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Program: Drawing in the Classroom

Artist: Triada Samaras

Type: Professional Learning

Program Availability: In-PersonVirtual

Description

 

Drawing in the Classroom will provide sequential professional learning for the visual art teacher to advance his/her/their teaching and learning practices in the content area of drawing. Educators will explore methods of drawing with an emphasis on observation, visual perception, and individual expression. Practical studio information about the creation of a variety of drawings will be given. Educators will discuss historic and contemporary examples of style, media, technique, and content as they relate to students’ current lives and lived experience. Drawing topics may include Portrait, Self-Portrait, Landscape, Still-Life, Found Object, Interior, Exterior, and Abstraction depending on interests, cultural backgrounds, and grade level. Educators will gain access to materials that will allow them to immediately implement what they have learned into their classroom teaching.

Students will:

  • Engage with methods of drawing.
  • Deepen their experience of observation, visual perception and individual expression.
  • Experience historical and contemporary examples and identify connections to the lived experiences of students.
  • Identify 1-2 strategies to include in your teaching and learning practice.

Resources:

  • The Elements of Art: Line, Shape, Form, Space, Texture, Value, Color And Basic Rules of Composition
  • The Principles of Design: Balance, Contrast, Balance, Emphasis, Proportion, Repetition, Rhythm, Pattern, Negative Space, Movement, Unity, Variety
  • Formal Analysis and Critique of Art: Feldman Method and VTS/Visual Thinking Strategies Method

YA Connections:

  • NJSLS-VPA: Artistic Process; Creating
  • Anchor Standard 1: Conceptualizing & Generating Ideas
  • NJSLS-VPA: Artistic Process; Responding
  • Anchor Standard 7: Perceiving and Analyzing Products

Please email Michelle Marigliano or call 866-500-9265 for more information.

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