Elizabeth Reed - Trouvaille (Something lovely found by chance)

I hope you all had a relaxing summer. New classes starting on September 7th!  The Boca Raton Museum of Art School 801 West Palmetto Park Road Boca Raton, FL 33486  Call to make a reservation 561.392.2503 check out the new online catalogue The Boca Raton Museum School Class Scheule 2011-12 2.20 DRAWING FOUNDATIONS; LEARNING TO SEE Wednesdays 9 - noon Beginners Fall in love with drawing. You will learn to see like an artist. I introduce the elements and principles of design and visual perception. You will learn about line, value, perspective and composition. This class is designed to change the way you look at the world and at art. Great music - very meditative. 2.32 SEEING - KNOWING - DRAWING Intermediate - Advanced Wednesdays 12:30 - 3:30 This class will stress principles (how we manipulate the elements) of drawing. You will create finished pieces and may also work on your personal projects. We will experiment with materials and push the rende...

Drawing from Photographs - Your Family We all have favorite photos of our family or friends. Since "you are the editor," you will incorporate the information we have reinforced in this class when drawing your favorites. I will strongly reinforce composition, negative and positive space and value structure. Bring in a photo that is dear to you or you just find intriguing. Drawing kits: Graphite or charcoal Color if you wish. Bristol paper for graphite Charcoal paper for charcoal Cool Artist links. I chose photorealists. By no means do you have to try to be a photorealist. They have no qualms about copying the photo exactly. You, my friends, may choose to interpret otherwise. Ben Heine from Belgium Combines drawings with photographs. COOL! http://www.toxel.com/inspiration/2010/04/24/photos-combined-with-pencil-drawings/ Steve Mills, Photorealist oil painter http://www.stevemillsart.com/index.php Michael Van Den Heuvel (Dutch) and Thor Selander (Danish) Photorealism in China htt...

Today, in honor of April Fool's day, we will be drawing Carnivale Masks from Venice. Our focus for this lesson will be the power of contrast in our compositions. The subjects will be my masks from Venice. The possibilities are endless. Pattern plays a big part in the mask. We will translate that idea to the pattern in your drawing. Materials: Your choice of medium Charcoal or pencil might make great value studies You might consider working white on black or grey viewfinders if you have them. I will bring extras. YOU ARE FEARLESS! YOU DREW A BICYCLE! Artwork inspired by Venetian Masks http://www.artinprint.com/masquerade.html About Venetian Masks http://perle-veneziane.com/maschere.html Bring your imagination See you on Thursday!