I saw this project on Cassie Stephens’ blog, In the Art Room. I loved the bold, bright colors and the contrast of the strong black lines. Cassie was inspired by the art of Dean Russo. I wasn’t familiar with his work but enjoyed checking his work out. Cassie used india ink in bingo daubers to […]
Students who finished early this week were able to make Valentine Prints. We drew our designs on styrofoam sheets with a ball point pen. Then we colored them with washable markers. After a quick spray of water, we printed them on watercolor paper. Printmaking is always so much fun. I love the moment of anticipation […]
We spent the last two classes of this session learning about Matisse and painting apples inspired by his “Apples on a Table.” Our focus on this project was on mixing colors and creating shadows and highlights. We discussed how Matisse distorted the perspective intentionally as part of his composition. Before we drew the apples, we […]
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