YCIS IGCSE Submissions

January 18, 2017 by atkinsonartteeacher

For the IGCSE submission, the expectation is that the students complete two parts – Coursework and Final Exam during Year 11. For Coursework, students are expected to submit 4 Preparation Boards and 1 Final Work.   In order to maximize our submissions, we used both sides of our Preparation Boards.  Students could choose their own topic and were expected to show the process of developing their idea and final composition. Topics for the exam component are released in January, giving the […]

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Getting everyone involved in YCIS Art

January 16, 2017 by atkinsonartteeacher

Even though YCIS Qingdao was a small developing population, the students were super engaged, creative and artistic.  Parents were eager to be informed and included in the student’s and the few non-Art taking students were always supportive – and (surprising to themselves) able to get involved in the art as well. In order to engage everyone in art, I developed my blog to showcase our Art work. (Click here to go to YCIS Art Blog)  I filled the walls with […]

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Art Learning Journeys at YCIS

January 12, 2017 by atkinsonartteeacher

One big highlight of teaching in International schools, is that our students are truly international. All students have passports and are comfortable and confident travelers. YCIS Qingdao is located in Huangdao, which is a small developing satellite suburb of Qingdao proper – which means, for an Art class, galleries to visit are few and far between.  Lucky for us, YCIS has schools in many attractive cities around China, and so during my stay, I was able to organize and accompany […]

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YCIS HS

December 28, 2016 by atkinsonartteeacher

HS Art, starting at Year 9 is when students make their own course selections with a view to moving up through the standardized assessment processes of IGCSE in Year 10 and IB for 11 and 12.   In order to support the students in both of those programs, I designed the program to develop the student’s technical skills, compositional development and creative idea development. Still Life Portraiture   Classical Oil Painting Pop Art Inspired Abstract Floral Forms  

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YCIS LS

December 25, 2016 by atkinsonartteeacher

At YCIS, Lower Secondary Art is a scheduled class – which means all student take Art.  It is scheduled alternatively with music and segmented into terms – with one term switching with Woodworking and Design Skills.  Since in class art making time was limited,  for LS Art, I tried to combine both technical skills with creative explorations – looking at our surroundings in different ways – from going outside to sketch and photograph what we see, using paper cuts to […]

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YCIS MS Art

December 22, 2016 by atkinsonartteeacher

For Middle School Art, we focused an understanding of the Principles of Design through various activities.  I also encouraged students to begin the practice of sketching and idea development. Jellyfish Watercolour Explorations Mondrian Inspired Tiles Qingdao Architecture

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YCIS Primary Art

December 15, 2016 by atkinsonartteeacher

At YCIS Qingdao, during my first year, I had the opportunity to teach Primary art.  Primary classes were much larger than my Secondary classes and I only saw students 1 or 2 times a week – however, we were able to explore so many wonderful new ideas.  The creativity and energy of my students inspired and uplifted me. Some examples of our more successful projects are:  Paul Klee Inspired Studies and Portraits:  We explored how Paul Klee used lines, shapes […]

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ISE Lower Secondary – Art Mediums

November 23, 2016 by atkinsonartteeacher

At ISE, we designed the Lower Secondary courses to prepare students for the IB DP programme.  During their LS Art courses, they were able to experiment with many different mediums (illustration, painting, photography, installation, sculpture, etc), develop critical thinking skills… and have fun! Portraits:  We learnt how to draw realistic portraits with pencil….. then explored PODs Contrast and Emphasis creating interest with oil pastels. Paper Cut:  Looking at fairy tales and how one picture can tell the whole story, students […]

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Perspectives @ ISE DP 2015

November 22, 2016 by atkinsonartteeacher

Our 2015 IB DP class successfully completed their IB and ISE submissions with a stunning gallery in ISE’s new Fine Arts Centre. In our IB class, we experimented with a variety of mediums and ideas – painting, sculpture, installation, video, murals, paper cut… basically whatever the students could think of!   In order to develop our ideas and find more inspiration – we also took as many trips as we could into Bangkok and around Pattaya.  

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ISE MS Artists in EARCOS

October 26, 2016 by atkinsonartteeacher

So excited to see the collage work of ISE’s MS artist Jen Ko in EARCOS Spring 2014 magazine. (I sent EARCOS 3 options from 2014’s awesome grade 7 colour collage project. This was an excellent project!)

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Encouraging Engagement at ISE

October 18, 2016 by atkinsonartteeacher

‘Art does not only exist in the art class‘.  I find that if I encourage art throughout the school, not only does my art program become more dynamic and populated, but the school population becomes more engaged.  ‘Engaged students and teachers creates more learning opportunities‘. At ISE, I focused much time in showcasing student’s creativity and developing ways to include all students within the creative process, allowing them to realize the power of art. Thai Study Trips After my first […]

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Moving Arts at ISE

September 21, 2016 by atkinsonartteeacher

Our HS Moving Arts class tried to provide an introduction to Film.  We looked at many different aspects from studying some of the classics (early made films, great blockbusters), various genres, technical skills (film shots, editing) as well as storyboarding, branding… and whatever else we thought would be useful to the film process. For some idea of the films we looked at, click here to visit my you-tube channel for resources. And for highlights of student’s work, click here for […]

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Art Learning Journeys at ISE

April 1, 2016 by atkinsonartteeacher

Because ISE was located in between Pattaya and Bangkok in the middle of a golf course (idyllic i know!) but we were hard pressed to find art galleries close by for day trips. After I settled into Thai life, I was able to explore my surroundings and develop learning trips for my art students to engage with local culture and local artisans as well as more contemporary gallery trips. Having a small class, gave us an advantage transportation wise – […]

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ISE Beautification Project

November 22, 2015 by atkinsonartteeacher

During my stay at ISE, I worked on the appearance of the Courtyard on the first floor. Inspired by Feng Shui and trips to our MRISA school community, I worked with our leadership team and our maintenance team to design new furniture, paint the walls and floor, hang pictures of our Annual Thai Studies trips and inspirational quotes.  Using the winning photos of our Photo Contests, we created ISE Reads posters to inspire Literacy. For our Senior Art students legacy project, […]

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Eastern Seaboard 1st Annual Graduate Art Show @ ISE

October 16, 2015 by atkinsonartteeacher

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MRISA ARTS X @ SSIS

March 10, 2015 by atkinsonartteeacher

In 2015, I travelled with ISE Art students to South Saigon International School for our annual Arts Exchange. Some really cool workshops on offer with lots of opportunities for students to collaborate with Art students from 8 different MRISA schools.  Some of the highlights were Thai Artist NAME Painting workshops, Waterlily Mixed Media, Text Portrait. Due to building expansion, the SSIS campus had a floor of empty classrooms, that were just about to renovated.  Our Arts X took advantage and […]

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ISE LS Sketchbooks

November 18, 2014 by atkinsonartteeacher

At ISE, for Y8 and Y9, I introduced a new method of sketching, I liked to call ‘Educated Sketches’.  Students were encouraged to research artists, choose one of their artist’s work, analyse it and then re-create it – either as close to the original as possible… or to slightly and uniquely change it to reflect their own interpretation.  Some of the results from my art students amazed me!!  

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IB @ ISE 2014

September 18, 2014 by atkinsonartteeacher

Since ISE was under construction and Gallery Space was limited, for our IB graduates in 2014, we created a book showcasing their super creative works.  We distributed the book to these hardworking students at graduation so they could forever have a memento of their artistic endeavours at ISE.  

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MRISA @ ISE

August 24, 2014 by atkinsonartteeacher

MRISA is a community of 6 schools from Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam and Laos that meet for sports, leadership and arts during the year.  In 2014, the Arts Exchange was hosted by ISE.  The theme was ‘HYBRID’. I was responsible for organizing 8 different Art Workshops, sourcing materials, managing space and instructing workshops. Over a 3-day weekend over 100 students visited ISE and participated in Art, Music and Drama Workshops.  For Art, there were 8 different 8 workshops, culminating in a […]

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Singapore Youth Festival Art Exhibit

April 12, 2014 by atkinsonartteeacher

2011 SGS student was awarded SYF Bronze and works from 2012 SGS students were selected as Finalists for SYF being included in the Grand Art Exhibition at LaSalle Art College (2013).

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SGS N(A) Level Submissions

October 21, 2013 by atkinsonartteeacher

For GCSE Singapore, students are expected to submit 5 Preparation Boards and 1 Final Work.  The topics were assigned in December 2012 and students had until August 2012 to develop their ideas and create their works.  Topics for 2012 N (A) Level were: Confectionary, Self  Portrait, From the Sea and Growth.  At SGS we submitted work in drawing (pencil, pastel, coloured pencils) paint, fashion design and mixed media. N(A) Level Submission: GROWTH, Final Work: Pencil and Watercolor N(A) Level Submission: FROM […]

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SGS O Level Submissions

November 22, 2012 by atkinsonartteeacher

For GCSE Singapore O Levels, students are expected to submit 8 Preparation Boards and 1 Final Work. The topics were assigned in January 2013 and students had until October 2013 to develop their ideas and create their works. Topics for 2013 O Level were: Distorted Viewpoints, Underground, Seated Figures. At SGS we submitted work in drawing (pencil, pastel, coloured pencils) paint, fashion design and mixed media. I was able to work with this class for both 2 years I was […]

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SGS O Level Works 2012

November 12, 2012 by atkinsonartteeacher

For O Level Art in Singapore, students are expected to submit 8 boards showing development and preparatory studies plus their final work. The topics for O Levels in 2012 were New Growth, The Old and New, Angular Forms, Bunches of Fruits and Vegetables, Asleep and Instruments.   From SGS, we submitted Drawing, Painting, Fashion Design, Printmaking, Paper Cut and Graphic Novel Design (Story and Illustration).  The following are selected student works of Distinction (40% of the class!)  A few Final Works […]

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SGS N(A) Level Works 2012

November 12, 2012 by atkinsonartteeacher

For GCSE Singapore, students are expected to submit 5 Preparation Boards and 1 Final Work.  The topics were assigned in December 2011 and students had until August 2012 to develop their ideas and create their works.  Topics for 2012 N (A) Level were: Entwined, Flowering Plants, Cycle Parts, Acrobatics and Flags and Banners.  At SGS we submitted work in paint, printmaking, paper cut and mixed media. The following are selected student works of Distinction (80% of the class!)  A few Final Works […]

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Barrie Central Works 2010

May 12, 2012 by atkinsonartteeacher

In 2010, I taught Art courses for 9 and 10 College with a view to expanding their Art Skill and Knowledge focusing on real-world relevance such as Illustration and Manga Themes  

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Barrie Central Arts Night

June 13, 2011 by atkinsonartteeacher

At Barrie Central, we hosted an Arts Night near the end of the year to celebrate our artistic successes. As an experiment to move away from the ‘traditional’ gallery setup and to boost attendance, we decided to create a more interactive atmosphere.  Our Art Contest with the theme in 2010 was ‘Emotion’,  had over 20 entries.  Visitors to the gallery could browse the works and vote on their favourites.  Art Students could set up their own booths with their Art […]

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Cinderella Stage Design

June 12, 2011 by atkinsonartteeacher

BCC’s Musical of Cinderella was an ambitious, creative and magical undertaking – and their set could be no less.   Using Alphonse Mucha and the France countryside as inspiration, I designed an interactive set – that was decorative, golden… and massive! It could not have been done without all the teachers and art students who spent countless hours building and painting my idea – as well as the backstage hands who had to seamlessly move it through 2 weeks of […]

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Barrie Central Works 2011

June 12, 2011 by atkinsonartteeacher

In 2011, one of our school’s initiatives was IT literacy, and so for my Art classes, I focused on implementing technology into our Art Projects with outstanding results!  The students really enjoyed being introduced to the joys of Photoshop, Illustrator and Flash and loved being able to create their ideas with digital imaging and photoshop manipulation.  As well as many of my students that had taken Art through their Junior years were being to see their skills and their confidence flourish […]

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Barrie Central Works 2009

October 12, 2010 by atkinsonartteeacher

For my first year, I taught Grade 9 and 10 Art classes.  The Ontario Art Curriculum is very well organized and provides fantastic guidelines to help develop student artistic skills and cultivate art interests.  At BCC, we developed our program so that the Junior years  are all about the basics.  Students are given the opportunity to learn the Elements of Art, Principle of Designs, tenets of Art History (Egyptian, Gothic, Renaissance, Canadian (Group of 7, Northwest Coastal) and experiment with Art […]

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