Congratulations MRHS!

Congratulations to the Basic Art Muralists of MRHS!  Your Keith Haring inspired mural has made both the print and online versions of the Asbury PArk Press and the HUB!  Check out the below links for more details!

 

See the video here:

http://bcove.me/3u2eke3i

 The HUB's "High School Life As Pop Art:

http://hub.gmnews.com/news/2013-05-16/Front_Page/High_school_life_as_pop_art.html

 

MRHS Mural Moving Along!

The muralist students in Mrs. Shoemaker's Basic Art classes have continued to make progress on the new Keith Haring inspired mural outside Mr. Calvert and Mrs. K's Art rooms.  Check out Yaritza and Jess from period 6/7 having fun and working hard

An opening reception is scheduled for May 2, 2013 from 5 - 7pm, just outside room #101.  Students, parents and educators are all welcome.  Stop by and say hi!

Keith Haring Inspired MRHS Mural

The muralist students in Mrs. Shoemaker's period 3 and period 6/7 Basic Art classes have been working away on the Keith Haring Inspired MRHS Mural and are making some serious headway!  Take a look at some photos below showing our progress over the past few weeks:

More details to come soon regarding the Keith Haring Inspired MRHS Mural reception... all welcome!

Keep up the great work guys! 

Happy Spring Break!

Street Art Sunday is on vacation this week!  Instead, enjoy this stop motion video by BLU.

 

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU

Monochromatic Color Scheme

A Monochromatic color scheme is composed of tints, shades and tones of one singular hue or color.  An example of a monochromatic color scheme is the below portrait, by Australian street and graffiti artist, Guido Van Helten.  

This work was painted on location at the 2012 Harvest Music Festival festival in Australia.  In this artwork, Van Helten used tints and shades of red to create an artwork, utilizing spray paint.

For more of Guido Van Helten's work check out his website here:

http://www.guidovanhelten.com/

You can also see some of his ongoing community based mural projects by visiting the following links.

Urban Smart Projects Traffic Signal Box Art Program:

http://www.urbansmartprojects.com/

Positive pARTnershipsQueensland Rail Art Program:

http://www.queenslandrail.com.au/Community/Pages/PositivePartnership.aspx

Analogous Colors Abound!

Below are some exceptional examples from the Analogous Colors lesson from period 3 and period 6/7 Basic Art.  Great job guys!

Jesse Slovenz

Carly Canaris

Adam Paredes

Spencer Escalante

Nicole Handa

Tyron Johnson

Sunday Street Art

Otsego St. between Coffey St. and Dikeman St.

Red Hook section of Brooklyn, NY

Artist, educator and former colleague of mine, Leslie Steiger (http://lesliesteiger.com/Home.html), snapped the above image this past weekend in the Red Hook neighborhood section Brooklyn, NY.  I loved it so much that I wanted to share it with you guys!  The artist was incredibly clever in their use of objects to create graphic and illustrative lettering.  Can you make out what the graffiti says?  Consider all the shapes and objects when trying to determine the letters.  Enjoy!