Roy Lichtenstein Comic

For their last art project of the year, students studied the pop paintings of Roy Lichtenstein, who is most known for making large paintings of existing comic-strip frames, with only minor changes of color and form from the original source material. Lichtenstein painted using the primary colors: red, yellow and blue and created different hues by utilizing Ben-Day Dots.
Students made their own Lichtensein-style paintings. They began with a comic, which they redrew on a large scale, and then painted with tempera paint. They used honeycomb ribbon, which is the byproduct of making sequins, as a stencil to draw even dots with markers or paint. Then they came up with their own captions. Here they are, have a great summer!

Wings Over the Ocean, the Seabirds of Kenai Fjords National Park

Come see artwork from Seward Elementary and Seward High School at the Kenai Fjords Visitor Center. The theme of the show is Sea Birds of Kenai Fjords National Park, and work from the high school includes ceramics, linoleum prints, and temari balls. The temari balls are shown below and were created with instruction from guest artist Susan Ernst. Thanks to Susan and C.J. Rea of the Parks Service for their time and generosity. The art show opening will be a part of First Friday and takes place this Friday, May 7th, from 6 to 8. Refreshments will be served.