Paola Per.1

Works of APART

Arturo APART

Arturo APART

Carlos APART

Eddie APART

Kathy APART

Trang APART

Above are six tormented artworks by the AP Art students. The rationale of this project was to take the fluffy and cute and horrify it. I think they succeeded admirably. The object was not just to make the familiar uncomfortable, but to capture the mood through color. 

 Trang's work was able to create a very real space and captured the horror with crude brushwork and monstrous color. Trang is a beginning painter as are most of the students taking the course. For many this course is their first encounter with real painting, thinking about color, the medium and it peculiar nature, scale of the project and all the other complexities that come with painting. Add in "wrong"content and the task may be staggering and overwhelming or turn into a mundane job with little feeling or investment. Adding adolescent humor into the mix allowed the students to probe the formal unknowns while having fun and feeling alittle edgy.

Carlos Ponce's Cookie Monster emerges from the black in an unnerving velvet blue.

Winnie never looked so happy as he dips deep into his bowl of...well, I'm not sure what it is, you'll have to ask the artist, but you must admit, the stark landscape is unsettling in its grays and greens, emphasized by the absence of detail makes for a very menacing Winnie. This painting's accomplishments are the product of another beginning painter. At the beginning of the year this student was terrified to pick up a brush. Now I think she might be somewhat offended that I categorize her as a beginner.

Mickey is in quite a bind. Arturo is one of our more accomplished painters. It is evident in his handling of the image, he is able to project ample animation and realism into his subject.He is also able to create convincing value and light source and still I would label him an intermediate painter because he still has much to learn.

Eddie's Mario was a labor of labor. He worked long and hard to get the color, expression and mood to his liking. Mario's confrontational gaze is  penetrating and uncomfortable. It is very successful in its modeling of the figure and the weightiness of the object. It is a solid, balanced composition and again the work of a beginning painter! 

Antonio Per.3Analeigh Per.3Megan Per.3 

Jackie Per.3

Roger Per.3

Kristy Per. 3

One of the best ways to learn is to mimic. Our educational system is based on this ancient 600 year old model where the novice learns in the shadow of the master; the master being Pablo Picasso, who instructs our students in the handling of paint, the dexterity of eye to hand,and the knowledge acquired through observation in the identification of color.

Each student's timidity is peeled away as they grow in confidence through each layer of paint. They begin to understand the depth of stamina and craft. The discovery of craft perfected is at the heart of all art.

For many students, the act of starting a painting much alone completing one was inconceivable but a few weeks past. This method, in a manner of speaking, is a way to "flush the flock" and replace fear and anxiety with courage and curiosity.

The parameter were such:

1. They must freehand a reasonable facsimile of a painting projected.
2. They must attempt to recreate the colors of the original artwork.
3. They may not use black to create the darkest color.
4. The work must be completed in 2 weeks.

Beginning art at Hoover High 2011

This site will be dedicated to the hard-working students in the art program at Hoover.
At the present time each student in Mr.Moya's art class will be learning the fundamentals of painting and color theory by apprenticing with a great master painter of the 20th century, Pablo Picasso.
Each class will reproduce a painting in Picasso's post-cubist style with the theme, "Picasso's Great Loves".

As students complete each work, we will post and identify the artist. Our wish is to make available wonderful art to decorate your home or office at the reasonable donation of $30. Please contact Mr. Moya at artedemom@htomail.com  if you wish to purchase a piece or you may contact the artist directly. Our goal is to donate $5 from each sale in support of the Hoo-Ryde RAPOff fest scheduled for this month.