Welcome to Mr. Smith's home on the web.
Ladies and gentlemen ... its art time.

This is my home on the web, and a resource for the students of my Middle School, and Northwood classes. Please, take some time to see what we've done, and as always, be creative!

Chuck Close project! Students worked from photographs, then used a grid to enlarge them to create drawings inspired by the work of Chuck Close. Each block was filled in using sharpies. Value was shown by drawing symbols, shapes, lines, textures and doodles, to create drawings filled with detail! Click here to see examples of this project from the 2010-2011 and 2011-2012 school years!

Thanks to Larry Prescott, art teacher in Rexburg Idaho, and Paul Zabos, art teacher in Calgary Alberta, for the inspiration.

Here you will find examples of student work, from paintings and drawings to photos of sculptures. Paint, pencil, clay, it's all here folks.

Here you see an acrylic painting created by an 8th grade student.

The educator himself, in his younger days, and needing a haircut.

To contact me, click here  to email. 

Or, call 392-1000 ext. 3223 (at Merton Williams Middle School) or ext 4151 (at Northwood Elementary)