ARTS

= The Arts at MS 217 =

//What is the essence of color?// //How can an artist use color to communicate a message? What can a painting show that a picture cannot?//
__Student Artist:__ **Sol DeLeon, 714** __Artist Statement:__ For my painting I used a silhouette technique (the dark shape and outline of someone or something against a lighter background, in my case, a sunrise). I believe the silhouette makes the environment more peaceful. The sun is coming up and it represents the beginning of a new day. The colors of the sunrise match the feeling of peacefulness. I feel that elephants are very gentle creatures. My painting is unique because of the way I chose to “see” this animal (the objective of this project was “Seeing Through The Eyes of Animals”). What I chose to paint is not what people would see exactly in everyday life, it is my creation.



__Student Artist:__ **Naresh Ramdat, 721**

__Artist Statement:__

My animal is the grey wolf. I picked this animal because it symbolizes power. The painting shows a lot of feelings, that is a quality most pictures do not show. Most picture depict the the naturalistic colors of the actual animal, but my painting is special because the colors I have picked symbolize something about the wolf. I picked red, blue, purple, and gray, I picked these colors because they symbolize peace and joy for my wolf. I also made the wolf like a broken mirror to simplify the details of the body.

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__Student Artist:__ **Orone Islam, 708** __Artist Statement:__ My painting shows texture through the blending of colors. Also, it shows many different secondary colors that I mixed using primary colors. In order to create my painting, I have done three steps. My first step was to draw my animal for paint. My second step was to paint my animal. My last step was to cover the outlines of my painting that I made in pencil because I did not need them anymore. This also made my painting look stronger. My painting shows that my polar bear is moving from one place to another. I used my paintbrush to make it look like my polar bear was taking a step forward. I chose peaceful colors to show the emotion of my polar bear. I made my painting show that my polar bear is walking very peacefully and joyfully by the brushstrokes I used and the colors I chose.



__Student Artist:__ **Iliana Mercado, 731** __Artist Statement:__ I did my painting of a tiger laying on a rock because I love tigers. My painting shows emotion unlike other pictures because of the way I used color and texture. The tiger’s face shows the emotion of being angry. The colors I chose were orange, salmon, dark green, black and grey. I did a background of cherry blossoms and a light blue sky. The colors for the background were green for the leaves, pink for the flowers, light blue for the sky and brown for the branches. I chose these colors because tigers could be orange or white but I chose orange because I think it is a fun color to use. I chose the background colors to match the colors of Spring.

PAPER TOWER CONTEST
Challenge: To build the tallest FREESTANDING tower possible from a single sheet of paper. (//Freestanding: standing alone or on its own foundation free of support or attachment//) Materials: 1 piece of 8-1/2" X 11" paper, 1 piece of 1/2" X 1" scotch tape, scissors, ruler + pencil Rules: Each tower was constructed from the paper + tape provided by Ms. Nokta. While creativity was encouraged... no other materials or substitutions were allowed. Each team had a 20 minute time period to construct their towers. Any modifications made to the tower after the 15 minute period would disqualify the tower! Each tower was freestanding; it was NOT attached to or against any other surface.

TWO DIMENSIONAL SKYSCRAPER SCALE DRAWING Activity: Students researched a specific skyscraper + based on their research created a rendered two dimensional scale drawing to present to the class. Buildings included The Burj Khalifa, Sears Tower, Empire State Building, Petronas Towers, Taipei 101, Chrysler Building and more! *Come by the art room (B29) they are currently on display above the smart board! THREE DIMENSIONAL SKYSCRAPER MODELS made of RECYCLED MATERIALS ===Activity: Students examine the footprint + elevations of their skyscrapers in the creation of a three dimensional model. As an added challenge, students are asked to resource recycled materials to make their models... we are a GREEN magnet school after all!===