Today Ben completed his Pre-Instruction Drawing #1: "A Person, Drawn from Memory." He labeled it, signed it, and dated it. This drawing will serve as a record to refer back to as he continues to grow in his drawing skills. Ben shows great promise in his unique and thoughtful drawing style! I hope to continue working with Ben on his artistic journey!

Cam and I talked about his boxing lessons and the vocabulary he has learned through his training. Like any subject matter, the visual arts have a terminology to study and learn. I gave Cam several one-page worksheets for reference. We learned about lines, shapes, forms, mass/volume, and values. Cam completed a worksheet using lines to express emotions and movement. Cam was articulate in his explanations of his line choices. Then on paper, Cam created three-dimensional forms out of two-dimensional shapes using shading. He has a very good grasp of shading and demonstrated that in class. He also was able to finish his tree drawing which is exquisite! He was open to suggestions about how to make it even more dramatic with shading. We showed it to teachers and staff! Cam should be very proud of his work!

Cam had a great first week!

Given the choice to use drawing prompts or free draw, Cam chose a drawing prompt called "It's not a line, it's a..." He created an Iron Man drawing from one horizontal line. Then I asked him to draw a tree in his sketchbook, and he cleverly showed the tree roots, the base of the tree on the horizon, and the leaves and sky. I complimented him on this very smart artistic choice. He worked hard creating values to give the tree texture and a three-dimensional quality.

Well done! It was a great first day!

Given the option to use drawing prompts or free draw, Aiden chose to free draw in his sketchbook. I had relaxing piano music playing while he drew.

I reviewed the course textbook with him, and we discussed his goals for this course. Aiden's goals are to draw realistically and draw "really cool drawings." When I asked him what he meant by "really cool drawings," he defined them as realistic. I showed him the before and after drawings of the students in the textbook, so he could see that his goals are realistic and attainable.

It was a great first day!

Today we will look at how to draw faces and how to put the proportions of the main parts of the face.

Discuss shades and tones and how to get a 3D perspective.

Have fun drawing inside and outside the box

*subbing for Marcus* Aiden began sketching an original character based on the story of Alice in Wonderland

I substituted for Libby in Art today.
We drew some pictures for the entire period.

Andrew was absent.

David was outside during part of the class viewing the solar eclipse. Then David was working on a book. He did some research on the Internet to find information on the 1960s.

Luke created a watercolor rainbow painting today.