Homeschooling Hardest Drawing Lesson

Spectrum Home School Drawing Lesson for 3/14

Many of the younger students and even the older ones can draw a nice little picture in a few minutes. We even have an exercise called "The Quick Sketch Challenge,"where they are given an object and told to draw it in three or five minutes, it is to free up their thinking and encourage them to master the quick composition that is necessary to many larger projects. However, when the students make a habit of drawing quickly and consider the project done too early many opportunities are missed. When a student works on a drawing for an hour they discover more details, subtle shadows inside shadows, depth, and in come cases entire areas of technique such as texture and value.

 The Art 1 class today had a very hard lesson. Instead of the normal two or three projects they were instructed to only draw one picture for the entire hour. To increase motivation students were allowed to chose the project from the folder of photos and clippings. During the hour the instructor circulated and made suggestions and positive comments.

The results were stunning!

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Multi-Layered Print Making 2 Spectrum Home-school Community 3/14/12

Home School Art Printmaking continued.

Multiple layered prints. 

Some of our students continued on the multi-colored print project that was begun the week before.

Those that finished began a multiple-layered project to get experience with the translucence quality of the inks involved. To explore the effect students created an abstract or cubist print.

First, a general design was drawn on the block, we use cardboard. The first layer of abstract shapes was attached to the block using double stick tape.  The ink was applied and a print made. We traced around the abstract shapes with pencil on the block to keep as a reference for the second and later colors and then removed the shapes.

Next, a new set of shapes were attached to the block, the first having been removed. The second shapes have some areas of overlap with the first. (this is where the traced shapes help since we are laying on the same block). The second color applied and the second print made on the same paper. Note: be careful not to turn the paper upside down The shapes were outlined and removed as before.

Next, the process is repeated so each color has areas that overlap others and the combination make new hues and colors.

Last a little accent was added with a black outline of similar shapes.

The example has squares and rectangles but other shapes and random shapes can be done also.

Print making Lesson with Multiple Layers. 

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Art 2 Print Making with Multiple Colors.

For the week of Feb 28 and March 7th and March 14 we will be working on a print project that will require the use of multiple colors and careful registration.

The first week has been design and transferring the design onto our block or in our case foam. The next week we proceeded to cut out the foam and attach to the acrylic using double stick tape. Using acrylic lets us "see" through the block to match us our prints so each color matches. A different block was made for each color.

The third week will be production and final print making of the projects.

The example below is from a similar class with younger students.

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Art 1 2/21/13 Scribbling as a Technique

Scribbling as a Technique

Spectrum art 1 Lesson 2/21/13

Warm-ups
1. Circles, 2. Lighting bolts, 3. Ocean waves. 4. Repeated figure "8" patterns.

The scribbling technique is loose and free this gives the artist opportunity to discover elements to put in a picture. Like free association in writing, it is ideal to overcome "Writer's Block,"  for an artist who has a difficult time to create a design or composition.

Using the Scribbling Technique we will draw an Iris Flower in bloom.

If time allows students will practice the technique to come up with their own designs.


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art 1 basic texture in drawing

Basic texture in drawing.

Warm ups:
1.Bark texture, 2.Grass texture, 3.Leaf texture, 4. Rock texture.

We draw a basic tree. Using the different textures above.

Remember the picture must tell a story, put a swing or tree house or something in the picture to give it a statement.

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Art 2 How to do Easy Printmaking

Art 2 Print Making

2/07/13

We used Styrofoam plates to make a relief print. We drew a picture on plate and cut around it and taped the picture to a piece of cardboard and and then print the picture.

Ideas for subjects:
Cat, clown fish, rose, flower, face, name or word, dog, train engine or caboose, any animal.

Valentines day hearts. red ink on heart. a second design with black over the red.

Below is an example of using Styrofoam to make a raised relief print.

First a cat or panther face was drawn onto the Styrofoam, it was then cut out using a craft knife, and using double stick tape attached to a piece of cardboard, in this case it was the cardboard from a cereal box.

The detail of the eyes were inscribed using a pencil.

When inked with a brayer the ink remains on the raised surfaces.

When paper pressed onto it leaves the image of the panther.

Printmaking Using Foam Plates

Below is an example of the results. I chose to only make three prints but an artist could make many prints.

Relief Printmaking, Using Foam Plate and Cardboard.

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Printmaking with Styrofoam Plates Art Lesson

Spectrum Homeschool Art 2

Printmaking Week 3

This week we used Styrofoam to create as a block to make a plate for our print. Styrofoam plates were cut to a workable size then the image was drawn with a pencil onto the Styrofoam plate pressing hard enough to leave an impression. The plate was inked using a brayer, paper was pressed onto the plate and the image transferred.

Each student did the letter from their name. (Apologies; the instructor forgot to mention the very important mirror effect of printmaking- everything comes out backwards.)

Students created several images.

Illustration of print making class work 

The illustration above shows the rough sketch, top, used to design the block, below. The block has been inked the white is the area depressed by tracing the design onto the Styrofoam.

Printmaking Class Block and two prints- mirror image.

The illustration above shows the block, center, and two images created by the block. Note the image is reversed.

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