Visual Arts Studio

"We invite high school art students to cultivate global kindness by creating portraits as special gifts for children around the world. These portraits help the children feel valued and important, show them that many people care about their wellbeing, and provide them with a special childhood memory for the future. Since 2004 we have coordinated the delivery of 160,000+ portraits to children in 55 countries."

Sodoba By Nina Brunner

Fox Lane High School

In the following portrait you see a young girl named Sodaba that is 14 years old that likes the color red. In creating this piece I wanted to try my best to create a portrait that resembled her to the best of my abilities. I found that while making this piece I learned and picked up a lot of new techniques on how to draw especially by using mostly materials I had laying around my house. When it came to the end of making this I struggled with deciding on If I should have added any color to her or simply just the background. As you can see I went with just coloring the background and I think that it adds a very interesting effect to the entire artwork. Overall I had a lot of fun creating this portrait and hope that Sodaba will love it as well!

Sosan by Julianna Stiloski

Fox Lane High School

Meet Sosan, a twelve-year-old girl from Afghanistan who likes the color black. This drawing shows the importance of perfecting facial proportions and the art of shading with colored pencils.

Soraya by Gina Flora

Fox Lane High School

This is a drawing of Soraya, a 14 year old who likes the color red. I shaded softly on her face to show as much realism and little details as I could. I made the background with warm colors and tried to make kind of an abstract sunset. I outlined her headscarf with a pen since I enjoy drawing in that type of style, and shaded it with blue so that it would contrast the warm colors of the background.

Zarghona by Katya Juarez

Fox Lane High School

This is a Zarghona, a fifteen-year-old girl from Afghanistan who loves the color red. I chose to do her face in black and white with a lot of shading. Then I decided to do the background in yellow because I wanted the image to have a bright happy tone. I chose to make her headscarf red because she loves the color and thought it would give the image a nice pop of color.

The Pollinator Challenge: An Art & Science Collaboration

After learning about the importance of pollinators for plant reproduction, students in Mrs. Abt’s 1B ESOL science and Mrs. Poggi-Sanfelice’s ESOL art classes, created images of different types of pollinators. Students were encouraged to create with a variety of drawing or collage materials that they had available at home. Pens, markers, paper, watercolor, leaves, flowers, sticks, and/or seeds – anything they already had or could find outside. They had fun and were very creative. Here is their amazing artwork!

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In These Times

"The Burke Family Getty Challenge after Mary Cassatt’s Children Playing with a Cat, 1908" by Lindsay Burke

Fox Lane High School

Our family had a lot of fun recreating this painting. My older daughter, Cadin, is wearing a colonial costume left over from a school event. We didn’t have a bonnet, so we decided to place the wreath that hangs on our front door on her head. I dug my aunt’s wedding dress out of the back of my closet and attempted to do my hair in a similar style to the mother. My younger daughter, Julia, chose to wear her favorite “princess dress,” which worked out great because she is older than the baby depicted in the painting. Our cat, Snowball, was the most cooperative one to take part in this photoshoot. He loves being held by Cadin and was very happy to participate. What you don’t see in this shot is that our dog, Ollie, wanted to be pet and kept photo bombing our recreation. It’s a miracle that we came so close to the poses in the original!

Quarantine by Anonymous

Fox Lane High School

This shows us how people have been living even around their own families and how this pandemic has turned everyday life into isolation.

Reuse, Recycle, Recreate by Ben Valentino

Fox Lane High School

This piece of art was created to show how we are all affected by COVID-19.

Forward by Charles Lavion

Fox Lane High School

This is a photo taken in an empty parking garage. I took this photo to show the results of the lock down. This parking garage is one underneath a housing development, and as you can see there is no one there, just me.

Corona Mask Series by Mr. Schultz

Fox Lane Middle and High School

Cartoons inspired by the whacky masks people have been seen wearing. How does our perception of a person change when they are wearing a mask?

Observe with Humor by Steven Kalarchian

Bedford Hills Elementary School

I want to bring a smile into the world !

Creative Wonder Artworks

Magical Paneetah by Anonymous

Fox Lane High School

It is a digitally edited photo of a mix of a panda and a cheetah. This magical creature creates rainbows and can only talk in "moo"s.

Color-topia by Travis and Mason Boezi

Bedford Hills Elementary School

Lovely Unicorn by Finn Egan

Pound Ridge Elementary School

This is unicorn that I drew and colored with pencils. I drew this because I like unicorns. I like unicorns because they are mythical creatures and they have a horn.

Untitled by Abbie Brady

Fox Lane High School

Collective Works by Haley Sheridan

Fox Lane High School

Hapa

The term “Hapa” is used to describe a person of half Asian descent. Being Half Filipino and white, both my cultures are equally valuable to me. To showcase both of these cultures, I decided to include a mix of Filipino and western foods into the hair of my self portrait. If you look at the background, you can see the word “Hapa”- with the Filipino and American flag designs meshed together inside. This piece is a very personal one for me, and also one of the pieces I’m most proud of!

Interruptions

I created this piece to spread awareness about how anxiety and mental disorders can have a negative effect on the psyche. I wanted to create a sense of chaos to show how disorderly the human mind can be when put under stress. The mediums I used to create this piece include pen, watercolor, and a white gel pen.

Jungle O Youth

This piece represents the spontaneity of youth. Because our early years go by so fast, our memories tend to get very scattered and piled together. I wanted to convey that feeling in this painting, because I feel that many teens (like myself) have a deep attachment to our childhood that’s hard to let go of.

The City by Grace Jerrett

Bedford Hills Elementary School

Beautiful buildings on a beach in South America with a pink dolphin.

Comb Car by Anonymous

Fox Lane High School

Slot the Unicorn by Tara McNamee

Fox Lane Middle School

We had to a slot art project for art and I really enjoyed the project. We all need some magic right now!!

Yearning by Stevie Guevara

Fox Lane High School

I used primary colors to show a feeling of yearning for something just out of reach. I believe that hands are just as, if not as expressive as faces.

Rainbow Through Darkness by Sloane Melody Schwittek

Bedford Hills Elementary School

This project was designed after watching videos posted by my teacher about Found Art and I Spy books. In addition, my dad is an artist who created a similar piece with found materials like toys and buttons. I love rainbows and making art.

Stamps by Lorenzo Andres

Bedford Hills Elementary School

I have a lot of stamps.

Angle Pool Party by Matthew Schmiegel

Bedford Hills Elementary School

Pool Party of Angles-This is a drawing with multiple angles which include a acute, obtuse and right angles. There are also lines, a line segment, a vertex, parallel lines and perpendicular lines within the drawing. There are three diving boards, a pool and a bunch of people swimming.

I did a color coder for the types of angles and lines to help find them.

Minnie Mouse by Lauren Close

Fox Lane High School

I decided to draw Minnie Mouse because I wanted to learn how to draw Disney characters. I have been teaching myself how to draw, use calligraphy and paint for at least a couple years.

Flowers and Jellyfish by Randall Gochuico

Fox Lane High School

I made this piece in the middle of the night. It was a very odd experience for me that I night. I was trying to draw and paint but nothing seemed quite right to me. It was the very first time I really felt the pressure of art block. And it was scary, it was a scary feeling. I had a feeling of deep restlessness and unease. I thought that being quarantined had finally gotten to me. I had finally ran out of ideas. But I kept going and I finished the piece. Going forward to the finished product was quite cathartic. When I started I found I wanted to paint flowers. No real goal in mind but to do art and make flowers. And it was nice.

What May You Be? by Matt Ford

Fox Lane High School

Fire on Nanaki’s Bridge by Matthew Ford

Fox Lane High School

I work to create narrative in my pieces, I have a lot of stories in my head I’d love to tell. However, writing a novel or anything along those lines seems totally daunting! So I work to tell the stories in a picture form. It’s incredibly fun for me to create background stories to my work, it adds immersion for me.

Drift Car by Andrew Zapsky

Bedford Hills Elementary School

This is a drift car. I was inspired to make a car that looked like it was from the Fast and Furious movies and from a drift car.

Thermal Body Art by Isabella Weisse

Fox Lane High School

With both paintings I used acrylic paint to show the warm tones and the highlighted tones of different places on the body. While the reds and deep drowns represent warm and the yellows represent highlights. It was a great challenge but I am happy with how it turned out!!

Array Spring Project by Lukas Toczek

Pound Ridge Elementary School

The Streaker by Ethan K

Fox Lane High School

Sitting Bull by Emry Wetzel

Bedford Hills Elementary School

I made this during a drawing tutorial I did with my Dad and brother.

Helmut Sculpture by Anonymous

Fox Lane Middle and High School

I created this helmet as an example for my students. We were learning about how to use plaster and armature to create wearable sculpture pieces. A few layers of paint can be sponged on for an old, worn-out effect!

French Braid by Lauren Close

Fox Lane High School

I decided to draw a french braid by using graphite pencils. I am happy about the way it turned out. I watched YouTube tutorials on how to draw a French braid.

Holding on by Olivia Kolsky

Fox Lane High School

This piece is drawn from a picture that I took of two friends that were letting go of each others hands. I drew it with graphite pencil and I love how it turned out. The hands are called "Holding on" because the two hands look like they are pulling away from each other.

Starry Eyed Skull by Ashley Langholtz

Fox Lane High School

To make my starry eyed skull, I first cut out a skull and then painted it with acrylic paint. I tried to make the skull as detailed as possible. Then, I put silver and gold glitter in the star shaped eyes of the skull. To make the background, I took a white board and used a star shaped paper punch to have stars to trace onto the board with black paint. To finish the background I took gold and silver paint and splatter painted. Finally, I glued the skull on to the background so it will come all together.

Toilet Paper Roll Flowers by Ashley Langholtz

Fox Lane High School

These toilet paper roll flowers are a great art project to do with supplies from around the house. All you need is toilet paper rolls and some rubber bands to give them color.

Rainbow Worm Holes by Lindsay Malley

Mount Kisco Elementary School

It is a worm hole drawing colored in with rainbow colored markers. It took 2 hours to create but it was worth it.

Time to Bake by Dean Caico

Fox Lane High School

Flat lay Photography

Americana by Dean Caico

Fox Lane High School

Flat lay Photography

Hot Air Balloon by Ben Valentino

Fox Lane High School

This work was created to show that summer can bring our spirits up just like a hot air balloon ride in the air. I created this work just to portray happiness in the summer. I just got too bored today and instead of watching Youtube all day, I wanted to create something fun and special.

The Breakfast Platter by Riley Benson

Fox Lane Middle School

For this week's art project we had to create a slot sculpture. I decided to make a breakfast platter because who doesn't love a yummy breakfast. I really had a great time making this!

Glitter Band Logos by Ashley Langholtz

Fox Lane High School

Band logos made completely of glitter.

Portraits by Rebecca Kolb

Fox Lane Middle School

5 AM by Madelyn Wiener

Fox Lane High School

For our most recent photography assignment I chose to recreate album covers, so I decided to recreate the album cover 5 AM by Audrey Mika.

Pink Wall by Dean Caico

Fox Lane High School

Mr Music Man by Joshua Morales

Bedford Village Elementary School

It's a robot that can play music and has a magnet for a hand. He also gives you Wi-Fi.

One Word Expressive Artworks

Exuberant by Aman Matin

Fox Lane High School

For my first time making a calligram it was very fun, and I enjoyed it a lot. This is a calligram of a flower using the word Exuberant, because flowers would usually be represented as something positive or happy, being Exuberant's definition.

FEAR by Benjamin Valentino

Fox Lane High School

This artwork reflects how much fear has been living inside me.

Nature Artworks

Wizard by Steven Kalarchian

Bedford Hills Elementary School

Nature is our canvas!

Sakura by Shizuki Herzog

Bedford Village Elementary School

I made this painting for my grandparents because they once had a cherry blossom tree in front of their house that they adored. One day a storm knocked it down and they were devastated, so for their 50th anniversary I decided to paint them a cherry blossom tree. Painting lets me express myself freely and makes me calm and this painting really helped me. It took about 2 days to make this and I used very interesting tools like a palette knife and q tips to create the texture of the cherry blossoms. Despite the long wait it was very worth it and their reaction made me so happy.

Nature Fairy by Ben Valentino

Fox Lane High School

Breakthrough By Isabella Zapsky

Bedford Hills Elementary School

I used pencil and charcoal pencils. I absolutely love foxes and I like to think that the fox (and whale) are breaking free!

Photos in the Woods by Matt Ford

Fox Lane High School

Triple Tree by Ethan K.

Fox Lane High School

I thought about how a tree would look if 3 other trees split off from a single trunk.

Tree Tops by Anonymous

Fox Lane High School

I wanted to capture as much light as I could on this beautiful day. I decided to photograph trees because although they seem like a very common well known part of nature, we rarely take time to stop and observe them.

Alternate Nature Landscape by Jordan Lubinsky

Fox Lane High School

I created a painted landscape on recycled cardboard. Then, I cut out silhouettes of a bear and a deer on another piece of cardboard and glued strips of recycled magazine on them. The goal of my project was to combine an ordinary landscape with cool collaged animals.

Elephant by Mae Moody

Bedford Village Elementary School

I wanted to paint something big one day and I have lots of elephants in my room so I wanted to paint an elephant. I watched a YouTube video on how to draw an elephant and I did a jumbo elephant! I painted it and I put it in my room. I feel proud of myself!

Sunflower by Sean Egan

Pound Ridge Elementary School

I sketched this with a regular pencil and used a 6B pencil to shade in the darker areas. I like to sketch and draw because I can make my own style of art. Sketching make me feel calm and excited when I see what I have created.

A Walk Through Nature by Lindsey Miller

Fox Lane High School

I decided that I was going to take a walk in the woods. On my journey I thought I would capture what I saw around me.

Lonely Tree by Evangeline Santos

West Patent Elementary School

My work was created when I was doing some art work outside. I spotted a tree, and was inspired to sketch it.

Brodie Island Light House by Jody Chadwick

Fox Lane High School

I started this collage in class a week before school was closed. I made it for my husband who photographed this lighthouse when we were on vacation more than 10 years ago. The photo was recently damaged. I used the photo as a reference for my collage. I began by drawing it larger on a 12x16 piece of stretched paper. I changed the composition slightly by shifting the lighthouse to the right. I used discarded painted paper from the D150 art room.It is very likely that I am using discarded papers that some of my students have painted. I like the idea of making art that includes my students. The process of choosing and cutting painted paper is very time consuming and intense. In the end I found the whole process to be very therapeutic. It was a great distraction from all of the worries of this difficult time.

Survival by Emry Wetzel

Bedford Hills Elementary School

I built this shelter in my backyard. A shelter made out of sticks, branches, bark and pine needles. A fire pit made from rocks and clay soil I collected. It was difficult at first and even fell down a couple of times but once I got the frame strong, it became easier. I got the idea to add the fire pit when I found there was clay soil in a section of my yard. I put it around so the rocks would stick together better.