My whiteboard 6th grade art

We've been studying the Egyptian books of the dead so I've been drawing on the white board as we go.

Class mural 2013

This was my last student mural. This one is 3' x 27', dry erase marker on glass. This was done by an 11th grade section. The theme is anything/everything ancient Greek.

Perspective Window

One of my favorite things to teach is the development of one-point linear perspective through the renaissance. This image is of the main window in my studio and it illustrates many of the concepts I include in the lessons, beginning with Brunelleschi and Alberti in 1435. I put white paper on the outside of the window so the image would show up better. The window is about 3' x 4'.

Classroom Mural 2011, 10, 09

2011

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2009

It's been quite a while since I last posted on this blog and in that time I've gathered some wonderful images. Hopefully this is the first of many to come. This piece is my third classroom mural and it actually comes from last semester. Once again this is a dry erase marker mural on a 4' by 16' whiteboard in my classroom. The drawing was created by my students using a variety of source materials including ideas from their sketchbooks, pop culture images, clip art, and direct observation. This is from a beginning art class and it always starts with my telling the class to "graffiti my white board". That assignment always ends up with a lot of scribble, bad drawing, and some inappropriate content; however, with a little direction the students feel more confident and they begin to incorporate the basic elements of design that we cover in class. By the end, everyone wants to contribute and everyone learns something.

Do Not

I just finished this one. It is, of course, dry erase marker on the bathroom mirror. The toilet paper roll was Ian's idea. I like the way he thinks so I just had to add it. This one actually was inspired by the holiday windows I've been painting. After drawing all the Santa crap I was looking around at what people normally have painted on windows. It's mostly text.

Expo Retablo

Okay, so here's my latest. This is a drawing executed with Expo dry erase markers on my bathroom mirror. It is 3' x 7' and I procrastinated and went on vacation so it's taken a couple of months to complete. The title is just "Retablo" and the format was inspired by the Retablo de Ciudad Rodrigo which is currently on display in the University of Arizona art museum. A Retablo is an alterpiece, a work of art created to stand on, or behind an alter in a church. The Retablo de Ciudad Rodrigo has something like 26 panels each about the size of the two panels I've drawn here. My Retablo is just for fun. Hope you like it.

Sci Fi Roots

This is the only good pic I could find of this particular piece, unfortunately the right panel is incomplete... there was water in the hole and around the bricks, but I can't find a copy and the drawing has been erased. Anyway, this is "Sci Fi Roots" 3'x7' Expo dry erase marker on bathroom mirror.

You know, because they are on mirrors, they are really hard to photograph.

Firefish

This is the first of my bathroom mirror dry erase murals. "Firefish" 3'x7' took about three weeks to draw.

If you click on the label "whiteboard" below, you can see all of my whiteboard drawings so far.

You Are Here

This one looks a bit different because I did not use any florescent markers, they have a more opaque quality. Also, I left a lot of area uncovered so that it would reflect the doors across from the mirror and create a sense of white. The title is "You Are Here" and it's 3'x7', dry erase marker on my bathroom mirror.

I don't typically do a lot of overtly political art but, living in Arizona, I've been exposed to quite a few fascist cupcakes bent on world domination and this piece is intended to ridicule them.

Curtains

It's been quite some time since I've made an entry on this blog so, by golly it's high time I posted something. If you look back through this blog some you'll find a number drawings executed on whiteboard using Expo dry erase markers. I was rather proud of those for a while, however for the last six months or so, I've been doing large compositions on my bathroom mirror. I think I've gotten a whole lot better with this medium. All of it's dry erase, so it will wipe off if you bump against it and I drew it all on my bathroom mirror. This is the second of four I've completed so far (I will post the others following). Each composition is three feet tall by seven feet wide. In each composition I have created some device to allow me to leave an opening on the right side so that my wife can still use the mirror. In this case the curtains frame her side. The piece is titled "Curtains". I used a standard variety pack of twelve regular Expo's, plus a four pack of Expo florescent markers. I also used one yellow marker from some off brand. It took about two weeks to draw.