I brought to class my favorite painting by my friend Tim Castle. The piece, titled "Noisy Birds," was viewed by the Sub-Freshmen enrolled in my Fall '96 semester of Interrelated Arts at University Laboratory High School (Urbana, IL.) Their assignment was to "find" a bird in the abstract-expressionist painting, draw a color-pencil full-body portrait of it in it's native habitat. They created a name and description of the bird and typed it up as a text document saved to computer. The original dra wings were scanned, then the text and images combined so each student would have a page. We also examined a John James Audubon book, where the illustrations are accompanied by informative text, as a reality-based inspirational example.

Originally, we intended to make a full-color hard-copy booklet, but this proved cost prohibitive. Publishing on the web was practically as good, if not better. I think you'll find the student works entertaining, imaginative, and inspired. Enjoy!

-Karen Hellyer, Art Teacher

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