Art Room 161

Tim Needles blog for art & media art classes at Smithtown H.S. East

Monday, October 2, 2023

The September AI Creative Challenge from Adobe Express

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The September Creative Challenge for education from Adobe Express incorporates one of their new, amazing AI tools. I was preparing to share ...
Friday, September 29, 2023

Discovery Education Blog: Inspiring Creativity in the Classroom- Discover the Magic of STEAM Learning

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I wrote a short post for the Discovery Education Blog to kick the new school year off entitled Inspiring Creativity in the Classroom Discove...
Monday, October 3, 2022

Adobe's New You in 22 Template

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Setting some goals for the new school year is always a really positive way to begin and it's easy with the new Adobe Express template fo...
Tuesday, February 1, 2022

Happy Lunar New Year- Lets Celebrate with an AR game

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  Happy Lunar New Year!  Let's celebrate with an augmented reality (AR) game. Below is a simple, short tutorial on how I created an easy...
Thursday, November 18, 2021

Creating AR Art with EyeJack

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  This year we've been working quite a bit with augmented reality and we've been using a number of different tools but a new favorit...
Monday, October 18, 2021

2021 ISTE Creative Constructor Lab Conference

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  This weekend I attended the 2021 ISTE Creative Constructor Lab Conference and presented 5 workshops on topics ranging from augmented reali...
Wednesday, September 15, 2021

Welcome to the 2021-2022 School Year!

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Welcome to the 2021-2022 School Year! This year I'll be working as a district technology integration specialist so I won't be in the...
Friday, June 18, 2021

Congratulations Class of 2021!

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  Today's the last day of school for seniors so congratulations Class of 2021! It was a pleasure to work with you, have a great summer, ...
Wednesday, June 16, 2021

Last Day of Class (in person)

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  Today is the last day of class in-person unless you are a senior so be sure to hand in any work that you might owe and take your work with...
Tuesday, June 15, 2021

Positive Press for our Art Projects

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Excited to share some recent positive press we have had such as the NEWSDAY article we are mentioned which came out this week on our ongoin...
Monday, June 14, 2021

Benjamin Cono competing at the US Olympic Swim Trials

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  Proud to have a former student, Benjamin Cono (HSE class of 2014), competing at the US Olympic Swim Trials in Omaha, Nebraska this week...
Friday, June 11, 2021

Film: Our Final Film

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  In Film class it has come time to make our Final Film as we have just 4 days left of class. It is a choice film so you may take on any gen...
Wednesday, June 9, 2021

AP Art 2021-2022 Summer Assignments & Meeting

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Today the AP Art 2021-2022 class will meet for a short review of the summer assignments and an explanation of the AP Art test in it's cu...
Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Studio Art: Final Exam

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 This week is our final exam (which will be paired with a final portfolio) so today we will review together in class. The test is short, onl...
Monday, June 7, 2021

Studio Art: Completing and sharing our mini-comics

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  This week in Studio Art we will work on completing and sharing our mini-comics. They should be colored and photographed before physically ...
Friday, June 4, 2021

10 Days of School Left

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Happy Friday everyone! This is a reminder that we have 10, that's right 10 days of class left so be sure to get any incomplete or late a...
Thursday, June 3, 2021

Film: Hunt for the Wilderpeople

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  This week in Film class we are watching and critiquing the film Hunt for the Wilderpeople in preparation of our final narrative film proj...
Wednesday, June 2, 2021

Digital Media: Final Choice Project

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In Digital Media we begin work on the Final Choice Project today!  Last week we reviewed the research projects and explored our final projec...
Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Studio Art: Creating A Mini-Comic

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This week we are drawing and designing Mini-Comics in Studio Art class.  We will learn about the basic elements of a story, the folding te...
Wednesday, May 26, 2021

Memorial Day weekend

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Today is our final day in May before the Memorial Day weekend so be sure to submit any work and I'll see you all in June.  If you are no...
Tuesday, May 25, 2021

AP Art: VR Artwork

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Now that the AP Art test is complete we will begin experimenting with new techniques and technologies to better our creative toolbox for nex...
Monday, May 24, 2021

Studio Art: Henri Matisse's Woman with a Hat

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This week we will take on the challenge of recreating a master painting in Studio Art class and will create a version of Henri Matisse's...
Friday, May 21, 2021

Film: Stop Motion Animation

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Experimenting with synchronized #animation in film class today after learning about filmmaker Busby Berkeley pic.twitter.com/79RUGkx6tU — T...
Wednesday, May 19, 2021

AP Art: The AP Art Test

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  Today we will be taking a final look at the AP Art Test before submitting the work , be sure to go through all the writing and images one ...
Monday, May 17, 2021

Studio art: Figure Painting

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  This week in Studio art we will take on the challenge of Figure Painting and learn some of the proportions and techniques that help create...
Friday, May 14, 2021

AP Art: AP Art Showcase

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  We are less than a week away from the AP Art test so we will begin putting up some of our best work in the showcase to share the creative ...
Thursday, May 13, 2021

Studio Art: Creating Watercolor Washes

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Today in Studio Art we are learning how to create flat and graded watercolor washes for the sky, ocean, ect.   this technique is really usef...
Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Digital Media: 3D Design

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  In Digital Media our second 3D Design project is due today which was a choice based project. Be sure you save the file as a STL and upload...
Tuesday, May 11, 2021

Studio Art: Watercolor Painting Basics

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  Today in studio art we will be learning the basics of watercolor painting as we begin our plein air painting series.  We will be learning ...
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