Compiled Animation Projects

My animation class this semester created amazing videos. I put them all together for your viewing pleasure.
ERATS Animation Class 2016 from Alisha Hagen on Vimeo.

Phenakistoscopes

Check out these awesome animation wheels the students made!

Fractured Drawing

I started this semester's drawing/painting class with some basic shading. They had to do a "fractured drawing." The goal was to use the entire value scale from dark to light using only a regular pencil and to add contrast in the shaded shapes. There also had to be some kind of hidden image within the drawing. I am really proud of the assignments that were completed. I have some great artists in my class this semester!

My example for the students included an adorable pikachu. I always have so much fun making the art with them. 

Recycle Bins

For the last assignment of the semester in recycled art we decided to beautify the trash and recycle bins around the school. Recycle people! C'mon. Saving planet earth one little bit at a time.

Smudge in the Color Red

One of my students smudged some red paint on my lovely yellow wall. I decided to turn it into abstract fine art and write an artist statement for his creation. I'm not much of a fan of writing on or scuffing up the walls, but I saw another post of an art teacher doing this same thing and thought it would be fun. 

It reads:

Smudge in the Color Red

acrylic paint on paint on plaster wall

2016

Smudge in the Color Red represents the angst of every day life. The expressive red color shows struggle within the artist to the subject and also signifies the blood within his rage. The quick violence in application describes accidental anger, frustration, and most of all, the artist’s lack of proper canvas.