Here are a few examples of the projects that we did last week...

                                     




Today we start the first unit of our class:  LINE. Class will begin with this video by my favorite art teacher, Phil Hanson of Goodbye Art Academy:

Is it possible to create art that does not demonstrate line?   Mississippi Gulf Coast artist Walter Anderson heavily relied on line in his fluent drawings and watercolor paintings.    His work was famous for seven line types he learned when he was a young artist:  straight lines, wavy lines, zigzag lines, spirals, circles, half circles, and s-curves.  He would combine these line types and/or repeat them as patterns to achieve the look he was after.  As you watch the video below, how many of these line types can you see in his paintings?

Using 12"x18" paper, our project for today involves brainstorming and drawing these seven line types and the many patterns that are possible with them.  This can be approached one of two ways:

     1.  Divide the paper into 7 columns or sections and tightly fill each with your line and pattern    
          examples.
     2.  Demonstrate the 7 line types with patterns by filling the paper with each in a freeform way.

For materials you may use pencils, color pencils, pens, markers, rulers, and etc.

Returning students have the following extra projects to choose from in this unit:  Foamboard printmaking, wire sculpture, illuminated letters, and calligraphic pen and brush drawing.

To say Walter Anderson is one of my favorite artists is an understatement...

You know who standing in front of a one of Walter Anderson's murals in Ocean Springs, MS.