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Figure Drawing
Figure Drawing Taylor Burbage, 2012 What would our curriculum be if we didn’t cover the time-honored subject of drawing naked people? Being that we are in a high school, and being that I want to keep...
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Artwork of the Week, 10/29
Michelle Albrecht Chinny 16 x 20″, Graphite on Paper There’s a few things I don’t like about this drawing (the face, the right hand), but overall, it’s fantastic. Great pose, great detail, great use...
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Artwork of the Week, 11/5
Jaidyn Dalzell Help Your Post 18 x 24″, Marker on Paper, with loving touches of Blowtorch. This looked like a piece that could have been better done as a graphic design project when it originated....
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Artwork of the Week, 12/3
Shara Yumul Watermelon 16 x 20″, Graphite Filed under: Artwork, Drawing
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Artwork of the Week, 3/4
Diana Marcum Elderly Woman 13 x 17″, Graphite This is one of my favorite lessons, if for no other reason than the product is always fantastic. Old people are full of wrinkles and shadows and...
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Artwork of the Week, 3/11
Faith Long Splash 9 x 12″, Colored Pencil on Black Paper Pull this up so you can see the detail. Incredible. Also, there’s a face in there :) Filed under: Artwork, Drawing
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Smashing Faces
Window? Check. Windex and Paper Towels? Check. Camera? Check. A willingness of students and their teacher to look incredibly ridiculous, have that look captured forever, and turned into a drawing for...
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Cheeming Boey Cup Project, Part II
Last month, I posted about our Cheeming Boey cup project. I don’t know that there are any great finished products, but there are a number of good ones that my kids are proud of. Here are a few pictures...
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Smashing Faces, Part II
A few weeks ago, I posted about our Smashed Face Portraits project. The results have been pretty good–about 1/3 of the class is finished, and I’m pretty happy with the results. Shara’s Smashing...
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The Memory Project
Our latest project is something I’m very excited about–we are participating in The Memory Project. The project begins with us receiving photographs of orphaned children from El Salvador; we then use...
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Artwork of the Week, 8/19
Shara Yumul, Sarah16 x 20″, Graphite This was a summer homework assignment that was turned in this week. There’s a lot that I love about it, for obvious reasons–the shading is fantastic, the rendering...
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Artwork of the Week, 8/26
Claire Gasparovich12 x 18″, Graphite This drawing comes from a lesson I do based on Robert Longo’s Men in the Cities series. If you’re not familiar with those drawings, go check them out here. I like...
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Artwork of the Week, 9/3
Brooke Winsor, Knee Joint 18 x 24″, Pastel Filed under: Drawing
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Robert Longo Drawings
If I ever get fired from my job, it’s probably because of this project (with the whole “throwing things at students’ heads” and all). It’s far and away my favorite project I teach every year–it’s...
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Artwork of the Week, 9/9
We were drawing close-ups of our two lovely skeletons on 18 x 24″ paper with charcoal. Ashley started with the drawing on top (the hip continuing on down). After she finished, she took it on herself...
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Artwork of the Week, 9/23
Anthony Reed12 x 18″, Graphite This was an assignment where a drawing of a single object was supposed to represent a particular emotion–in this case, fear. I’m not sure that this terrible picture does...
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When Experiments Go Right (Map Portraits)
My 5-year old, being the nerdy kid that she is, spends a lot of time reading atlases. Seriously. My 3-year old, being the 3-year old that he is, likes to come poke his face into whatever his sister is...
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Artwork of the Week, 9/30
Diana Marcum10 x 15″, Graphite on Washington, D.C. Road Map Yes, you just saw this project in our Map Portrait post. That’s okay, because it’s really good. Diana’s graphite drawing is incredibly...
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Artwork of the Week, 10/7
Cassidy VanderwestLeaf With Droplets9″ x 9″, Colored Pencil We were working on drawings with visual texture, and Cassidy had taken this photograph late last year. Though it wasn’t exactly what I...
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Artwork of the Week, 10/14
Megan MartinPaper Aflame12 x 18″, Graphite It’s tough to tell what this drawing is immediately, and that’s what I like about it. Bordering on abstract, yet realistic when you know what you’re seeing....
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