Mayan Mask

Students are glazing Mayan Masks that we hand-sculpted. Once glazes have been applied to the bisque-ware and have a chance to dry, the piece is carefully loaded into the kiln for the glaze firing. Pieces cannot be allowed to touch at all, or the glazes will melt together, welding them together. When the masks come out of the kiln, they will become beautiful. Some masks have many designs, and some are colourful. The masks will give all the teachers and students a wonderful surprise in the winter 2013 Art exhibition.

Wearing a Mayan Mask

A student is wearing his Mayan Mask. Awesome!

Glazing

A student is concentrating on glazing.

Glazing

Students are applying glazes on their Mayan Masks.

Ian Wallace Inspired Painting

   This week our art11&12 class started a new interesting project, which was inspired by Ian Wallace paintings. The purpose of this project was helping students become more creative. At the beginning, we painted with different strips of colour on a convas by using acrylic paint. Then, we chose our own satisfied picture and glued it on the canvas.  After that, we wrote a short memory of a personal experience about "away from home", and put our sentences on the top of our paintings with colored sharpies. Later, we added 3 more strips of paint, which was a single or double complimentary colour scheme. The more crazy thing was coming! We added drips and splatters on our canvas, and it was the funniest step in our painting process. This project really inspired us to become more creative art students, and we really enjoyed it.

Students are adding drips and splatters on their paintings.

A student is showing her wonderful work. Good job!