Blocking in Color for a Landscape painting.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…