High School Art Update

High school Studio Art students have been finishing their portrait drawing using a grid in the style of Chuck Close. They chose celebrity portraits, drew that at a 1:1 ratio, then enlarged them to 2:1 ratio. They are using drawing pencils to work on value and shading, as well as accurate proportions.

They are exploring street art and creating public works.

Lastly, Here are a few photos from our water installation at Gualala Arts Center:

Links for Sign Language Elective

Here is the link to a list of Sign Language movies, including ASL, documentaries and other sign languages:
http://www.johnlubotsky.com/deafcinema/#e

Here is a link to the Lion Sleeps Tonight to practice, remember we are using sweetheart and a different sign for fear. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x605Auc7I5k 

Lastly, here is the Signing Savvy website and the first 100 words websites to practice from:
https://www.signingsavvy.com/ 

http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-layout/concepts.htm

The clay  hands are out of the kiln and ready to be glazed:

Preview of Sketch Up Spanish Missions

ART OPENING TOMORROW NIGHT

Link to Sketch Up 2014

http://dl.trimble.com/sketchup/2014/en/SketchUpMake-2014-1-1283-61130-en.dmg361

Hero Club Cleans Up!

Students in the Hero Club took their Friday afternoon to clean up around our schools. Pacific Community Charter School has adopted a stretch of Highway 1, and our students provide community service to clean it up periodically throughout the school year.

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?