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Due Sept. 4
Due Sept. 4
Due Sept. 4
Due Sept. 4
Due Sept. 4
Due Sept. 4
Due Sept. 4
Due Sept. 4
Due Sept. 4
Due Sept. 4
Bellaire High School
VISUAL ARTS
PORTFOLIO REVIEW
Students entering Art 2 HADV & Pre-IB or higher who do not already have instructor approval from Bellaire teachers to take at the 5.o level should email pictures of 6-8 of your best work to:
mdonahoe@houstonisd.org
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We would like to see at least 3 works that were done from observation (drawing what you directly see- not from a photo).
Other things we like to see in your portfolio (these may be part of your 3 works from observation or not):
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Work showing your understanding of creating the illusion of space.
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Work showing your current understanding of linear perspective.
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Work that shows understanding of shading from life or from imagination.
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Creative work in a variety of media.
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A realistic portrait of a person.
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Your best work in any media or style.
No student wishing to take an IB or AP level classes should do so without sending their work for review and doing summer assignments. Any students new to Bellaire should send work as soon as they are able.
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Students entering from middle school who wish to enter advanced classes should also submit 6 pieces of work they have done previously for consideration of their future placement in advanced class Art 1. At least 3 of these pieces are to be drawn from looking directly at the subject (from life or observation).
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Some general guidelines about class level for students coming from middle school.
COURSE SELECTION RESOURCES:
SUMMER ASSIGNMENTS:
Congratulations Scholastic Winners!
2021 VISUAL ARTS SPRING SHOWCASE:
See what our students got up to at home during Covid-19 lockdown at Bellaire by visiting the slideshow of work shown at the spring showcase.
Spring Showcase Slideshow
Background image by Renee Chiao when she was a senior here at Bellaire High School.
Gallery of Student Work

Brian Truong
Colored Pencil

Mariana Maini
Red, Yellow & Blue Marker

Julia Zheng
Pastel on Colored Paper

Andrew Abdalla
Photograph

Tiffany Li
Ballpoint Pen

Jessica Ajucum
Oil Painting

Paula Diaz Linares
Photograph

Jennifer Xu
Acrylic

Hannah Woulfe
Mixed Media

Cassie Yuan
Watercolor

Gabriella Montes de Oca
Acrylic

Anna Tselik
Agate, silver & copper

Annie Tao
Ballpoint Pen

Jakin Cordova
Black & White Chalk on Gray Paper

Jennifer Li
Acrylic

Sharon Manikam
Ink Wash

Megan Finkel
Acrylic

Isabella Frazier
Mixed Media

Tiffany Say

Sara Tin-U
Marker

Judith Navarro
Graphite Pencil

Alice Liu
Timed Figure Drawing in Charcoal

Jennifer Xu
Colored Pencil & Graphite Pencil

David Williams
Hard Edge Portrait in Acrylic

Annie Tao
Mixed Media
"The studio is where creative people make something out of nothing. The room is where life comes to life. First there was an empty mind, then an idea, then an artifact, then a real thing. That is what mesmerizes us about creative people. To outsiders, they seem like magicians; to insiders they seem like worker bees."
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~Phil Cousineau
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