Traditional Art Education
Beginner Painting - Winthrop University
Final Project
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Link: Beginner Painting - Final Painting Project
Night Paintings
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Link: Night Paintings
Complementary Color Still Life
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Link: Still Life Assignment and Documentation
High School Art Ed:
3 Minute Paper Assignment
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Link: 3 Minute Paper Assignment
Lexicon Assignment
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Link: Lexicon Assignment
Gallery Dioramas
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Link: Gallery Diorama
Grays and Boxes
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Link: Grays and Boxes Assignment
Wearable Slides
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Link: Wearable Slides Assignment
Aesthetic Inventory
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Link: Aesthetic Inventory Assignment
Art Telephone
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Link: Art Telephone Assignment
Foundations Drawing - Rhode Island School of Design
Final Assignment
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Drawing course final project by Leah Merchant. The assignment was open ended with the material of charcoal. Students were encouraged to further challenge their knowledge of figure drawing after a heavy emphasis on the figure throughout the semester.
Self Portraits
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This self portrait assignment requires students to create self portraits without a mirror. Students having to draw themselves with an inability to see their faces challenging their image of self. This assignment also challenges typical views of perspective. Scale is pushed through the practice of gluing paper when needed to expand the drawing surface.
York County Arts Council
Painting Abstractly Through Color Theory
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"Painting Abstractly Through Color Theory" was a community art class at the York County Arts Council. The goal of this short course was to teach abstraction through a basic understanding of the color wheel, as well as the practice of minimalism and maximalism. The course started with a brief presentation.
Link: Painting Abstractly Through Color Theory Presentation
The School of the Alternative - Proposed Curriculum
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This is the simplified proposal for a course to be taught at the School of the Alternative in Black Mountain, NC. This course is inspired by "Drawing Marathon" taught by Gwen Strahle at the Rhode Island School of Design.