More High School Art Projects

I wanted to share some of the AMAZING work that my Art 101 classes are doing. We just finished up some very large 18x22 portraits done with ebony pencil and also completed these mixed media self portraits last week. The technique was inspired by the work of artist Michelle Caplan. They turned out so well!!  

  

  

Comments

[Joanne]

I LOVE the photos! How did you get the transparency and the dots?? Love that!

[Roxie]

Wow, very cool!

Roxie

[Sheree Burlington]

What a lucky group of students to have you as their art teacher! These are just outstanding. And thanks for introducing me to artist Michelle Caplan. Love your interpretation of her work. I heart you, Christine. XO

[Zona]

Great looking...I teach High school art and would love to know how! Please e-mail me
Zona

[Courtney]

I just graduated with my K-12 art degree and I came across these photos sort of by accident but I think they are awesome. I would love to try this with my kids if you don't mind sharing your approach. You can email me.

[Michelle@MixedMediaArt]

What a great way to put all the faces together. You can still see everyone clearly but with a twist!

[Ellen]

These are wonderful; Michelle's work is so soulful! Is it a
transparency face, then layered underneath? What a wonderful
class, I love all the faces together; A gathered, grouping of goodness~!

[Maggie Wilson]

I would love to how these were done .Thanks maggie

[Valisha Hall]

What technique do you use to put the face on the collage? Is it a transparency or a photo transfer of some type? I love them!

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I agree with your idea.You look like very talented.It is very happy to meet you. Thank you!

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Thanks a lot for sharing such a interesting article...Iam very much impressed with all ur posts... i wish u to great success for ur project....Awesome job and excellent blog....me expecting more valuable stuffs from u...

[Susan O]

I would love to know how to add a photographic image over a collaged canvas. Please share your technique. My mother recently passed away and I think this would be a great project for me to try using paper ephemera that contain special memories of her. Thanks!

[Lisa Wright]

I am a High School art teacher I would love to try this technique with my class, would you share your process with the photograph.

[Barbara Coburn]

Hi Christine,
I used to be a high school art teacher and I love the project you did with your class using photos of their faces. I would love to know your technique in getting the image transferred so it's transparent and the background shows through. I've done gel transfers before but wondered if their was a better way to do the transparent photo transfers. Also, how did you get them so high contrast?
Thank you,
Barbara Coburn

[Denise D. Nelson]

Beautiful projects! I too teach high school art and would love to try this. I am always looking for unique ideas and successful projects for the kids. Will you share the lesson plan and technique? Thanks so much.

[Kimberly Ingram]

Wow! I love the photos. I have been teaching elementary and I am moving to our high school. Your project
would make a great start to our school year. Would you mind sharing?

[Kristen Lorensen]

These are absolutely beautiful projects. I've been experimenting to try to figure out how you did these and I have concluded that you must have used the Photocopy Transfer process. For any art teachers out there wanting to include this lesson plan in your curricula, watch the following video to learn the technique!

http://www.ehow.com/video_4955939_photocopy-transfer-medium.html

Thanks,
Kristen Lorensen
KristenLorensen@gmail.com
K-12 Art Educator
Savannah College of Art and Design

[Lindsey Snyder]

I teach art k-12, I would also love to know the secret behind creating these awesome portraits...please share- Thanks:)

[Ranae Wacker]

I teach pre-school-12 art. I think this project is awesome and would really get students motivated to do portraits. I would love to know more about your process.
THANKS!

[Cristy]

Thanks loved the site... Didn't know if you could email me the process I would love to do the transfer,collage pictures with my high school art class

[erika faust]

much like all the other comments would love to know how you did the transparent selfportraits..i also teach highschool-elem school art and am always looking for great ideas for students.

[Sarah Western]

I am a high school art teacher, and have stumbled across your site a couple of times while searching for ideas for my students. I would love to know how you did these portraits. They are fantastic! Would you be willing to email me and fill me in on the process? Thank you!

[Missy]

I love photo transfers, i use lazertran photo paper on my projects but would love to try this technique. Please share your process. You do beautiful work.
Thank you

[Yvonne]

These portraits are amazing. Can you share the process? Thanks!

[Kristen Hilton]

I love these. They look amazing! How did you get the dots and what process did you use? Would love to know. If you are willing to share please email me. :)