TRACEY ATKINSON
DARKLY VIBRANT: ARTWORK CREATED BY THE ARTIST AND ART EDUCATOR
TEACHING

High school students used their introductory knowledge of Adobe Illustrator to digital drawings.

High school students used their introductory knowledge of Adobe Illustrator to create self-portraits.

High school students used their introductory knowledge of Adobe Illustrator to create self-portraits.

High school students used their introductory knowledge of Adobe Illustrator to create robots that were first sketched out on paper, then drawn with the pen tool, and then a background was created with Photoshop.

High school students drew self-portraits in pencil.

High school students drew self-portraits in pencil.

An award-winning self-portrait, this 8th grade student drew her self-portrait after studying the work of Chuck Close.

This student's award-winning self-portrait was on display at the Tweed Courthouse in New York City.

High school students used cut paper to create a 3-dimensional collaged relief that has strong positive and negative spaces.

High school students used cut paper to create a 3-dimensional collaged relief that has strong positive and negative spaces.

High school students used cut paper to create a 3-dimensional collaged relief that has strong positive and negative spaces.

High school students used cut paper to create a 3-dimensional collaged relief that has strong positive and negative spaces.

High school students used their introductory knowledge of Adobe Illustrator to create robots that were first sketched out on paper, then drawn with the pen tool, and then a background was created with Photoshop.

High school students used their introductory knowledge of Adobe Illustrator to create self-portraits.

High school students used their introductory knowledge of Adobe Illustrator to create self-portraits.

High school students used their introductory knowledge of Photoshop to make imaginative creatures.

High school students used paper and marker to design typography before making another version in Illustrator.

High school students used paper and marker to design typography before making another version in Illustrator.

High school students used paper and marker to design typography before making another version in Illustrator.

High school students used paper and marker to design typography before making another version in Illustrator.

High school students used their introductory knowledge of Adobe Illustrator to create a successful piece of typography.

High school students used their introductory knowledge of Adobe Illustrator to create a successful piece of typography.

High school students used their introductory knowledge of Adobe Illustrator to create mandalas.

High school students used their introductory knowledge of Adobe Illustrator to create mandalas contain both tints and shades of color.

High school students created typography with color pencils that demonstrate movement and flow.

High school students drew sketches on paper before creating robots in Adobe Illustrator.

High school students used their introductory knowledge of Adobe Illustrator to create robots that were first sketched out on paper and then drawn with the pen tool.

High school students used cut paper to create designs that focus on positive and negative space.

Ms. Atkinson standing in front of some of her students' paintings and drawings on display at the Day of the Arts exhibition.

Ms. Atkinson's example of 2-point perspective. Students in her class have learned 1-point, 2-point, and 3-point perspective.

High school students carved from clay blocks to create art pieces that are balance and variety of form.

High school students used clay to make pinch pots as an introduction to ceramics.

Middle school students learned about proportion and scale as they created life-size people.

Middle school students created 3-dimensional masks with paper, cardboard, and paint.

High school students drew every day objects at a very large scale to focus on details.

High school students completed a value study with pencil.

High school students completed a value study with pencil.

A middle school student drew her hands from observation while looking at the bones in her hands and creases in her knuckles.

This student is focused on painting acrylic on masonite panels as part of a mural that was hung in the school's hallway.

High school students created mandalas using pencil and marker.