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Hockney: Composite Polaroid
Artists, Hockney

Hockney: Composite Polaroid

March 20, 2023February 23, 2026 McElfish 4 mins read

Hockney Composite Hockney Polaroid                                     Composite Polaroid Directions You […]

Shepard Fairey We the People Inspired Poster
Artists, Photoshop Challenges, Shepard Fairey

Shepard Fairey We the People Inspired Poster

March 3, 2023April 15, 2026 McElfish 8 mins read

Shephard Fairey We the People Inspired Poster _________________________________________________________________________________________  “Art is not always meant to be decorative or soothing, in fact it can create uncomfortable conversations […]

Secondary Colors
Color Theory

Secondary Colors

February 27, 2023March 17, 2026 McElfish 2 mins read

Secondary Colors        Step 1: Take a photo of a person against the black curtain in the class room   Step 2: Turn the […]

Vector Cartooning Photoshop
Photoshop Challenges, Pop Art

Vector Cartooning Photoshop

February 24, 2023May 22, 2025 McElfish 5 mins read

                            Objective Pick your favorite photograph you took this year with a […]

Contrasting Colors
Color Theory

Contrasting Colors

February 3, 2023March 16, 2026 McElfish 1 min read

Contrasting Colors Pick your favorite contrasting color combinationThere are 3 different contrasting colors (red/green, blue/orange, purple/yellow)  NO POSTERS or SIGNS!!!!!!!!!!  Only objects Take at a […]

Frida Kahlo
Artists, Frida

Frida Kahlo

February 3, 2023February 14, 2023 McElfish 2 mins read

Frida Kahlo One of Mexico’s most famous artists Born July 6, 1907 in Mexico City, Mexico Her father was a  German Jew who immigrated to […]

Frida and Annie Leibovitz Inspiration in Photoshop
Artists, Frida

Frida and Annie Leibovitz Inspiration in Photoshop

February 2, 2023March 6, 2026 McElfish 6 mins read

Frida and Annie Leibovitz 2002, Annie Leibovitz photographed Salma Hayek as her artist Frida Kahlo for Vogue Magazine.  Salma Hayek stars as Frida Kahlo in […]

2022 First Semester Final
Final 1st Semester Student Work

2022 First Semester Final

January 13, 2023April 10, 2026 McElfish 0 mins read
Letters in Plain Sight
A-Z Hidden In Plain Sight

Letters in Plain Sight

January 8, 2023January 26, 2026 McElfish 4 mins read

Finding Letters  in Plain Sight Photography Section Step 1:  Pick a word or phrase Must be appropriate! Step 2:  Take a photograph of objects that […]

Eye Color Change
Color Theory, Photoshop Basics, Photoshop Color Editing

Eye Color Change

November 10, 2022September 19, 2023 McElfish 1 min read

Step 1: Quick Selection Tool around the eye color Select all of the irsis (color area). If you select to much, click on the -brush […]

Staple City:  How to Photograph
Staple City, Still Life

Staple City: How to Photograph

November 10, 2022September 23, 2025 McElfish 1 min read

Staple City Artist Peter Root took your everyday staples and turned them into an entire city in an installation.  Root spent about 40 hours building […]

Glow Effect Photoshop
Lights, Photoshop Challenges

Glow Effect Photoshop

October 27, 2022March 27, 2026 McElfish 3 mins read

Step 1: Open your image and decide what you will want to glow in the photo Choose the Quick Selection tool and draw around it. […]

Eye Enhance
Face Editing, Photoshop Basics

Eye Enhance

September 30, 2022April 23, 2025 McElfish 0 mins read
Overlays and Gradient Map Photoshop
Photoshop Basics, Photoshop Color Editing

Overlays and Gradient Map Photoshop

September 27, 2022October 8, 2025 McElfish 2 mins read

Step 1: In ACR Do quick edit to clean up the color, exposure, contrast Keep it open in Photoshop when you done with ACR Step […]

Extend Background of Images Photoshop
Photoshop Basics

Extend Background of Images Photoshop

September 25, 2022September 26, 2025 McElfish 1 min read

How to expand the background area of your image         Step 1: Open your image in photoshop Step 2: Go to Image […]

Staple Cities Background and Characters
Photoshop Challenges, Staple City

Staple Cities Background and Characters

September 6, 2022September 24, 2025 McElfish 2 mins read

    Part 1: Choosing Theme and Files  Step 1 Pick the theme for your city Your theme can be anything as long as it’s […]

MC Escher
Artists, Escher

MC Escher

May 16, 2022March 29, 2023 McElfish 1 min read

M.C. Escher M.C. Escher Exhibit Escher Animated Dutch Artist Broke down the boundaries between art and science by combining complicated mathematics His work is a […]

May the Forced Perspective Be With You
Forced Perspective, Perspective

May the Forced Perspective Be With You

April 28, 2022May 5, 2026 McElfish 1 min read

May the Forced/ 4th Perspective be with you   _________________________________________________   Video: Ideas for Projects Jenga Photography Directions: The key is creativity and imagination! Place […]

Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg
Artists, Johns, Pop Art

Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg

April 21, 2022May 12, 2026 McElfish 3 mins read

Art School Confidential Critique Simpsons Modern Art Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg  In a relationship for 6 years Jasper Johns was a shy and retreating […]

Photoshop Inspired Rauschenberg and Johns America
Artists, Johns, Pop Art, Rauschenberg

Photoshop Inspired Rauschenberg and Johns America

April 19, 2022May 9, 2024 McElfish 7 mins read

Jasper Johns and Robert Rauschenberg Combined Inspired Photoshop Collage  We will be using two works of art from Rauschenberg and Johns to create an Original […]

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