For Valentine’s Day, the students drew roses in pencil on drawing paper. Then they transferred their drawings onto watercolor paper and painted their drawings with watercolor paints. Quite lovely!
This week the students did drawings of a zebra in graphite on drawing paper. They transferred their zebra drawings onto cardstock and painted them with acrylics. Then we used a zebra-print sheet of cardstock as a frame for the paintings. Cool!
We set up a fall still life of gourds, pumpkins, pine cones, and fall leaves. While using the comparative method of drawing and our observation skills, the students studied and drew the fall still life with white pastel pencils on black posterboard. Then they colored their seasonal still life drawings with richly colored oil pastels.
The students each drew a cockatoo in pencil on drawing paper. Then they transferred their drawings onto watercolor paper and used ink pens to outline their drawings. Finally, they painted their drawings with watercolor paints. Beautiful!
We set up 2 still lifes: a vase with flowers and a bowl of fruit. I taught the kids the comparative method of drawing while studying our still life objects. Using the comparative method and our observation skills, we drew both still lifes with graphite on paper and colored our drawings using colored pencils.
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.
The kids drew dolphins in pencil and then we transferred the drawings to watercolor paper. Using a wide spectrum of colors, the kids painted their dolphins with watercolor paints.
This week the kids did drawings of cranes in pencil. At first the kids thought that the picture looked hard to draw, but we broke it down into easy shapes… and our shapes turned into cranes! We used transfer paper to transfer our drawings onto cardstock and painted them with acrylics. The kids also painted a sheet of colored cardstock that became a frame for the crane paintings.
We talked about color and how to mix colors using the primary and secondary colors on the color wheel. We then sketched 2 apples on primed canvas, practiced our color mixing, and painted the apples with acrylic paints.
This week we talked about color and how to mix colors using primary and secondary colors on the color wheel. I also taught the kids the sight-size method of drawing at the easels which train artists to accurately see and draw shapes. The kids sketched 2 cherries with charcoal on primed canvas, practiced mixing colors, and then painted the cherries with acrylic paints.
