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 […]
Last week, most of my students completed their watercolor jungles inspired by Rousseau. I encouraged them to mix a variety of greens and to try layering to create shadows and richer colors. I absolutely love their creative drawings! They certainly captured the feeling of a jungle and included some precious animals. They all really worked […]
Fall classes have begun at Corbie Arts, and we are off to a great start! We started by reading The Fantastic Jungles of Henri Rousseau by Michelle Markel. Then we drew our own jungle with Sharpie markers on watercolor paper. Our goal was to create dense jungle scenes, full of plant and animal life. I […]
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We had such a great time this week teaching the “To Infinity and Beyond” workshop at Meadow Springs CC. We had a large group (14) and a wide age range (entering Kindergarten to entering 6th). It all worked out, and a good time was had by all. We created our own solar system, designed our […]
Our last project of the summer was Picasso Dogs. This was a fun thing to do after the serious Mona Lisa project. We began by drawing an eye on our paper with sharpie marker, then rotated our paper 90 degrees each time we added another dog feature. Then we connected our dog-like features to make […]
On our last day of “Modern Masters” we painted our own version of Leonardo DaVinci’s Mona Lisa. We first read “William and the Missing Masterpiece” by Helen Hancocks. It is a funny mystery where the lead character, William, is an international investigator who is called in to solve the crime of the missing Mona Cheesa. […]
After our study of Hokusai’s “The Wave off Kanazawa”, we did fish printing. In this project we drew fish on styrofoam sheets. We then cut the fish out, rolled on ink with brayers and printed them. Many students doubted they could draw the fish, but they all did and did a fabulous job! This is […]
In day two of Modern Masters, we learned about the art of Katsushika Hokusai, a famous Japanese painter and printmaker. We began by reading “The Great Wave” by Veronique Massenot and Bruno Pilorget. We then set out to create our own waves using black oil pastel, puck tempera, and white tempera for the ocean spray. […]
After our project based on Diego Rivera’s flower vendor painting, we made tissue paper flowers. Everyone made three flowers to take home. Great fun!
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