Digital Arts 25-26

Students are learning how to develop their skills as freelance artists while learning new methods of artmaking on tablets and computers

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Art is expressive but it also an exploration.

Students expand their artistic experiences with art-making, writing and the study of other artists, styles and mediums

Students use art to build on creative experiences with new skills and new routines for developing creative content. Students focus on drawing to build up a better sense of observation.

High School Digital Art

Throughout the school year, students are working on building their skills with figure drawing and drafting. This is our primary focus for the first month.

Afterwards, we move on to layering, where students use digital tools to paint and enhance their drawings step by step. Layering is also great for collage.

As we pass the half-way point, students work from written prompts and historical content to generate more elaborate paintings and to learn storytelling through comics

The last few months are spent on animation and filmmaking, with students learn to use all of their digital skills for video production routines. Students develop characters and stories to bring their drawings to life.

Portfolio, Promotion and Reflection

We develop Google Site portfolios (like this) and students organize their stongest work and reflect on their process.

Writing about your own work as well as using writing as a start point for writing is critical for planning. Even if the outcome is different than expectations, being able to identify that is important, especially as we begin new projects.

In May, for the past two years, we have celbrated our students with CamposCon, where students share their artwork at convention style tables and meet students an staff members. This event gives our art students a chance to network and share their skills

When students know that their skills are generative, then the ideation becomes a function of planning and students feel free to create and solve creative problems.