TRACEY J. HILL
Painting

Students were learning composition in art, as a way to define and represent shapes in a copied image. VA Standard 5-12: Identifies specific media and techniques used to produce selected artworks.


VA Standard K-12: Describes and compares subjects and themes of artworks. I used historical timelines to teach the children about Lawrence's Migration Series. When I observed that the concepts were too deep, I created a song. They learned to use the artist's neutral toned colors, after first learning color theory.

VA Standard 7-10: Recognizes how the illusion of mass is created by color, line, or texture in two-dimensional artworks.



Students were learning composition in art, as a way to define and represent shapes in a copied image. VA Standard 5-12: Identifies specific media and techniques used to produce selected artworks.



High school student, Taiya D. The objective was for C5 Georgia students to paint a surrealistic image of their experiences abroad.






Inspired by the colors of Jacob Lawrence and the style of Vincent Van Gogh, students created landscapes with perspective.