Gesture drawing is when one makes drawings of the movements or gestures of the body. The student needs a model to make a series of poses for the student to draw. The model will “freeze” in a pose to allow enough time for the student to capture the gestures. The drawings are not meant [...]
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Gesture Drawing
Posted in September 5th, 2007
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Bug Portraits
Posted in September 2nd, 2007
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Portraits are drawings or paintings of people. Portrait artists are commissioned to create portraits of individuals and families. The art student will be asked to put himself into the role of the portrait artist. Instead of creating a portrait for a person though, he is to select an insect and pretend that the bug has hired [...]
Still Life
Posted in August 30th, 2007
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More than a bowl of fruit!
A still life of objects is sat up of the students choosing. Some of the traditional objects used in still life paintings include a vase of flowers, a bowl of fruit, shoes, musical instruments, candlesticks and books. Younger students will want to limit their still life to objects. The student [...]
Monoprinting
Posted in August 29th, 2007
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Hello Printmaking!
Art students explore a variety of simple printmaking techniques such as stamping, vegetable printing, Styrofoam prints, monoprinting, aluminum foil imaging and digital prints. Monoprinting is the most basic which can be as simple as a handprint. One way of making a monoprint is tape off the paper size on a table, paint within the [...]
The Thinker
Posted in August 29th, 2007
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Think Clay!
The student looked at and discussed images of the The Thinker by French sculptor Auguste Rodin. The student is asked to sit in a variety of poses that she sits in when she is deep in thought. While holding a pose she is asked to pay special attention to where her shoulders, elbows, [...]
Aboriginal Art of Australia
Posted in August 29th, 2007
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Don’t Forget the Dots!
We looked at and discussed the Aboriginal art of Australia. We paid special attention to the use of dots in the aboriginal paintings by comparing and contrasting them to the paintings of the Pointillism painting style of Georges Seurat. The student selected an animal and drew it large and simplified. Then [...]
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