Finished.
The final portrait in acrylic paint. Amazing.
EXPLORE: Renaissance
This student is creating an image for the EXPLORE: Renaissance lesson of our Curriculum. At this point in the Curriculum, our students have learned many important fundamental skills and are able to create work in a similar manner to those done by the Masters during the Renaissance period.
During this period, artists used perspective to create the illusion of distance and composed their paintings in such a way to guide the viewer's eye around the image slowly and evenly.
VOCABULARY:
Anatomy: a study of the structure or internal workings of the human body
Proportion: the relationship of one thing to another in terms of size
Perspective: the art of drawing solid objects on a two-dimensional surface so as to give the right impression of their height, width, depth and position in relation to each other when viewed from a particular point
Humanism: a Renaissance movement that revived interest in ancient Greek and Roman thought
Work in progress.
A beautiful portrait in the making.
OBSERVE: Drapery
One of our students, doing a wonderful job of depicting drapery in two dimensions.
GOAL: Do an observational drawing or painting of fabric. Pay close attention to the variations of gradation. There are some areas of strong contrast and other areas of subtle contrast. Depending on how you set up the lighting and arrange the fabric, some edges may be very soft (subtle) and others may be very sharp.
Our OBSERVE lessons in our Curriculum are meant to build skills of observation. Students learn to edit the information in front of them in order to include only the elements necessary for a successful composition.
A finished example by Andrew, age 10
Halloween prep is underway at art/work/place!
Little artists, busy creating their latest masterpieces!
Our Tuesday afternoon Mini Makers, hard at work on their latest project!
