Teaching the fundamentals of Drawing
At the bottom of this post, you’ll find the Georgia O’Keeffe Packet which will work well with Classical Conversations Cycle 3 Week 15 artist or in tandem with “Discovering the Great Artists: Georgia O’Keeffe” pg 86 (first edition) or pg 120 (second edition). It will also stand alone. I confess, […]
There are a few artists who we commonly refer to by one name: DaVinci. Michelangelo, Raphael, Donatello (yes,. all the turtles) But there are a few more: Picasso. Van Gogh. And of course, Rembrandt. Rembrandt’s family was really interesting: His father was a miller, and his mother a baker’s daughter, […]
ANNOUNCEMENT! I will be leading a web-based class from August 16-20 covering the first six weeks of drawing: showing you how to draw through the techniques CC highlights, how to break down art to simple processes, how to try different techniques for those who get frustrated. The cost is $25 […]
ANNOUNCEMENT! I will be leading a web-based class from August 16-20 covering the first six weeks of drawing: showing you how to draw through the techniques CC highlights, how to break down art to simple processes, how to try different techniques for those who get frustrated. The cost is $25 […]
ANNOUNCEMENT! I will be leading a web-based class from August 16-20 covering the first six weeks of drawing: showing you how to draw through the techniques CC highlights, how to break down art to simple processes, how to try different techniques for those who get frustrated. The cost is $25 […]
“In the old days, the secrets were the artist’s; now he is the first to be kept in ignorance of what he is using.” -William Holman Hunt, in an address to the London Society of Arts. Four years ago, when I first tutored Cycle 1, I encountered Giotto for […]
Here we go! I struggled with this one because a part of me wanted to draw the Greek gods and goddesses we are studying for history this week, but then I realized-two birds with one stone, I could instead draw animals like the eagle (which happens to be associated with […]
Week 1 is done! Week 1 is done! <Screaming for joy as I run over the hills!> Kidding. There really aren’t many hills near my neighborhood…and you can get lost in the forest of corn until harvest season! Week 1 is done, and I hope you find it helpful. This […]
Andrew Wyeth is the middle of a father-son-grandson generations of painters. his own father, N.C. Wyeth, was one of the kings of the “Golden Age of Illustrators”. Andrew, whose health was fragile as a boy, was homeschooled by his parents, and his father, quickly realizing Andrew’s skillful adaptation to drawing, […]
I’m working on Andrew Wyeth, which is a “resist” project, but in the meantime, my director did something really cool for our kids, which I wanted to share, and what I designed for my Abecedarians had some requests on facebook, so here it is. My director’s idea worked great for […]