Students were tasked with fusing together two artists or cultures in an interesting way. To do this- they had to think about how an image can be broken down... composition, color scheme, style/ , materials, subject matter, foreground/middleground/background, etc.

Students had to make miniature clay figurines inspired by traditional tea pets and the ceramic work of Bernard Palissy

Students had to think backwards! The image was backwards and the layering had to be done in the oppositve order as they painted on a transparent surface!

Students were tasked to research an impressionist/post impressionist artist and look at how they described form and light. Students used watercolor to create a monochromatic underpainting to set the mood of the piece. Students then covered the majority of the underpainting using oil pastel, colored pencil, or acrylic paint.

Students had to think about how to layer through their values in this portrait exercise. The main goal here is to assist students in thinking about how they utilize base layers in future painting projects.

Students had to think reductively while removing the black top layers off of their scratchboard surface to reveal the white underneath. Students also had to think about texture, movement, and transitions as they created the illusion of varying gray values based on how they spaced and sized their markmaking.

Students were tasked with drawing an object of their choosing that would then be translated into a variety of media. Students had the opportunity to dabble with pen quills and ink, collage, reduction drawings, digital layering, and burnishing colored pencil.