05/22/2026
🥹 I am INCREDIBLY proud of the work my Beginning Painting students did this semester!!!
They did a lot of acrylic practice prior to this assignment with disco balls and value charts. Their objective was to paint their pet or favorite stuffed animal in the style of a famous artist.
So! I sent them home to take their photos. Then we loaded up all the artist choices on a wheel and spun the wheel to decide what artist they would concentrate on.
Once their fate was sealed, they had to do a little research on that artist to see style, color schemes, etc.
I helped them put their image into ChatGPT. We’ve talked about this before- but teaching them to use AI to support their work and not DO their work is very important right now! It’s something they face every day, and learning how to use it ethically, is very crucial to being able to co-exist with AI. They made adjustments to the AI image as needed.
Some students did opt out of using this method and chose to just dig in and stylize on their own. Definitely a point of differentiation for the students that are a little more comfortable with a brush in their hand!
Students then did a grid on the image, and a grid on their canvas. Then took time to draw their portrait in proportion from a 4x5” printout to the 16x20” canvas.
Then onto painting!
We have represented:
-Dali
-Monet
-Cezanne
-Wain
-Rothko
-Po***ck
-Matisse
-Picasso
-Klimt
-Kahlo
-Van Gogh
-Miro
-O’Keffe
-Munch
-Warhol
-de Kooning
-Michelangelo
Can you guess which painting is representing which artist?? The students would LOVE to see your guesses!!!!!
As a teacher it’s sooo fulfilling when a project hits just right! And this one checked ALL the boxes!!!! So so proud of these kids and their determination, resilience and creativity! 💙♥️
