Friday, October 25, 2013

Fall Observational Drawings

Arely, Grade 8

Geno, Grade 7


Isabella, Grade 7

Zarina, Grade 8

Jimmy, Grade 7

Jackie, Grade 8

Sara, Grade 7
The middle school students have been learning about observational drawing this month.  They have focused on value, contour lines, and on negative space.  These activities are challenging and require students to see things in a different way.  Training ourselves to see things as basic elements of art takes lots of practice, but once we can begin to see lines, shapes, lights, and darks rather than leaves and pumpkins, we can suddenly draw with much more accuracy.  These are a few strong examples.
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