Visual Arts

Program Overview

The Visual Arts Magnet enhances students creative thinking and problem solving abilities. Students who choose art will receive instruction in the elements and principles of design, color theory, art appreciation and history. The Art Magnet program stresses advanced solutions to given assignments. A celebration of student art work takes place in the spring as a culmination of the year's work.

Student Work Examples

Positive and Negative Space: Shape and Composition

Positive and Negative Space: representing lions

Positive and Negative Space: Shape and Composition Example

Positive and Negative Space: Shape and Composition Deep Representation

Basic Drawing Skills: Shading and Value

Art Magnet still life drawing

students learn how to use the value scale to add depth to their drawings.

eye with pencil to create lights and darks.

students drawing with pencil

students learn to create detail with pencil

storyteller of drawing a human eye

Basic Drawing Skills of a bicycle

Basic Drawing Skills example

Basic Drawing Skills Building

Basic Drawing Skills Example

Still Life Paintings: Line and Color

Representation Art Magnet still life drawing

Example of Adding color to a Painting

A finished piece of art

Watercolor Paintings: Controlling the Medium

Watercolor Paintings Representantion with Colorful Flowers

Artistic Representation of Flowers of Watercolor Paintings

Watercolor Paintings Students learn to control the Medium

Student drawing with watercolor materials

Watercolor ship located in the sea painting

watercolor ship with intense colors

Perspective Drawing: Creating the Illusion of Depth

Example Watercolor Paintings: Controlling the Medium

Watercolor Paintings of a rainy ship

Watercolor Paintings Flowers

Getting into perspective Room

Creating the Illusion of Depth with interesing subjects as astronauts and the earth

Getting into perspective.

Getting into deeply perspective.

Students use the art of perspective to create depth on a flat surface.

Students use the art of perspective to create depth on a flat surface.