Tuesday afternoon art classes explored the art of the still life this winter.
In this session students explored sketching in watercolors.
It was a great opportunity to explore new ideas and mediums. Maybe you can join us for a future class or workshop at the Art Junction.
Art Campers explored using the circle as a design element this summer.
Everyone began by creating circular ink prints with yogurt cups.
After some dry time for the ink everyone began to add a pattern of color to their circle print.
Everyone chose to use color in a new way from everyone else.
All of the campers were engaged in the creative process.
There were many wonderful ideas explored in this circular composition project.
Everyone was focused on completing their colorful ideas.
I was very happy with the students’ enthusiasm for this project and their hard work. It was great to work with motivated kids!
Kids love to paint and in our Wednesday Afternoon Art classes everyone has an opportunity to paint and learn color theory along with having some fun!
Our Wednesday Afternoon students have been learning about the art of Keith Haring.
Students began by looking at and discussing the images of Keith Haring.
Everyone chose a character of Haring that they liked and a movement or action to recreate on their own.
Marker was employed to add a bold outline to their images.
Watercolor was added to fill in the character’s action.
Everyone was satisfied with their work in this adventure in art.
Here are some examples of the students’ work.
The Wednesday afternoon art classes created mixed-medium landscapes this week.
We began with creating a horizon line and using watercolors for our sky.
The next step was cutting out trees with scissors and construction paper.
This required a lot of focus as the scissors became a tool for drawing the trees through the cutting process.
Next was gluing the trees to the landscape.
The final step was to add shadow to the trees with watercolor paint.
Everyone enjoyed learning to mix mediums to create a wonderful winter landscape.
Day 2 of Art Camp focused on color, shape and line….basic art elements used in fun, creative ways.
Campers added color to their shape drawings.
Lots of focus went into this process.
Next we added color to our ink line studies.
There were many color decisions to make as campers worked on adding watercolor to their images.
Everyone loved adding color with spray paint to their 3D sculptural projects.
There were many color decisions to make in using this new medium.
We used the spray paint on top of our circle painting board to add another layer of color and shape to that image in an indirect manner.
Everyone loved using the spray medium!
It was fun day for everyone to explore many new ways of using color, shape and line together!
Wednesday afternoon art students recently explored the circle as they created circles with stencils.
Students used a variety of stencils and circular objects to create their composition.
Students picked their favorite colors to trace and fill in the shapes.
This step required much concentration as students worked hard to fill in their circles with various colors.
The next step was to add a wash of color over their circle design.
Here are a few examples of their work.
The final step after their image dried was to outline their circles with marker.
This was an enjoyable yet challenging project for the students as they learned new concepts and developed their skills.
Students in the Wednesday afternoon art class learned about the artist Jim Dine and his series on hearts.
Students began their own heart image and the first step was to divide the paper into quarters and create four heart drawings.
Students began to repeat the heart shape with various colors of watercolor paints.
Jim Dine loves things. Influenced as a young artist in the 1960s by pop art, he turns objects and images, like hearts, from our everyday lives into the subjects of his work.
Students continued to build up more layers of color around their hearts.
For Jim Dine the hearts function as a “sign that one can care, that there is a constant presence of feeling.”
The heart is also significant in the larger context of Dine’s work—he has returned to this image time and time again throughout his career, using it as a space on which to project his thoughts and emotions.
The final step was to outline the hearts with various color of marker to high light the heart shape.
It was interesting to see the many layers of color.
Everyone enjoyed the process of creating and learning to add color with this project. Painting is fun!
The home-school art classes this fall have been a lot of fun with a wide age range of students.
Students have learned many different drawing techniques, from observational drawing to exploring expressive drawing.
We have had fun with ink and watercolor,
learned about drawing the New Haven landscape,
and explored drawing the world around us.
Students have also explored expressive drawing, which have been fun opportunities to learn and creatively grow.
