Category: Class Topics

Welcome Deirdre to Art Adventures!

We are excited to extend a warm welcome to our new Art Adventures teacher – Deirdre!  She is an exciting addition to our team. To take a peek at her artwork work, please visit her website.

Tuesday Art Adventures Studio’s 3D Value and Form Studies

Museum Adventures with Giacometti and the Met Rooftop!

See the full gallery on Posterous Line_and_shape_in_sculpture.MOV Watch on Posterous Making_Giacometti_Sculptures.MOV Watch on Posterous Met_Rooftop.MOV Watch on Posterous At our Museum Adventures tour of the Met this week, students used the 5 elements of line and shape to create sculptures inspired by Alberto Giacometti right in the gallery.  Then we went up the rooftop to see Tomas …

Our Drawing Class Learns about Contour Lines and Compositions!

See the full gallery on Posterous Learning the fundamentals of drawing, we explored abstract line compositions and contour line study on forms during our Wednesday Drawing Class!

Thursday Art Studio and Gabriel Orozco Charcoal Value Studies!

See the full gallery on Posterous In our Thursday 4:30 Art Studio, using shading and value, students learned to balance a composition of geometric forms.  

Tuesday Art Studio Explores Contour Lines!

See the full gallery on Posterous We explored abstract line compositions and contour line study on forms during our Tuesday Art Adventures Studio!

Art Adventures Explores Primary and Secondary Colors!

See the full gallery on Posterous In Art Adventures, overlapping primaries create secondaries, especially when seen through a window!  We also learned the word translucent.

Keith Haring Prints in Art Adventures

See the full gallery on Posterous Take a look at our Keith Haring transparency finger-painting prints! Taken from the Blue Man Group, children smeared & color mixed, then explored lines into shapes with their finger. To capture each “drawing”, they also made prints of their changing pieces. The results look awesome!

First Class of Thursday 3:10 Art Adventures!

See the full gallery on Posterous For our exciting first day of Art Adventures, we used decoupage to explore textures and overlapping forms on the covers of our journals!  Our journals will be used throughout the year to explore the 5 Families of Line and Shape.

Lines and Shapes with Giacometti and our Museum Adventures Tour!