I try to do one still life project each session. My goal is to at least introduce students to the idea of drawing what they see, not what they know is there. This is the first step to moving away from drawing symbols for objects. Drawing is really about seeing and allowing our eyes and […]
Last week we put the finishing touches on our Matisse apples. Each student was given charcoal and white chalk pastel. We talked about the location of the light source for our still life and how that would affect our shading and highlights. The shading gave their apples three dimensional form. They also learned about charcoal, […]
Drawing from observation can be a real challenge for some students. This apple project was a gentle introduction into drawing from life. Our inspiration was a painting of apples by Matisse. I have seen other teachers do similar projects based on this painting, tracing or stamping the apple shapes, but I really wanted them to […]
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