Bookmarks by Ms. D.

Jay's picture was taken in the commons area, his hands up against the wall--originally!

Art Graphics Color Wheel Poster

Using a black/white pic and a couple Photoshop filters on it, numerous butterflies  were added and colorized. These were merged and a duplicate layer made. The bottom butterflies have some blurs, twirls, and warps!

Paper Mache Angler Fish

Although we generally make fish out of paper plates, I wanted to try one on a balloon. This one is paper mache'd and covered with scrap paper, some very thin batik material, magazine pics and some paint. He has some curled wire fins and ceramic eyes, with polymer clay teeth (they are more curved than they look here).

....and his dangler lights up with a tiny railroad switch inside his mouth!

Trying to get Pressure on Wacom Tablet to Work...

We've gotten 2 Bamboo Wacom tablets installed for the students to work with; currently trying to experiment with the different possibilities of the pen tool... looks like many parts of this example need re-smudged and changed a bit!

Smeagol or Gollum

My grandson finds a friend in a driftwood cave--not!

Can't See the Forest For the Trees...

Students will use black and white patterns and colored patterns to create this jungle design project.

Recycled Junk Added to Paper Mache Boat

This started off as a large cardboard box! First I experimented with a scrap paper pattern, taping and cutting until I had the desired shape. The cardboard pieces were taped/hot-glued together and covered with recycled paper, then a 2 layers of torn grocery sacks. The plastic window are from various packaging pieces--you know--that stuff that is almost impossible to get apart or cut easily and the bumpers are off of toys. The deck/cab is removable, leaving access to the 'hold' underneath, hiding a paper mache Halibut!