NEW BLOG ADVENTURE

Here I am, starting a new blog to reach out to those of you who want to see all that is happening with my teaching and my students. I have decided to start anew with this blog because there was so much material, so much wonderful student artwork to share. It was really an inadequate platform in my ArtistKaren Blog.

First off, I'd like you to see the creative work that my students at MS 223 in the South Bronx completed in the second session of the year. I had students in classes: 801, 806, 704, 706, 603 and 604.

Sixth graders made large Greek vases, amphora, on which the depicted olympic &/or sports pictures to tell a story. they had several classes in drawing the figure. In gesture drawing, you try to capture the essence of the figure in motion. Students posed for one another and learned that a minute can be a long time.












Seventh graders were inspired by African and masks used in other cultures. They created three dimensional elements on their masks using cardboard and celluclay and added color with paint and details with oil pastels.





The eighth graders worked on large collages inspired by the skyscrapers of New York and the shops and buildings of their own neighborhood. They also learned about Romare Beardon and his collages. Theirs were constructed with corrogated "bordette", cardboard and watercolor paint.