Educator Showcase: Irene Domingo
Tell us a little bit about you and your background. Well My name is Irene, I joke with others that the best way to remember it is to think of the hurricane. I have been making art since I could hold a crayon. I started off with mainly cartooning and…
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Project Snapshot: Monochromatic Seascapes
Art Shuffle®: Kids Monochromatic Seascapes Overview: Students create an original monochromatic seascape painting using acrylic paints, as inspired by the work of artist Matthew Fisher. Essential Skills: Learn how to successfully blend colors toward a gradient. Discover how to create value using acrylic paints. Create a painting of multiple tints/shades…
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Student Showcase: Angelina M.
Tell us a little bit about your journey as an artist. From a young age, I’ve been drawn to creativity across many media and styles. In school, I was often sketching on the side, using drawing as a way to turn my thoughts into something visual. My first formal art…
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Project Snapshot: Subterranean Dwellings
Art Focus®: Drawing: Teens Subterranean Dwellings Overview: Colored pencils present many opportunities for creative expression, story telling, and personalized details. Using colored pencils, students create subterranean burrows with connecting tunnels to tell a story of an imaginative underground scene. Vocabulary: colored pencils, layering, subterranean, and tonal paper Featured artist: Sarah…
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Team Showcase: John Sahin
Tell us a little bit about you and your background. I am an art instructor and concept artist for animation. Tell us a bit about your role at One River I am instructor and a product manager. I am part of the educational board and help to build curriculum…
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Student Showcase: Jack P.
How long have you been a student at One River? Almost 1 year. I started in the 3–5 program when I was in 2nd grade taking Art Focus: Cartooning because I like making comics. I also take Digital Art Shuffle. I wasn’t sure what it would be like but now…
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Student Showcase: Melody T.
Melody has been a student a One River Clark for 4 years and in the Portfolio Development class for about 2 years. When asked if the Portfolio Development class has improved her art, and how, she said “Absolutely. I’ve gained a lot of practical techniques that I wasn’t familiar with before as…
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Student Showcase: Neo L.
Neo, 16, has been a student at One River Middletown for 1 year. Since joining the Portfolio Development class last year he has created a wide range of artworks with different media. When asked about a favorite project he said “I have been working on joining together bits and pieces…
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Winter Student Shows
Over the last month or so student artwork has been on display during our Winter Student Shows across all One River school locations. Many thanks to everyone who stopped to view the work of our talented artists who have been exploring a variety of art materials while learning new techniques over…
Read MoreProject Snapshot: Subtractive Charcoal Drawing
ART SHUFFLE®: ADULT Subtractive Charcoal Drawing Overview: In this project students learn to create a dynamic still life drawing using the subtractive technique. The subtractive technique is where you start with a mid toned paper, and push in dark shadows, and pull out light tones creating a realistic drawing.
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