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Adventures of a H.S. Art Teacher A site where art teachers can share ideas

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Maria makes a soft slab bottle.

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Used the the "X" and compass method (note X lines on original image at right) for image transfer to teach photorealistic drawing. Along with consistent harping on my part about using a full range of values this produced success for nearly every student.

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Here's another picture of bisque fired luminaria candle lanterns my students made. With the feet, teeth light holes, cut so top can be removed the project requires a lot of beginning students, but is doable and rewarding for them.

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This was a pretty successful project for my HS ceramic class. Students learned good control of clay as a medium plus they were able to engage their imagination. The final glazed and fired lanterns worked really well.

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One of my ceramic students starts to get the hang of the potter's wheel.

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Optical illusion project teaching how to create the illusion of form

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Testing our bisque fired candle lanterns in class.

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One of my students demonstrates his ceramic rainstick

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The adv. Drawing/painting class explored German expressionism and George Rouault. This is an example of what they produced. Acrylic on gessoed paper.

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Monstrous candle lantern made by my ceramics class

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Yeah more parents need to have the talk with their kids.

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MrShoesArtClass

Blog material related to work of my ceramic and drawing/painting students…and mb a few of my pieces. From time to time I’ll include lesson ideas and experiments.