Artist Panels from Art Show 2015
Congratulations to the students who won panels for the 2014-2015 PB Art Show! Photography, Studio, Digital Art, and AP Art students competed for the honor to show on an individual … Continue reading
Artist Spotlight, Emilia Cieslak 2015
Emilia Cieslak Spotlight of her Junior year at Paint Branch. Congrats on growing so much in your textures, your drawing ability, and your beautiful designs!
Mandala Design, Digital Art
Digital Art created Mandala designs based on natural elements including: animals or plants. In addition, as a fun mini project, students created Food mandalas, which are also pictured here. A … Continue reading
Intro to Painting, Large Candy Paintings
Intro to Painting has created large-scale candy paintings by photographing real candy and working from close up shots. The purpose of this exercise was to learn about creating highlights and … Continue reading
AP Art, Big and Bold
AP Art has taken a leap of faith and pushed themselves into a 3 week project. We worked with the idea of “Big and Bold,” which helped to light a … Continue reading
Intro to Painting, Scratchboard
Intro to Painting has been focusing on texture and color combinations while creating these Scratchboard images. Creating a scratchboard drawing is a process of layering pencil drawings, wax resistant crayons, … Continue reading
Intro to Painting, Half Drawings
Another Sketchbook assignment for Intro to Painting is the traditional “Half Drawing.” This assignment allows students to show-what-they-know by attempting to re-create the second half of an original image.
Welcome to the 2014-15 school year!
This is the new classroom mural! AP and Studio Art students designed fireflies for the mural.
Paint Branch Art Show 2014
The Paint Branch Art students put on a beautiful art show this year full of intricate design, elaborate installation artwork, sturdy ceramics, and stunning photography. We are incredibly proud of … Continue reading
Artist Spotlight, Mubat Dohvoma
Graduating Senior, Mubat Dohvoma has been lighting up the Art Studio with her vibrant, patterned paintings. These homages to powerful women speak about the beauty of individuality in body size … Continue reading
Ms. Murtagh's Art Room 