What's Going on in the Classroom: Acrylic Painting and Mixed Media Triptychs

I know it's been awhile since my last blog post. All I can say is that our school's art show has finally come and gone and that is my excuse for taking up all my time and keeping me away from this here blog!
We have been working on many different things in our foundations class, but here are the most recent! An acrylic portrait and a mixed media triptych. These two pieces gave my students experiences with acrylic, chalk pastels, oil pastels, and colored pencils. They also studied different color schemes and coloring mixing during these assignments.
With all that in mind, check out these examples:

What's Going on in the Classroom: Photography Portrait Assignment

Photo One students have a common assessment between our high schools in the district. This is to take a portrait (head and shoulders and at least 3/4 of the face) that they believe represents their best work. Students had to dry mount these and write an accompanying one page defense or explanation of their photo. I have to say, after I hung everyone's up, I was very proud of my Photo One students. Check them out!