The autumn weather is here, and this week the students painted pumpkins in a basket in acrylic paint on canvas. Scroll through the slideshow to see a student working on her painting! Great job!
Right before Halloween, the students drew a flying owl! They were able to study out the detail of the feathers and then color their drawings in colored pencil. Great job! Scroll through the slideshow to see the students at work on their owl drawings!
Using our sight-size method of drawing at the easels, the students sketched 2 pears in pencil on canvas paper and then painted the pears with acrylic paints. Great job!
Summer is here! This week in art class, the students drew a seashell on a beach in pencil on watercolor paper. Then they painted their seashells with watercolor paint. Scroll through the slideshow to see a finished seashell painting. Nice job!
My advanced students are working on portraits and today they did a Courbet master copy drawing of a girl sleeping. They drew in graphite on drawing paper. Impressive! Scroll through the slideshow to see a finished portrait drawing.
Today my middle school students did a Prud’hon master copy portrait drawing of a profile of a woman in vine charcoal on drawing paper. Excellent! Scroll through the slideshow to see a finished portrait drawing.
Panda bears were our inspiration in art class this week! We painted 2 pandas with bamboo in acrylic paint on canvas. Great job! Scroll through the slideshow to see a finished painting.
Today the students painted a red beetle on a pink flower in acrylic paint on canvas. Wow! Scroll through the slideshow to see a finished painting of the beetle!
This week we painted some summertime fun! Today the students painted coconuts and a palm tree and a sunset on an ocean beach landscape in acrylic paint on canvas. Great job! Scroll through the slideshow to see a picture of the students at work on their beach paintings!
Butterflies were our inspiration in art class today! The students used the sight-size method of drawing at the easels to draw a butterfly in white pastel pencil on black paper. Then they used oil pastels to finish their beautifully colored butterflies. Lovely! Scroll through the slideshow to see a student working on her butterfly drawing.
