begin thinking about the subject matter of their artwork.  Each year, the students work under a particular theme given by the instructor, and they work to communicate their own personal experiences within that theme.   Here are examples of some of the projects done in Art Studio II/III.

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Contrast Pen Honors Drawings - Students were asked to visually communicate the contrast between past and present

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Contrast Gouache Paintings - Students were asked to visually communicate contrasting objects

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Honors Contrasting Oil Pastel Drawings - Students were asked to create a drawing communicating two contrasting personality traits.

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Contrast Abstract Sculptures - Using newspaper, pariscraft strips, cardboard and joint compound, students were asked to create an abstract sculpture communicating two contrasting words.

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Contrast Honors Colored Pencil Drawings - Students were asked to visually communicate the contrast between organic and man-made

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Contrast Conté Drawings - Students were asked to draw a very small object at a large scale from observation

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Cut Paper Mandalas Inspired by a food that sparks joy

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Honors Colored Pencil Drawings communicating something that sparks joy

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Sparks Clay Treasure Containers

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Honors Oil Pastel Drawings communicating something that sparks compassion

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Honors Conte Drawings Communicating something that sparks frustration

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Magazine Collages and Dry Point Engravings 

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Honors Spark Ball Point Pen Drawings -  Students were asked to communicate something that motivates them.

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Honors Interaction Conte Drawings Communicating an Interaction with an Exterior Space

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Honors Interaction Oil Pastel Drawings Communicating an Interaction with an Interior Space

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Interaction Collagraph Prints

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Scratchboard Honors Drawings Communicating an Interaction with a friend or family member

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Colored Pencil Honors Drawings Communicating an Interaction among strangers

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Observational Interaction Graphite Drawings

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Identity Mixed Media Self-Portraits

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Identity Sgraffito Plates

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Identity Collages and Dry Point Engravings

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Honors Core Value Conte Drawings - Students were asked to define what four core values were most important to them and then visually communicate one of them in conte crayon.

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Honors Core Value Oil Pastel Drawings - Students were asked to define what four core values were most important to them and then visually communicate one of them in oil pastel.

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Honors Core Value Graphite Drawings - Students were asked to define what four core values were most important to them and then visually communicate one of them in graphite.

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Honors Core Value Colored Pencil Drawings - Students were asked to define what four core values were most important to them and then visually communicate one of them in colored pencil.

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Revelation Scratchboard Drawings 

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Revelation Oil pastel Honors Drawings - Students were asked to reveal an aspect of their zodiac sign.

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Revelation Clay Containers 

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Honors Conte Revelation Drawings - Students created drawings that revealed one of their favorite or least favorite activities.

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Graphite Revelation Drawings - Students created a large and small drawing of objects that communicated a revelation about them.  They then combined the drawings so that the small drawing was revealed through a window in the large drawing.

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Colored Pencil Revelation Honors Drawings - Students were asked to visually reveal some of their favorite objects

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Tempera Revelation Paintings

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Mapping Clay Sphere Sculpture

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Honors Compassion Drawings - Oil Pastel

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Mapping Conte Self Portrait

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Honors Respect Drawings - Graphite

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Honors Responsibility Drawings - Conte

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Collograph Prints - Mapping

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Honors Oil Pastel Drawings Communicating an Aspect of the students' appearance

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Ego/Alter Ego Gridded Graphite Drawings - ​using the sculptures created below, students did a series of observational drawings. 

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 Ego/Alter Ego Clay Vessels

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Honors Colored Pencil Drawings Communicating a Collection/Hobby

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Honors Conte Drawings Communicating a Tradition/Ritual

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Ego/Alter Ego Collages and Dry Point Engravings

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Honors Graphite Drawings Communicating a Habit

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Honors Colored Pencil Drawings Communicating "Compassion"

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Juxtaposition Diptych Paintings

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Juxtaposition Stamp Prints

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Honors Oil Pastel Drawings Communicating "Responsibility"

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Honors Scratchboard Drawings Communicating "Respect"

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Juxtaposition Ceramic Plates

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Honors Conte Drawings Communicating "Honesty"

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Juxtaposition Graphite Drawings

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Hand Painted Travel Posters

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Clay Monument Sculptures - Students created a monument communicating a culture of their choice

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Still-Life Dry Point Engravings - Each student created a still life set up using objects that symbolized a culture they are a part of.

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Themed Pen and Ink Drawings - Each student created three pen and ink drawings of objects that symbolized a culture that they are a part of.

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Micro/Macro Mixed Media Drawings

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Micro/Macro Graphite Drawings

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Micro/Macro Collograph Prints

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Micro/Macro Clay Tiles

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Treasure Still Life Drawings in Graphite

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Treasure Sculptures - Students were asked to create a container that could hold something they treasure.  Both the shape of the container and the black and white design had to speak back to the object they treasured.

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Treasure Papercuts - Students were asked to create a black and white designed inspired by their Treasure sculptures

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Honors Oil Pastel Drawings
Students created still-life set ups that represented an object they treasure

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Honors Graphite Drawings
Students created still-life set ups that represented a place they treasure

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Honors Conte Drawings
Students created still-life set ups that represented a person they treasure

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Graphite Drawings
Students created a still-life set up of their abstract sculptures (seen below) and objects that related to their design.    

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Digital Manipulations
Students digitally manipulated their Contrasting Collages using Photoshop
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Contrasting Collages 
Students had to create two collages that communicated contrasting words.  The collages had to be made from found objects.
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Abstract Ceramic Sculptures
These sculptures had to communicate two contrasting words in an abstract way.
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Static vs. Fluid
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Harmful vs. Helpful
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Rough vs. Smooth
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Solid vs. Liquid
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Land vs. Sea
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Hot vs. Cold
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Contained vs. Spilled
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Dead vs. Alive

Honors Mixed Media Drawings Communicating Compassion

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Honors Oil Pastel Drawings Communicating Honesty
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Honors Conte Drawings Communicating Responsibility

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Honors Pencil Drawings Communicating Respect

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Eraser Prints

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Art Studio II/III Drawings 2012-13 - Various Media

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Vintage Travel Posters

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Connections Pencil Drawings

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Ceramic Plates

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Digitally Manipulated Collages

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Art Studio II/III Honors Drawings - Various Media

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Collograph Printmaking

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Form and Function Clay Sculptures

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Form and Function Pencil Drawings

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Journey Pencil Drawings
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Paintings
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Dry Point Engravings
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Graphic Design Food Posters
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Form and Function Ink Drawings

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Clay Cubes

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​Black and White Clay Bowls

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Printmaking
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Portraits - Students did a portrait of a relative in a medium of their choice and then replicated the pose in their own self portrait
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