Martin Lee Boyle / Art

Students photograph their eyes using a DSLR camera and use the photo reference to learn watercolor techniques.

Students take photographs using a flash light to create dramatic lighting effects.  They then draw on black paper using white pencils to create self portraits.

Students learn about the Fauve Painters, the French modern art movement.  They use color as an expressive tool.

Three point perspective is used to create a word tower of block letters.  

A spectrum color background is used with various silhouette images to create depth.  The principle of atmospheric perspective is used to show depth of space.

Art history lesson on Pointillism and Impressionism is used as inspiration for oil pastel landscapes.  

Students research cultural drums and use a coil method to make a  cylinder.  Raw hide leather is soaked and stretched to form the drum head.

Baroque painting examples are shown in an art history lesson.  Students take photographs posing with hands to express an emotion.  Chiaroscuro modeling technique is learned; gray paper is the middle value on a scale from white to black.

A Junior's independent project idea explores the negative aspects of social media using photoshop techniques.

Students are instructed in setting up a still life and DSLR photography using spot lights.

Plastic dry point printmaking is a process where images are drawn by scratching into a plastic plate.  The plate is inked and run through an etching press with pieces of color tissue paper

Clay is used to create a realistic self portrait.  Students make a pug mold with plaster tape strips to get exact proportions.  Then mirrors are used to sculpt from observation.