THE COOL SPHERE

The Cool Sphere - an exercise in loose drawing and sketching, color values and shading.

My student, who will turn 8 years old next week, began by loosly drawing a circle (sketch style) and then slowly introduced color.  First we painted the purple and blues in the background, then brought a combinations of blue, turquoise and silver into the circle, increasing the intesity of the black and deciding where the shadows shoud be.  At the end of the exercise my student expressed...  "It's a ball!!!"...  yes!  With verbal instructions and me modeling the exercise, the student was able to learn a technique which she can incorperate into any number of school projects, using any type of drawing medium she's given...    Next month we will do the same project using the warm tones...  Reds, Oranges, Yellows and some Purple and Gold for accents. 

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Donna's Sunflowers - Acrylic on Art-Paper

This beautful still life by Donna is done in Acrylic. 

For this lesson (taught in 2 sessions) the students worked from either a still life on display, or from a photograph.

It looks beautiful!

The Giant Panda

  The Giant Panda - this image was started from a photograph.  The students practiced transferring using a grid and then various methods of mixing the paint.  They learned how to vary the colors and apply depth of color to bring the painting to life.

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