While learning to design and bend wire, students created a human form in an action against a plane, then added layers of “muscle” to be wrapped in plaster and painted, with great success!

While discovering the importance of a simple line, students drew and then collaged textures, shape and pattern in these final Romare Beardon- inspired combined collages!

One of our students, Nicole Berger, plays Young Beatrice in The Longest Week, a film by Neda Armian. Neda Armian says of the young performer: “She did a great job the other day! She’s smart, poised, professional, and plays a mean piano. Thanks Nicole for being part of our film.” CCA is extremely proud and happy for …

We began these canvas paintings by laying a monochromatic wash of our choice on the surface. We then masked off grid lines in varioius designs and added a layer of complimentary colors. The last step was to create shape and letter stencils to add the final layer. Here are a few process images. Terry Winters …

During this messy class, students were challenged to combine, arrange and overlap shapes to create abstract compositions.  Matisse’s gouaches découpés inspired us to cut out shapes, using the negative and positive space as a stencil for a unique abstract pattern in tempera paint!   [[posterous-content:pid___0]]

This Saturday we will continue to think about the artwork we saw at the Whitney Museum and examine about how David Smith combined geometric shapes to create his sculptures. We will explore how lines and shapes interact, how to create balance, and how to use analogous colors to create a pleasing composition in our our …