Using their sight-size drawing skills, my middle school students did a portrait drawing of a woman in vine charcoal on toned drawing paper. Wow! Scroll through the slideshow to see a finished portrait drawing.
It’s the Christmas season, and this week the students painted a painting inspired by the lights and candles of the season. They painted a candle shaped into a stained glass window in acrylic paint on canvas. Great job!
Winter is here! This week we painted a beautiful winter landscape of snow on pine trees in acrylic paint on canvas. Scroll through the slideshow to see a winter landscape painting. Lovely!
This week we drew beautiful flowers! The students used the comparative method of drawing to draw a flower large-scale on a piece of colored paper. Then they used oil pastels to finish their beautifully colored flowers. Stunning! Scroll through the slideshow to the students working on their drawings.
My middle school students are doing some excellent portrait drawings this year! Using the sight-size method, they did a portrait drawing of a girl in graphite on drawing paper. Fantastic! Scroll through the slideshow to see the finished portrait drawing.
The autumn weather is here, and this week the students painted a barn in a fall landscape in acrylic paint on canvas. Scroll through the slideshow to see a finished painting! Great job!
On our last few warm days before fall, the students painted a sailboat in acrylic paint on canvas. Scroll through the slideshow to see a finished sailboat painting. Looks great!
Using our sight-size method of drawing at the easels, the kids sketched 2 pears with charcoal on primed canvas and then painted the pears with acrylic paints. Great job!
I have some middle school students doing some excellent portrait drawings this year! Using the sight-size method, they did a portrait drawing of a girl in graphite on drawing paper. Wonderful! Scroll through the slideshow to see the students working on their portrait drawings.
Inspired by this beautiful summer weather, this week we painted a scene from nature! The students painted a goldfinch sitting on a purple coneflower in acrylic paint on canvas. Great job! Scroll through the slideshow to see a finished painting.
