Project Snapshot: Intro to Studio Art: Adults: Constructing a Portrait
Intro to Studio Art Constructing a Portrait Adults Overview: Students learn how to compare and analyze proportions of the head to make an accurate charcoal drawing on toned paper. Students learn how to block in shadows, model the form effectively at the terminator line, and use white chalk to…
Read MoreEducator Showcase: Maria Campos
Tell us a little bit about you and your background. My art journey started when I moved at the age of 16 to the US. Living in Mexico for the majority of my life, made me be able to experience different types of artistic styles from different cultures within…
Read MoreTeam Showcase: Erin Foley
Tell us a little bit about you and your background. Ever since I can remember I loved making and creating. As a youth I was forever toting a bag of art making materials wherever I went. Not much has changed. I’m always toting something from here to there. Thinking about the…
Read MoreStudent Showcase: Kel F.
Tell us a little bit about your journey as a young and developing artist. I started drawing more during 2019, and into the pandemic. At that point, I hadn’t even discovered digital art, and I had purely been drawing from reference. End of 2020 is when I started trying to improve…
Read MoreTeam Showcase: Julia Bertussi
Tell us a little bit about you and your background. Both art and teaching have been a part of my life since I was very young. I started taking art classes when I was just six years old and I still remember my first ever art project was a fun little…
Read MoreEducator Showcase: Marika Robak
Tell us a little bit about you and your background. Hi there! My name is Marika and I’m a digital and studio art teacher at One River Millburn. I’ve been an artist my whole life, and as a teenager, I realized I also wanted to be a teacher. It was…
Read MoreStudent Showcase: Avery S.
Tell us a little bit about your journey as a young and developing artist. I started getting into art a little bit before COVID, but when the lockdown happened is when I really started getting into it and spending more time learning different materials and subject matter.…
Read MoreInktober Highlights
Inktober was a month long art challenge created by artist Jake Parker focused on improving skill and developing positive drawing habits. Every day throughout the month of October anyone participating in the Inktober challenge created an ink drawing and shared it online or at our One River Schools. Check out…
Read MoreEducator Showcase: Tabitha Voisich
Tell us a little bit about you and your background. My name is Tabitha, I recently graduated from Stony Brook with my degree in Studio Art and Creative Writing. I’ve always had a passion for creating in all forms. I think the idea of getting something out of your…
Read MoreTeam Showcase: Maeve Collins
Tell us a little bit about you and your background. I received a BA in Art History from American University in Washington, DC in 2016 and I decided to come back to Bergen County, NJ where I grew up after graduating. I started at One River as the Assistant Director opening…
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