Physically Manipulated Photographs high school art

Photoshop is a neat tool, BUT going old school and printing out a photograph and attacking it with a scratch tool and bottles of ink-that has fun written all over it.

Another outside-the-box skill building assignment. The mannequins have returned as props. Below are the results. Sorry for some of the glare.

The tools

Chalk Pastel Nudes High School AP Art

Well, we can't exactly bring in nude models to draw, but we can use mannequins. Thanks to the senior class who didn't know how to dispose of a dozen or so mannequins from their awesome haunted house a few weeks back, I was more than happy to take them off their hands.

This by far has been a favorite for my HS Art/AP classes. For some, working and learning to control the chalk has been a challenge. Below are some of the results that have filtered in.

10-15 minute teacher examples.