Still Life Art: Let's play chess!

Students created these fun, vibrant drawings using a still life that each student set up individually. They were asked to show overlapping and to choose a medium and a style to work in. Students had the option of:

Oil pastels

Colored Pencils

Regular pencil

Sharpies

I was so excited to see how each student created the ilusion of depth with their chess pieces. Students complemented their piece showing a contrasting black and white checkerboard in the background. Excellent work! 

Extra Credit Opportunity

To All ITC eagle artists:

As we discussed in class, this is your opportunity to earn EXTRA CREDIT!! Please go visit the new wing of Destiny USA near Wonderworks and take a photo by the optical illuision art on the floor. The picture can be of you, or it can be of friends taken by you. Please have fun with this photo op and pose in a fun, interesting way! Make sure your picture is taken at the correct angle to get the full effect of the optical illusion! Have fun and please email your photo to:    lalfieri@scsd.us

Celtic Tree of Life

ITC ARTISTS worked with visual texture and balance in these beautiful scratch board designs. Students studied for the meaning of the Celtic Tree of Life and the harmony and balance of bringing all forces of nature together to live peacefully. Students went through a process of transferring their design to the scratch board and then working with either the positive or negative space. I absolutely love how the students worked with values through the scratching process. Great Job!

Legislative Art Show

Congratulations to Sophomores Dashawn Harry and Tai Mitchell for having their portraits selected to be displayed in Albany for the Legistlative Art Show. This display is put together and sponsored by NYSATA (New York State Art Teacher's Association). 

Paint Day at ITC

ITC artists celebrated the holidays and beginning of vacation with a paint day. Students sipped on sparkling water, ate snacks,  and created these fun paintings to bring home and display in their homes! Beautiful work!

Developing Portraits

ITC STUDENT ARTISTS CREATED THESE BEAUTIFUL, UNIQUE PORTRAITS! Students had the task of creating their first one using the medium of collage to create these fun, abstract designs. The second task was to create their portrait using the grid method where student began with a 9inch by 9inch photo and had to grid the photo and enlarge their drawing so it was double the size! Here are some student samples. So proud of my ITC ARTISTS!!!!

Fun Night at ITC

The Art department and Spanish department teamed up on fun night to create piñatas with students. This was a simple make and take art project for the students and they had a blast making them! ITC artists were so creative with their ideas! I am so proud to be a part of a wonderful school community!