Welcome to my adventures in teaching Art outside of the public school system. I'll share our projects and challenge myself and you to continually improve. So glad you stopped by!
Who wouldn’t love to design their own building! After 4 weeks of perspective with an introduction, name project, room, and birdhouses, we are ready to finish off this perspective series. Our final project is a culmination of our problem solving skills with perspective. We are designing a detailed building. We have 2 days with 1.5 hr classes. Plenty of time… Read more »
After 3 projects learning one point perspective, (Introduction, Names, and Room) my students have a pretty good idea of how vanishing points work. Today we introduced 2 point perspective. Floating shapes is one of the most effective projects to learn perspective. But since we already did floating shapes when learning one point, I decided to switch it up just a bit while still getting… Read more »
Designing a room appeals to my age group because of both the interior designing element and the technical skill. Designing a Room in One Point Perspective We started off with a horizon line and vanishing point. If you aren’t sure of what I’m talking about check out the perspective introduction. Next we made a square/rectangle that will act as the… Read more »
“I was showing my grandson some of the techniques we’ve been learning (in our adult watercolor class). I was doing it with him. I guess I shouldn’t have because he saw mine and his wasn’t as good. So he said he couldn’t and he wasn’t any good. He didn’t want to do any more.” “That happens a lot with that age. … Read more »
The age group I work with loves to use their names for projects. When doing our creativity building series, we did zentangle names. For the 2nd day of our perspective series we used names to further our understanding of one point perspective. So here is our One Point Perspective Name project… Before beginning this project we started with a basic… Read more »
New classes coming January 2016 Printmaking is the process of transferring an image onto another surface, usually paper. This series will ease students into the printmaking process. We’ll learn printmaking skills and vocabulary. Then we’ll move onto more in-depth printmaking projects as the series goes on. Specifically we will delve into block printing. After School Arts Enrichment Class at Calvary… Read more »
A technical drawing skill like perspective is a great one to learn because it gives students the ability to be successful. And I love an opportunity to give students a chance at success! I like the definition on Dictionary.com. Perspective is the theory or art of suggesting three dimensions on a two-dimensional surface, in order to recreate the appearance and… Read more »
Let me preface this by admitting I have a weakness for clay. I majored in ceramics for a while before deciding my aspirations were to teach as opposed to becoming an independent artist. So I was excited about this show. The Meadville Council on the Arts has a gallery on the 2nd floor of the Meadville Market House. They hold shows all year…. Read more »
I have no ideas what I’m looking at!?! There are too many choices!?! I don’t know what I should buy!?! I hear this a lot from beginners and even remember feeling it myself when I was first pursuing watercolors. Let me preface this with the fact that this is for beginners. Those who want to start with watercolors but are completely… Read more »
So much anticipation for this field trip! I ran across Box of Light Studios when I was researching art activities for a field trip with our Home School Co-operative. Right away I was excited! See my own kids and many of my students are in that middle age that is often hard to find activities for field trips. There are lots… Read more »
