Southwest- Wednesday 12:30-3:30, Friday 12:30-3:30
In this week at Southwest high school, the IB exams were in full, so the IB/AP classes had to focus on that. Students were finishing up pieces for the exam, as well as mounting pieces on board for clean, proper presentation. I assisted a student in both mounting and photographing her pieces, despite the mild wind and snow outside. She, who had a very illustration-oriented style, had questions about what illustration was and how it was applied and I did my best to answer. During one day, a visiting artist showed students how to marble paper and make zines, which I peeked at while speaking to students about their longer ongoing projects.
The Beginning Painting students were beginning to work with watercolors, beginning simple technique exploration. As this section came directly after acrylic, students had an interesting time negotiating with the peculiarities of watercolor after the stark and layerable acrylic. The salt got absolutely everywhere.