Choices Art

Photography Show 2009 - Depth of Field

2009-05-26T08:20:00.000-07:00

This was my favorite category. Students tried to demonstrate a narrow depth of field, which the foreground and background are out of focus and middle ground in focus or somewhere in between. A lot of people said they had a hard time deciding on this one. Joe Howell's close-up of the vine won 1st place. Well done.

Photography Show 2009 - Shutter Speed

2009-05-26T08:14:00.000-07:00

For this category, students were asked to demonstrate the fast shutter speeds of our camera. The fastest that we can take is 1/2000 of a second. We had fun studying examples and learning about how the shutter speed and light work together. This was also a close one, but Juan's photo of the faucet drip got the most votes. Well done everyone!

Photography Show 2009 - Sports

2009-05-26T07:43:00.000-07:00

This was a challenging category. We had lots of great entries and I think the students had fun with it. Juan Segura's football kick shot won the prize. Nice job.

Photography Show 2009 - Individual

2009-05-26T07:37:00.000-07:00

This was a category where students did their own individual ideas using what they have learned about their cameras. I lumped these with the mystery photos category. I thought they all turned out great. Very artistic! It was a very close race, but Joe Howell won this one with his photo of the oil grate at Valvoline.

Photography Show 2009 - Architecture

2009-05-19T12:50:00.001-07:00

Students chose different techniques and methods to capture architecture photos in their own unique way. Juan Segura's photo from a trip to the Plaza won 1st place for this category. Well done.

Photography Show 2009 - Animals

2009-05-19T12:22:00.000-07:00

This was a difficult category, but I thought all the entries were great. Corban Allenbrand took 1st place with the photograph of his dog at the stairs.

Photography Show 2009 - Nature

2009-05-19T12:12:00.000-07:00

This category was the favorite of viewers and students alike. It was a very close race but Joe Howell won 1st place with his photograph of the blooming tree.

Photography Show 2009 - Portrait

2009-05-19T12:02:00.000-07:00

This was a challenging category. Everyone enjoyed the portraits at the show. Corban's portrait of his sister was the favorite.

Photography Show 2009 - Landscape

2009-05-19T11:51:00.001-07:00

These are landscape photos that were entered into the 2009 competition. Students had to travel on their own time outside of school to capture these landscapes. It was a close race. Juan Segura's photo of Olathe Lake took 1st place.

Photography Show 2009 - Documentary

2009-05-19T11:35:00.000-07:00

These are the documentary photos that were entered into the 2009 Photography Exhibit.

Joe Howell's photo of the stairwell won 1st place.

Portrait Practice with Magazines

2009-03-24T08:42:00.000-07:00

We used pictures from magazines to practice the features of the face for portrait study.

This one is by Audra Spitzer

Negative Space

2009-02-19T08:06:00.000-08:00

These are tempera paint on paper. We used illusion of the vase to create negative space of the profiles.

Comic Book Art

2009-02-19T08:04:00.001-08:00

Dragon - By Tina Sollars

Artist Study - Andy Warhol

2009-02-19T08:00:00.001-08:00

Self Portraits - by Tina Sollars, Brian Eber, Trevor Tennery, Jared Riddle, Eddy Loggins, Frankie Combs. Students had the option of doing four of the same in a frame or one using the style of Andy Warhol.

Artist Study - Yuko Lan

2009-02-19T07:57:00.000-08:00

Peek-a-Boo VII Giraffe - by Tina Sollars

Artist Study - Salvador Dali

2009-02-19T07:54:00.000-08:00

Reminescense Archeologique de l'Angelus de Millet - by Corban Allenbrand

Artist Study- Van Gogh

2009-02-19T07:30:00.000-08:00

Skull With Burning Cigarette - by Luis Hernandez

Untitled, by Josiah Jackson

2008-12-23T15:02:00.000-08:00

I was thinking of giving this a title for you Joe, (Guitar Man), but I thought it might be too cheesy. He painted with oils on canvas. Joe is a former student of Choices who brought this back as a present for me. Thank you Joe, and keep on painting! - Solls

The Scream, inspired by Edvard Munch

2008-12-23T14:45:00.001-08:00

We used Edvard Munch's, The Scream, as inspiration for our own personal Screams. We photocopied our faces and cut and pasted to paper, which we painted with acrylic. I think these turned out great.

Still Life with Flowers

2008-12-17T07:11:00.001-08:00

These are still life drawings with flowers done in colored pencil.

Self Portraits

2008-12-15T11:34:00.000-08:00

These are self-portraits in pencil. We spent a lot of time on these.

Contour Drawing Warm-Ups

2008-12-15T10:29:00.000-08:00

These are examples of contour drawings that we did to warm up for self-portraits.

Welcome!

2008-11-12T08:04:00.000-08:00

This blog will be used by Choices Alternative School to present and archive student artwork and creative writing.

We hope to have some good stuff for you soon...