Grade 12 Media Art Culminatings

Posted on January 30, 2014 by rndartists

Melissa Reid digitally illustrated characters from Alice in Wonderland and designed her own deck of cards.

Melissa Reid
Originally designed card box

Melissa Reid
Original Playing Cards

Alice In Wonderland Card Game

Gina Gavel digitally painted a series of GIF animations.

Gina Gavel
GIF Animation

Holly Hamilton planned and designed an original photo editing app called VintIt.

Marie Martin designed these quote illustrations and transferred them on to handmade pillows.

Marie Martin

Hannah Pokotylo researched the history of Vogue magazine and the portrayal of women over the years. She recreated a series of VOGUE covers dating from 1940-present, using her own Photos of RND students and original headlines. Click on one of the thumbnail images below to view the gallery.

: Hannah Pokotylo ‘Women of Vogue’ 1940’s

: Hannah Pokotylo ‘Women of Vogue’ 1950’s

: Hannah Pokotylo ‘Women of Vogue’ 1960’s

: Hannah Pokotylo ‘Women of Vogue’ 1970’s

: Hannah Pokotylo ‘Women of Vogue’ 1980’s

: Hannah Pokotylo ‘Women of Vogue’ 1990’s

: Hannah Pokotylo ‘Women of Vogue’ 2000’s

Molly Goodfellow created a WEB ART piece where she created characters and a fictitious story in the form of a blog with all original photography. It’s a fascinating blend of creative writing, photography, and web design. Click here to view the blog.

Ashlee Earle created a Claymation style Stop-Motion Animation inspired by Tim Burton.

Gr. 9 Aboriginal Art

Posted on January 20, 2014 by rndartists

Aboriginal Art is the theme of the Gr. 9 Visual Art course this year. Recently, the Gr. 9’s were lucky enough to have a visit from two Aboriginal elders Tammy and Bernard. The students participated in a drumming circle and learned about the spiritual traditions of Aboriginal culture.

Below is a sample of some of the Gr. 9 Aboriginal Art Paintings.

Rebecca Ross

Matt Jansen

Lizzy Emberley

Emma McLean

Gr. 12 Animation Projects

Posted on December 19, 2013 by rndartists

Gr. 12 Media Arts students were given the choice of creating a Flash Animation, a GIF Animation or a Cinemagraph. Check out some of the projects below!

Melissa Reid
Hand drawn GIF Animation

Gina Gavel
Hand drawn GIF Animation

Click on one of the thumbnail images below to view the gallery of cinemagraphs.

: Selena Benevides Cinemagraph

: Natalie Schutt Cinemagraph

: Hannah Pokotylo Cinemagraph

Grade 12 Media Arts iPhone Skin Designs

Posted on December 18, 2013 by rndartists

The Grade 12 Media Art students have received their iPhone skins! The original skins they designed were generously printed and donated by Gelaskins in Toronto. We want to express a big thank you to them and their generosity. Many of the students now have great Christmas presents to hand out to friends and family.

Nicholas Walsh

Gina Gavel

Shawna Swayze

Melissa Reid

Emma-Lee Goulding

Rachel Hall

Holly Hamilton

Shannon McCarthy

Sydney Pivato

Alex Yuen

Ashlee Earle

Grade 10/11 Visual Arts – Sculptures

Posted on December 3, 2013 by rndartists

The Grade 10 and 11 Visual Arts classes get a little messy with their new pieces. The class was to make a sculpture from clay. Many of the students decided to create a very natural sculpture, like a branch, a clam, or a crab. Other students decided to make sculptures that made use of positive and negative space, leaving holes in their sculptures. Some, have even decided to make their sculpture practical by creating a ring holder, a key rack and even a candle holder. It is great to see the amount of diversity in the work and the amount of detail that goes into the pieces.

Ellen Fitzhugh GR 11

Mikayla Rostek GR 11

Georgia Whitbread GR 10

Kianne Bearman GR10

Joslyn Phillips GR10

Liam Hamilton GR11

Maria Mattice GR10

Richard Neves GR11

Mairead Corrigan GR10

Molly Macpherson Gr11

Hannah Greenwood GR11

Grade 12 Media Arts Students Design iPhone Skins

Posted on November 12, 2013 by rndartists

The Grade 12 Media Artists are getting a chance to apply their art skills in a new way this year. Thanks to the Toronto based company “Gelaskins” that is run by Kingston natives, the students will be receiving complimentary iPhone skins showcasing their own artwork. This gives the students a chance to apply their Photoshop and Illustrator designing skills in a real-life context and get the chance to create something that is really relevant to teenagers. The artists are putting their whole effort and creativity into this project and are creating not only digital art, but also mixed media art using additional mediums such as water colours. The designs will be completed by Monday, November the 18th and the skins should be arriving in December.

Shannon McCarthy uses Illustrator to create her design. Patterns, like the one Shannon is making are very trendy designs and many are top sellers on the Gelaskins website.

Shannon McCarthy uses Illustrator to create her design. Geometric patterns, like the one Shannon is making are very trendy designs and many are top sellers on the Gelaskins website.

Andrea Amos draws up the final plans for her phone case.

Andrea Amos draws up the final plans for her phone skin.

Jonathan Melo creates his piece using a Wacom tablet. Drawing tablets enhance the precision of an artist’s digital drawing, mimicking the motions of real-life drawing.

Molly Goodfellow uses both her visual and digital art skills to create a piece that is truly unique.

Many students have ben experimenting with mixed media pieces. This water colour painting will be enhanced in photoshop.

Many students have been experimenting with mixed media pieces. This water colour painting will be enhanced in Photoshop.

Nicholas Walsh uses the Wacom Tablet to paint an image with precision and efficiency.

Jordan McEvoy lays out his design of the local RND band, ‘The Stone Throws’ logo on the Gelaskins website.

We look forward to sharing the final designs once they’re completed next week. Keep an eye out for that!

Grade 12 Media Arts – Gel Transfer Projects

Posted on November 1, 2013 by rndartists

Continuing with their photography experimentation, the Grade 12 Media Arts classes have been learning how to transfer their photos to unique surfaces using a gel transfer technique. Gel transferring involves spreading a layer of gel medium onto an object (a piece of wood, metal, a table, chair etc…) and then pressing an image or photo into the gel. Water is then used to dissolve the paper away but the ink from the image remains absorbed into the clear gel on the printing surface. This technique often creates a vintage-like effect. A lot of the students have chosen something personal to them to print on like a chest or a record player. Other students have made something practical like, a sign that will hang outside of their art room. There are so many possibilities with gel transfer techniques and it’s great to see the diversity in the final products.

Stu Mulholland
Gel Transfer on Wood

Ciahna Mazzeo
Gel Transfer on Vintage Record Player

Emma-Lee Goulding
Gel Transfer on Wood

Shannon McCarthy
Gel Transfer on Hockey Stick

Matthew Bento
Gel Transfer on Wood

Melissa Reid
Gel Transfer on Wood

Natalie Schutt
Gel Transfer on Wood

Grade 12 Media Art – Photography

Posted on October 10, 2013 by rndartists

The grade 12 classes have been experimenting with photography and all of the different effects you can create with a camera. The photos below have all been taken by students using a Canon EOS Rebel T3i. The student’s individual styles continue to develop as the semester progresses and it is interesting to see the variety in subject matter they selected.

Jordan McEvoy

Ciahna Mazzeo

Sarah Burtch

Nicholas Walsh

Selena Benevides

Emma-Lee Goulding

Sydney Pivato

Holly Hamilton
Experimental Light Effects

Nicholas Walsh

Melissa Reid

Alex Yuen

Holly Hamilton
Experimental Light Effects

Molly Goodfellow

: Andrea Amos

Grade 11 Visual Art – Watercolour Pieces

Posted on October 10, 2013 by rndartists

Grade 11 Students used pen on watercolour paper to create these beautiful images using detailed linework. Watercolour crayons were then used to add colour and washes to the work. The results are astounding. Many of these pieces are off to the Hotel Dieu Student Art Gallery!

Ollie Parkins

Monique Bertolino

Mikayla Rostek

Hannah Greenwood

Catherine Boucher

Gabby Garofalo

Alice Longtin

Victoria Dorego

Panthers In The Wild

Posted on September 28, 2013 by rndartists

Nature is inspiring the next generation of panthers at RND. The grade 9 students in Mrs. Latour’s Grade 9 art class enjoyed the last of the warm weather. They were instructed to find a piece of nature that inspired them and sketch it. The class worked diligently out in the sunshine and created some amazing drawings.