Blocking in Color for a Landscape painting.
Value
Value Studies
Value study for oil painting class.
Observational Charcoal Drawings
How to create Observational Charcoal Drawings.
Exploring Charcoal: Paper Bags
A few weeks ago the teen class drew paper lunch bags using charcoal to practice value. We really wanted them to be able to look at their bags, find where the darkest areas and lightest areas were and use charcoal to express these values. Many of the students had never used charcoal before and we … Continue reading Exploring Charcoal: Paper Bags
Value Paintings and Polar Bears
We had fun creating winter value landscape paintings and drawing polar bears in the Tuesday Elementary Class this week. In the process, we learned about value. Value creates depth in a picture making the object look 3 D. We looked at photos of the moon at night and saw how the circle around the moon is … Continue reading Value Paintings and Polar Bears
Observational Value Drawings
It was so nice to be back in class this week and working with the Teens on creating Observational Value Drawings. We practiced observational still life drawing - drawing from real life set ups using measuring techniques. I started by letting the students pick the objects they wanted to draw and setting up their own … Continue reading Observational Value Drawings
Animal Value Drawings
The Elementary Art Students really impressed me with their Animal Value Drawings this week. For some students, it was the first time they had ever drawn. We started by talking about value and looking at the different kinds of light on a round object. We quickly practiced drawing a round object to make it look … Continue reading Animal Value Drawings
Value Portraits with Tessellations
The Wednesday Elementary Art Class completed value portraits with tessellations. This project was inspired by the current exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum which features artist Kehinde Wiley. Kehinde Wiley Kehinde Wiley is one of the leading American artists to emerge in the last decade and he has been ingeniously reworking the grand portraiture traditions … Continue reading Value Portraits with Tessellations
Elementary Art Class – Mixed Media Winter Scenes
It may be raining outside, but it has been snowing in The Studio. After working so hard on the Sunflower Paintings, I wanted to start the year with a fun project that introduced some new art concepts. Last week, the elementary art students finished their mixed media winter scenes. The students enjoyed the creativity involved … Continue reading Elementary Art Class – Mixed Media Winter Scenes
Torn Paper Portraits – Teens Class
In our teen class this week, we assembled our ceramics projects. Sorry images of these are under wraps until after Christmas. Now that the big ceramic project is done, we returned to our Torn Paper Portraits. This project is an exercise to learn value. Value is the amount of light reflected from the surface. Value … Continue reading Torn Paper Portraits – Teens Class