Spring is on it’s way! This week in art class, the students drew a robin in pencil on drawing paper. Then they transferred their drawings onto heavier watercolor paper and painted their drawings with colorful watercolor paint. Great job!
This week in art class, the students used the sight-size method of drawing at the easels to draw a seahorse and coral in white pastel pencil on colored paper. Then they colored their tropical underwater scenes with oil pastels. Stunning!
Winter was still hanging on last week, and in art class we 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 a penguin drawing.
It has been a cold, snowy winter! This week we painted a beautiful cardinal in the snow in acrylic paint on canvas. Scroll through the slideshow to see a cardinal painting. Great job!
Using their sight-size drawing skills, my middle school students did a portrait drawing of a woman in vine charcoal on toned drawing paper. Wow! Scroll through the slideshow to see a finished portrait drawing.
It’s the Christmas season, and this week the students painted a painting inspired by the lights and candles of the season. They painted a candle shaped into a stained glass window in acrylic paint on canvas. Great job!
Winter is here! This week we painted a beautiful winter landscape of snow on pine trees in acrylic paint on canvas. Scroll through the slideshow to see a winter landscape painting. Lovely!
This week we drew beautiful flowers! The students used the comparative method of drawing to draw a flower large-scale on a piece of colored paper. Then they used oil pastels to finish their beautifully colored flowers. Stunning! Scroll through the slideshow to the students working on their drawings.
My middle school students are doing some excellent portrait drawings this year! Using the sight-size method, they did a portrait drawing of a girl in graphite on drawing paper. Fantastic! Scroll through the slideshow to see the finished portrait drawing.
The autumn weather is here, and this week the students painted a barn in a fall landscape in acrylic paint on canvas. Scroll through the slideshow to see a finished painting! Great job!
