"The answers you get depend upon the questions you ask." —Thomas Kuhn The studio was a busy place this term. Students were drawing with charcoal, ink, graphite, and chalk pastels. Students were exploring working on new surfaces: kraft paper, watercolor paper,tracing paper, and mylar. Drawing 1a artists ventured into the world of printmaking, investigating relief …
Peppers & Hands & John Cage
Students in Drawing 1a have been investigating the complex architecture of a bell pepper..... ....while students in Drawing 1b have been exploring drawing their hands, and the hands of others... As students have been working, they have been thinking about John Cage's : Some rules & hints for students and teachers RULE ONE: Find a place …
Term 2: What is happening in the Drawing Studio?
The artists in Drawing 1a started off the term thinking about composition, balance, rhythm, and movement. To gain inspiration, we looked at many other artists who are sensitive to line quality, pattern, space, and identity. These are some drawings created by the artist, Chris Ofili. Students began with a silhouetted space to tackle using a …
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What is Drawing?
"Drawing is not an exercise. Exercise is sitting on a stationary bicycle and going nowhere. Drawing is being on a bicycle and taking a journey."  — Jim Dine In the studio, students are exploring the different ways a drawing can be made. Does a drawing always have to be pencil on paper? Can you work on the …
Picturing Picasso
"I am always doing that which I cannot do, in order that I may learn how to do it." —Pablo Picasso On September 28th, the Drawing 1b class ventured (with sketchbooks in hand) to the de Young Museum to see the Picasso Exhibition. Picasso was a Spanish painter and sculptor, and one of the most …
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