GCC ITV Art Appreciation, April, 2012

I teach two ITV classes on the Concordia campus, with students from the Geary County Campus joining us through the ITV.  On April 21, I visited the GCC campus and taught the ITV classes from there.  The students printed their first block prints from foam dinner plates!  The following photos are some of the students as they print their first prints!

(l-r) Perry, Zeyu, Katrina, Kevin, Puja

Bryan, Steven, Cheryl, Rashmi

Denita and Linda

 students observing the first prints  

Gladys, Lisa & Cheryl

Elizabeth & Lisa

Lisa, Srijana & Gladys

Puja & Kyle

Steven & Bryan

(front right) McKayla & Katrina Timms

Kyle Converse and me, Barbara Converse Stevens!  It is the first time in all my years of teaching that I have met another 'Converse'.  We are trying to figure out if we are related.  It was fun to meet face to face.

Each semester the Art Appreciation students work on a class project where each student has a one inch square of a photograph and have to transfer their values and images onto a larger piece of paper.  All the squares go together to make one composition.  None of the students know what they are drawing until we put the squares together.  This is only the second one that the GCC classes have completed.  They did an incredible job.  Remember these are not art students.  Art Appreciation is a general education course so very few of the students have ever had any art classes before.  They do this project around the 5th-6th week of the semester.  They all work so hard to make the piece a success for everyone.  GREAT JOB!!!

The students in this ITV class who worked on this project are:  Kimberley Battersby, Kassiddie Buettgenbach, Denita Carter, Kyle Converse, Rashmi Dahal, McKayla Gonzalez, Zeyu Guo, Steven Hayden-Felton, Cheryl Henderson, Linda Littler, Srijana Mainali, Perry McLeod, Bryan Naber, Shametrice Newby, Lisa Nickerson, Kenneth Perez, Gladys Serem, Katrina Timms, Elizabeth Van Vogelpoel, and Chao "George" Wang.

detail of satin and pleats

detail of face and shoulders

The second start ITV class students (start in mid-March and meet for only 8 weeks) are:  Katrina Autry, Michelle Barnett, Manuel Bueno-Vazquez, Navdeep Kaur, Joseph Riddick, Puja Upadhayay, Kevin Valvo and Wen Wang.  

Drawing II, April, 2012

Drawing II students are also working towards their finals and experimenting with last minute ideas.

Aundrea Gardner, collage

Aundrea Gardner, pencil

Shane Hubert mixed media

detail of frog mixed media

detail of tadpoles

Denray Ottey, pencil

Denray Ottey, pastel on velour paper

Denray Ottey, charcoal

Denray Ottey, charcoal

Kelsey Kahre, collage

Kelsey Kahre, collage

Shane Hubert, mixed media

Drawing I, April, 2012

The students are continuing to experiment and work towards their final project.

Dakota Webber--this piece is a pencil portrait of Dakota's niece.  

Kayla Bartlett--Kayla is wanting to do a fantasy piece for her final on the romance between the sun and the moon.  This piece is an experiment for the "moon" girl.

Shannon Hansen--this is also a portrait of Shannon's boyfriend.  Before the critique, several students in the class recognized the portrait.  

Tasha Young, collage

Student Work April 2012

Below you will find a variety of work from the Drawing I, Drawing II and Painting I classes.  The Drawing I students show their 3/4 faces after the 2 week crash course in figure study.  This study is purely technique and their improvement was amazing across the board.  They then tried their hand at their first pastel drawings on velour paper.  This paper does not allow one to blend the colors with a tortillion or the fingers.  It is a totally different technique, and for some, this was their first use of pastels ever.  After the pastels, they moved to mixed media after a day of experimenting with various watercolor and other medias.  They could choose any two or more media and use at least one of the techniques they had experimented with during class.  There were some exciting pieces and quite a variety of style with more experimentation by all the students.

The Drawing II students have all set goals for themselves and are experimenting with techniques and media to meet those goals by the end of the semester.  Each student seems to be coming into their own, pushing themselves and trying to draw from memory or from their own creativity.

There are also a couple paintings from Painting I students.  Jade has never painted before and has made huge strides in learning technique. This is only her SECOND painting!   Logan has enjoyed painting his favorite subject....cars, in minute detail!  Amazing.

Kelby Kopfer, mixed media with melted crayon, Drawing II

close up of crayon melt

Shane Hubert, mixed media, Drawing II 

Kelsey Kahre, mixed media, Drawing II

Logan Stallbaumer - Painting I

Aundrea Gardner, waterbase oil pastels, Drawing II

Jade Holt - Painting I

Andrew Horn, 3/4 face in charcoal, Drawing I

Kayla Bartlett, 3/4 face in charcoal, Drawing I

Tasha Young, pastel on velour paper, Drawing I

Shannon Hansen, pastel, Drawing I

Kelby Kopfer, pencil, fantasy caricature, Drawing II

Denray Ottey, pencil, Drawing II

Kelsey Kahre, mixed media, Drawing II

Dakota Webber, 3/4 face, portrait of friend, Drawing I

Kevin Shaffer, 3/4 face, charcoal, Drawing I

Denray Ottey, pencil line drawing, Drawing II

Dakota Webber, pastel on velour paper, Drawing I

watercolor, mixed media experiments

Kelby Kopfer, mixed media, Drawing II

Kevin Shaffer, mixed media, Drawing I

Denray Ottey, charcoal, Drawing II

Andrew Horn, mixed media, Drawing I

Kayla Bartlett, mixed media, Drawing I

Kayla Bartlett, pastel on velour paper, Drawing I

Kelsey Kahre, intricately cut paper, Drawing II

closeup of cut design

Aundrea Gardner, mixed media, Drawing II

Shane Hubert, pastel, fantasy design, Drawing II

Tasha Young, collage, including cut paper relief, Drawing I