There are monsters in the art room!

Last week the 8th graders started the "monster project" in collaboration with the pre-schoolers. They looked at the work of artist Dave DeVries http://goo.gl/rzMcO who takes children's line drawings and renders them in a very realistic style and creates an environment for them. Then they each took a pre-schoolers drawing of a monster and began to trace, adjust details and add volume to make it look more realistic and give it a life of it's own. They also conducted a brief interview with their pre-school artist to gather more information about each monster to make their drawings more authentic.
The interview process is really entertaining for all involved.

Here are a couple of works in progress. They don't look like much now, but just wait until they're done!