Tag Archives: High School Art
Drawing – White Pencil on Black Paper
Students in my classes worked hard to create good contrast and use the full range of values in their drawings, so it was always interesting to challenge them to switch it up and think “backwards” on a new project. When … Continue reading
Intro to the Grid-Method Technique
I always asked new students what they hoped to learn in my class, and the typical response was, “I want to learn to draw better.” Learning to use the grid method to transfer information from a reference image to their … Continue reading
Drawing – Colored Pencil Paintings
Advanced Art students studied the work of artist Ann Kullberg and practiced the techniques reference in tutorials found in her books, “Colored Pencil Portraits Step by Step” and “Texture in Colored Pencil.” Drawings using these techniques are called “paintings” because they start … Continue reading
Drawing – Colored Pencil
Students in Art 2 – Honors Art created drawings using colored pencils. Some years they worked on white paper, and other years they worked on black paper, and most students used Prismacolor pencils. To ensure accurate details, they used a … Continue reading
Drawing – Charcoal Compositions
Students in Art 2 – Honors Art worked in charcoal to create various compositions, often working from life. They were encouraged to include realistic details and strong contrast. Here are some examples of their work.
Drawing – Charcoal Animals
Students in Art 2 – Honors Art classes created realistic and detailed drawings of animals in charcoal. They used a grid to transfer information from their reference photograph to their paper, starting with a light sketch in pencil. Here are … Continue reading
Drawing – Charcoal Portraits
Students in my Art 2 – Honors Art classes completed some amazing (and often award-winning) charcoal portraits over the years. They used a grid to transfer information from the photograph they were working from to their paper, starting with a … Continue reading
Drawing: Pencil/Graphite Projects
Students from Art 1 to Advanced Art produced drawing projects in pencil by working from photographs. While they were given various parameters over the years regarding subject matter, they always did their best work when they were given as much … Continue reading
Plaster Gauze Masks
Plaster gauze mask-making was a project I offered every couple of years for many, many years as an art teacher. These were always SO much fun, and every time I was delighted with my students’ creativity, humor, problem-solving ability, insights, … Continue reading