For the past several weeks, my older students have been using their sight-size drawing skills to draw from plaster casts. Cast drawing teaches them to see and draw shapes and 3-dimensional form. They did their drawing and shading using vine charcoal and white chalk on toned drawing paper. Impressive! Scroll through the slideshow to see their other cast drawing.
This week in art class, the students used the sight-size method of drawing to draw a goldfish in graphite on white paper. Then the transferred their drawings onto watercolor paper and painted their goldfish in watercolor paint. Looks great! Scroll through the slideshow to see the students at work.
Spring is in the air! And this week so were butterflies! The students used acrylic paint to paint a beautiful butterfly sitting on a branch with cherry blossom flowers. Lovely!
It’s springtime! Inspired by spring, the students painted a lovely spring landscape with flowering trees in acrylic paint on canvas. Beautiful!
This week the students used the sight-size method of drawing at the easels and drew a tulip in pencil on drawing paper. Then they transferred their drawings onto heavier watercolor paper and painted their drawings with colorful watercolor paint. Here is a picture of the kids working on their tulip drawings. Scroll through the slideshow to see a finished tulip watercolor painting. Great job!
Last week in art class, we found inspiration in winter and drew a penguin family! The students drew the penguins with white pastel pencil on black paper. Then they used their white pastel pencils to shade in the lights and left the paper for the darks. They did a great job! Scroll through the slideshow to see the students at work.
We set up a still life of a bowl with an apple, orange, and banana. I taught the kids the comparative method of drawing while studying our still life objects. Using the comparative method and our observation skills, the students drew the still lifes with graphite on canvas and then painted their canvases with acrylic paint. Colorful!
It’s October, and this week in art class, the students drew a flying owl! They were able to study out the detail of the feathers and then shade their drawings in pencil. Great job! Scroll through the slideshow to see a finished drawing.
Sunflowers were our inspiration in art class this week! The students used the sight-size method of drawing at the easels to draw three sunflowers in graphite on white paper. Then they transferred their drawings onto watercolor paper and painted their sunflowers in watercolor paint. Beautiful! Scroll through the slideshow to see the student artwork.
This week in art class, the students used the sight-size method of drawing at the easels to draw a butterfly in white pastel pencil on black paper. Then they used oil pastels to finish their beautifully colored butterflies. Lovely! Scroll through the slideshow to see the students at work.
