18 × 24″ self-portrait drawn by one of Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students.
This drawing won an award in the P.S. Art Contest, was displayed in
the Juried Gallery Exhibit at Brooklyn Arts Festival, and was later displayed
at the Regional Office of the Department of Education.
This student was accepted to a specialized Art high school.
18 × 24″ self-portrait drawn by one of Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students.
18 × 24″ self-portrait drawn by one of Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students.
This drawing was on display at the Urban Assembly headquarters in lower Manhattan.
18 × 24″ self-portrait drawn by one of Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students.
This student won a Gold Key in the Scholastic Art Competition with this drawing,
and it was on display at the Tweed Courthouse, and the Brooklyn Museum of Art .
One of Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students painting details on a permanent mural that was installed in the school.
Ms. Atkinson’s 7th and 8th grade students drew a design for a mask, built it,
paper mached it, and then painted it. The masks seemed to get bigger,
bolder and more detailed every year!
Ms. Atkinson helping students as they work on the mural.
Mural panel designed and painted by students in the 7th and 8th grades.
18 × 24″ self-portrait drawn by one of Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students.
This drawing was on display at
the Urban Assembly headquarters in lower Manhattan.
18 × 24″ self-portrait drawn by one of Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students.
This drawing was on display at
the Urban Assembly headquarters in lower Manhattan.
18 × 24″ self-portrait drawn by one of Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students.
This student said “I can’t draw, I can’t draw”
and was very pleasantly surprised by himself when he completed the drawing.
18 × 24″ self-portrait drawn by one of Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students.
This drawing was on display at
the Urban Assembly headquarters in lower Manhattan.
Ms. Atkinson’s 6th grade students designed and painted a mural on the outside of their school to make their environment a more positive place.
They wanted to give people in their community something to think about so they decided to use the quote:
“Change your thoughts, and you change your world”.
Ms. Atkinson’s 6th graders were “thinking outside of the box” when they created paper sculptures that were cut, curled,
bent, twisted, glued, crumpled, braided, looped, and folded.
Ms. Atkinson’s 7th graders explored collage making.
Self-portrait created by an 8th grade student.
Students learned about how light and shadow play a big role in digital photography.
One of the permanent murals designed and painted by Ms. Atkinson’s students hangs above drawings done by other art students.
Ms. Atkinson’s 6th graders were “thinking outside of the box” when they created paper sculptures that were cut,
curled, bent, twisted, glued, crumpled, braided, looped, and folded.
Ms. Atkinson’s 7th and 8th grade students drew a design for a mask, built it, paper mached it, and then painted it.
The masks seemed to get bigger, bolder and more detailed every year!
18 × 24″ self-portrait drawn by one of Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students.
This drawing was on display at
the Urban Assembly headquarters in lower Manhattan.
18 × 24″ self-portrait drawn by one of Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students.
This student won a Gold Key in the Scholastic Art Competition and his drawing
was on display in the Brooklyn Museum of Art.
He was accepted to a specialized Art high school.
18 × 24″ self-portrait drawn by one of Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students.
Her artwork was displayed in the Juried Gallery Exhibit at Brooklyn Arts Festival,
then at the Regional Office of the Department of Education.
She was accepted to a specialized Art high school.
18 × 24″ self-portrait drawn by one of Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students.
This student was accepted to a specialized Art high school.
18 × 24″ self-portrait draw by one of Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students.
18 × 24″ self-portrait drawn by one of Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students
18 × 24″ self-portrait drawn by one of Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students.
This drawing was on display at
the Urban Assembly headquarters in lower Manhattan.
18 × 24″ self-portrait drawn by one of Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students.
This drawing was on display at
the Urban Assembly headquarters in lower Manhattan.
Ms. Atkinson’s 7th and 8th grade students drew a design for a mask,
built it, paper mached it, and then painted it.
The masks seemed to get bigger, bolder and more detailed every year!
Students learned about typography when designing a composition showing their names.
Ms. Atkinson’s students designed and painted permanent murals to be installed in the school.
Students worked together in groups,
in a race to see who could build the tallest free standing structure.
Ms. Atkinson’s students designed and painted permanent murals to be installed in the school.
Ms. Atkinson helps a student that is working on her self-portrait.
Ms. Atkinson’s students designed and painted permanent murals to be installed in the school.
Students focused on painting.
10th grade study of hands.
8th grade study of a hand.
12th grade study of hands.
8th grade study of a hand.
7th grade study of hands.
8th grade study of a hand.
8th grade study of a hand.
8th grade study of a hand.
Ms. Atkinson’s 6th graders were “thinking outside of the box”
when they created paper sculptures that were cut, curled,
bent, twisted, glued, crumpled, braided, looped, and folded.
Self-portrait by a 7th grade student.
Students learned about how light and shadow play a big role in digital photography.
Ms. Atkinson’s students designed and painted permanent murals to be installed in the school.
Students learned about positive and negative shapes.
11th grade study of a screwdriver, 24 × 18″.
11th grade study of a thumbtack created with collage.
Ms. Atkinson’s 8th graders created collages around the theme of “things that are important to me”.
Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students combined their drawing skills
with their imagination to complete the composition.
8th grade study of a shoe.
8th grade study of a shoe.
8th grade study of a shoe.
8th grade study of a shoe.
Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students looked closely at details
when drawing a person from observation.
Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students looked closely at details
when drawing a person from observation.
Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students looked closely at details
when drawing a person from observation.
8th grade student combined his drawing skills and his imagination.
Ms. Atkinson on a field trip with her advisory students to the Statue of Liberty.
Art Studio.
Students painting.
Ms. Atkinson’s student artwork hanging up in the school hallway for parents, teachers, and students to admire.
Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students combined their drawing skills
with their imagination to complete the composition.
Student artwork fills the hallways.
Ms. Atkinson’s students designed and painted permanent murals to be installed in the school.
12th grade collage using cut up magazine paper to show things found in the refrigerator.
Ms. Atkinson’s students are encouraged
to improve their drawing skills by drawing from observation.
Ms. Atkinson’s students are encouraged to improve their drawing skills by drawing from observation.
Ms. Atkinson’s students are encouraged to improve their drawing skills by drawing from observation.
Ms. Atkinson’s students are encouraged
to improve their drawing skills by drawing from observation.
Ms. Atkinson’s students are encouraged to improve their drawing skills by drawing from observation.
Ms. Atkinson’s students are encouraged to improve their drawing skills by drawing from observation.
Ms. Atkinson’s students are encouraged
to improve their drawing skills by drawing from observation.
Ms. Atkinson’s students are encouraged to improve their drawing skills by drawing from observation.
Students explore their tools and materials. This piece is done in pastel.
Students working together.
Ms. Atkinson proudly stands in front of designs created by her students while they were on display at the Rotunda Gallery.
Ms. Atkinson’s 8th graders working on the last details of their self-portraits before having a critique.
Ms. Atkinson took some of her 8th graders to the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
to Central Park to draw, and out to lunch before returning to Brooklyn.
Ms. Atkinson’s 8th graders built life size people
out of newspaper, masking tape, and paper mache.
Ms. atkinson’s students learn to make accordion books and to work with paper.
Ms. Atkinson’s 7th and 8th grade students drew a design for a mask, built it, paper mached it, and then painted it.
The masks seemed to get bigger, bolder and more detailed every year!
Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students looked closely at details
when drawing a person from observation.
Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students looked closely as details when drawing a person from observation.
Ms. Atkinson’s 8th graders built life size people out of newspaper, masking tape, and paper mache before being painted.
8th grade self-portraits were hung up in the main office of the school so that teachers, parents, and students could see them.
This 8th grade student has her design for her mask on the table as she continues to build her mask.
Ms. Atkinson’s 8th grade students combined their drawing skills
with their imagination to complete the composition.
Students use many different types of tools and materials in Ms. Atkinson’s art class,
here they are using oil pastels to finish their designed mandalas.
Ms. Atkinson’s 6th graders were “thinking outside of the box” when they created paper sculptures that were cut,
curled, bent, twisted, glued, crumpled, braided, looped, and folded.
The art studio. Art careers are listed on the right.
Two digital photographs taken by students, a positive-negative design, and an exploration of oil pastels.
Ms. Atkinson at Six Flags playing skeeball next to her students.
They were happy because they knew she would give them any tickets she won so that they could trade them in for prizes.
Ms. Atkinson’s 8th graders built life size people
out of newspaper, masking tape, and paper mache.
7th graders working on torn paper collages.
Ms. Atkinson’s 6th grade students designed and painted a mural on the outside of their school to make their environment a more positive place.
They wanted to give people in their community something to think about so they decided to use the quote:
“Change your thoughts, and you change your world”.
Ms. Atkinson’s 6th grade students designed and painted a mural on the outside of their school to make their environment a more positive place.
They wanted to give people in their community something to think about so they decided to use the quote:
“Change your thoughts, and you change your world”.
Two of the many permanent murals designed and painted by Ms. Atkinson’s students installed in the school.
Ms. Atkinson’s 7th graders created a string sculpture in the middle of the art studio that the 8th grade students thought was interesting.
