ArtSpace Summer Arts Program

If you are interested in attending the Artspace Summer Arts Program and learning from professional artists, this program is for you! The course listings for the summer program can be found on ArtSpaceNC and range from painting to stained glass to sculpture. This is an excellent opportunity for you to take a class in something you're really interested in that we may not get to in this class.

There are morning and afternoon classes available and for those of you who are interested in pursuing art past high school, there are college prep courses designed to help you create your portfolio. If you are interested and you currently qualify for free or reduced lunch, you may be able to receive a full scholarship to attend the summer arts program. Please ask me about it as I can only recommend a certain number of students for scholarships and there is paperwork for your parents and I to fill out.

There is also an opportunity for you to volunteer at the summer arts program; if you need volunteer hours, this is an awesome way to collect them. You will be assisting a practicing artist teach a class and will learn so much from that artist! Let me know if you're interested. I have forms and the brochure for you to pick your class.

Homework Assignment #6

Texture

Texture: The visual or tactile surface characteristics and appearance on something.

Using a pencil, create a visual replica of something with texture. Use lines, stippling, shading, or any drawing technique we have discussed to create the illusion of texutre on the paper. Here are some examples of texture and excellent texture drawings.

Don't forget to bring in your pictures of an animal for your projects!

Homework Assignment #5

Soon to come, great examples from drawing an object at an angle. Since both sides of the object are moving away from the artist, all these drawings are in two-point perspective.

Homework Assignment #4

Perspective: In 15th Century art, the technique used to project an illusion of 3-dimensional space onto a two-dimensional surface. It helps to create a sense of depth and receding space i.e. objects get smaller as they move away from the viewer and larger as they get closer.

Looking at the corner of a room, find the angles of the wall and the furniture to create a accurate drawing of the corner. You may use contour lines to describe the space and what is in it, or you may use shading to create a value drawing. Your drawing should take up the entire space on the page.

Tip: Close one eye and hold your pencil out at arms length to find the angle of the wall/furniture and transfer that angle onto your paper.

Example of contour line drawing

Example of shaded value drawing

If you are interested in perspective, here is a website that breaks down the history of 15th century Western European perspective. It shows examples from basic graphics to Renaissance masters' paintings.

http://www.webexhibits.org/sciartperspective/tylerperspective.html

Raphael's School of Athens