Tag: Drawing

Week One Projects

This student was in a group of boys at the drawing center trying to do still-life for the first time. They had been playing with my box of bones, bottles and stuffed toys that I have for still-life and trying…

8th Grade Portraits

Each of the images in this post is the Before (on the right) and the After (on the left) drawings of my 8th graders. Every year I am required by the state to administer a Classroom Based Performance Assessment to…

Surrealism Challenge from 2010

A gallery of student work from the 2009-2010 school year. Surrealism: A type of artwork that includes realistic images but makes them appear strange and dream-like. Moods: •Mysterious •Humorous •frightening Techniques: Nighttime Scenes Cool or Neutral Colors –Blue, green, violet…

Art club and ATCs

This week in artclub I brought out my binder of ATCs that I have collected over the years along with a BAG of cards that were donated to me for trading. I explained a bit about trading cards, let them…

Get Ready for Drawing Day!

June 7th, 2008 is Drawing Day! Drawing Day is a worldwide drawing event encouraging everyone to drop everything and draw for the sake of art. The internet is an open canvas. Help us create 1 million drawings online this day and…