Botanical drawings from some of my middle & high school level students

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Watercolor still-life by a 6 year old

Pomegranates on plate
watercolor on paper

by a 6 year old student

Working on pop-up Theater book - 7 year old

In the middle of making the theater book ...

Work in progress ...

Charcoal Boat Drawing by a 16 year old student

 Boat in Water
charcoal on paper

by a 16 year old student

Oil Paintings by a 4 & 6 year old

Oil Painting on Canvas

by a 4 year old student in my LARPD class

Oil Painting on Canvas

by a 6 year old student in my LARPD class

Judging & Award-giving for Hearst Elementary School's Reflections competition

I recently judged and presented awards for the Reflections Art Competition at Hearst Elementary School in Pleasanton, California.

Congratulations to everyone who received certificates and trophies!  I saw lots of outstanding work!

First self-portrait in oils by a teen student

Self-Portrait

Oil in Canvas

Paper and wood woven baskets by my elementary school students

Clay work by my teen homeschool class

Watercolor Still-lifes from Teen / Adult Saturday Class

 Rose in Glass

by a 15 year old student

Rose in Glass

by a 13 year old student

Watercolors and pastel works by Homeschool Middle & High School class

 Watercolor Still-life

 Pastel Landscape

 Pastel Landscape

Pastel Landscape

Watercolor Paintings by my Teen Class

 

Paintings from the Imagination

Watercolor on paper

from the younger students in my Saturday Teen / Adult Class

Portraits of the Artist's Mother by 7 year old

 Portrait of the Artist's Mother

Portrait of the Artist's Mother Lying Down

2 - 3 hour drawings by younger students in my Saturday Adult & Teen Art Class

Pre-Figure Study drawings of an artists' wooden model

by younger students in my Saturday Adult & Teen Art Class

Students focused on placing the whole figure in the center of the paper in a balanced way.  Proportions were studied as well as the relationship between length, size and tone of the various parts of the figure.  Contrast between secondary elements in the background and the main figure (focal point) were looked at.  The drawings were finished by balancing the drawing, emphasizing the focal point/s and removing extraneous elements, if necessary.

First-time Oil painting by my Homeschool class

 

 First-time Oil Paintings after a painting by Rembrandt van Rijn

by middle and high-school aged students in my Homeschoolers' class at the Livermore Community Center

The students focused on accurate observation, good composition, creating a strong focal point and looking at the subtleties of color and tone in painting the portrait and the background.

Clay Sculpture Portrait of a shouting king with a top-knot crown

by a 7 year old student.

Crayola air-dry clay

Teen / Adult class Bas-Relief portraits in clay

Expressive Clay Bas-relief Portrait 

by a 13 year old student

Crayola air-dry clay

Bas-relief sculpture is a low-relief sculpture or a sculpture that is slightly raised from a flat background or background plane.

Two-hour cardboard robot-making project

 

Robot with bared teeth and bow-tie

by an 8 year-old student

 

Robot with thought-bubble and purple trousers

by a 7 year-old student

Robot (with thought-bubble & purple trousers) in his home with fridge, TV, couch & table

by a 7 year-old student

Student work: two-hour oil paintings

 

Still-life

Oil on canvas

by a 13 year old student

Still-life

Oil on canvas

by a 10 year old student

New Student Artwork - Acrylic painting

 

City with Lightning

Acrylic on canvas

by a 10 year old student

Painted clay fantasy animals

Fantasy horned dog looking at bones

(Air-dry clay and water-based oil paint)

by an 8 year old student

 Fantasy angel dog

(Air-dry clay and water-based oil paint)

by a 7 year old student

Comic book style watercolor paintings

Painted story after the Smurfs comics by Peyo 

(pencil, watercolor and gouache on paper)
by a 7 year old student

 Comic book style story (work in progress)
(pencil and gouache on paper) by an 8 year old student