Cultural Masks

As a culminating project, students chose a culture and region to research how masks are used. They wrote proposals with materials, research on the culture, time needed to complete the project and size/scale. Students chose a large variety of cultures and each mask was unique, not only in style but in process as well. See the final products here: http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?project=1164845

Paper Mache Botero Balloons

Varsity Art students are in the process of making Botero shaped characters from paper mache and balloons. 26 middle school students with a very messy project right before lunch, crazy... or amazing?

Birds of the Amazon

Varsity Art students researched birds of South America, specifically the Amazon rain forest to draw on black paper with chalk or oil pastel. See the finished product here:  Artsonia

Whales to Scale

As combination science and art project, students selected randomly a whale to research then complete at a 1/12 scale. For every foot, we converted into an inch. The students drew the whale accurately to scale, then added color with chalk pastels and details with colored pencils. The whales are double sided so they can go in the windows at our art show. Opening March 11th from 5-7 at Gualala Arts.

Update: here is a link to the individual whales on Artsonia; http://www.artsonia.com/museum/gallery.asp?project=1111515
Also, here are a few photos of the installation at Gualala Arts Center: