The students at Penn Treaty learned how to do one point and two point perspective drawing in order to grasp the concept creating something that is three dimensional. We started off with drawing the horizon line while explaining to them how it represents their eye level. Next, we added the …
This week at Towey I wanted to focus more on learning about perception and creating realistic figures. I decided to teach them they simplified way to draw an ancient animal such as a cat.
“Let’s make some ducks,” the classroom looked as if I’d bumped my head until I grew a third eye from google eyes and we created ducks. This by far was an interesting class that day. Everyone made some beautiful ducks and they had fun making them their own.
3D Art can seem like a challenge for many but it’s all about perception, patience, time and a ruler of course. This was an introduction to making 3D Art and the students loved this assignment.
This assignment was designed so the class could all build their own treehouse. Most people don’t have trees in their backyard so this project gave everyone the chance to make a treehouse.
Julie Shaffer is a docent at Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia. This is her second semester volunteering with Art Sphere. She loves yoga, artisan ice cream, post-modern fiction, and art history. Julie wants to cultivate a love and appreciation of art in young children. What is a portrait? What makes …
Violinconsruction3, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons About the author: Mallika is a biology student and an artist. She loves painting, dancing, and playing the violin. She enjoys volunteering with Art Sphere and helping students learn more about all forms of art! Music is a form of expression that teaches …
This past Wednesday we had a fun discussion about the Chinese New Year. The majority of the students knew about this holiday and how this year is celebrated as the year of the rat. During this holiday it’s very common to light fireworks and light lanterns to scare away any …
