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Art Lessons Page by Marvin Bartel, Ed.D.
Professor of Art Goshen College
Goshen, Indiana 46526
© Marvin Bartel, all rights reserved
Clay Lessons
Personal
Clay Box - grade 4 to adult
by Marvn Bartel
Students learn how to develop ideas for artwork without
imitating other artists.
Surreal
Animals grade 4 to adult Students practice
one of the ways artists get creative ideas by responding to the work itself.
Clay
Sculpture: Gargoyles - grade 4 to 12 by Rebekah
Short Students' imagination and expressive powers are nurtured. Abstract
Expression in Clay - grade 9 to adult by Marvin Bartel
Students learn to look for ideas and feeling in the material and processes.
Dominic's
Egg by Lisa Blackburn An essay
describing clay lessons taught at the Detroit Institute of Arts. Reprinted
from The Studio Potter. Published
here in March, 2002
Drawing Lessons
Observation
Drawing (the rabbit one using blinders)
Observation
Drawing (using viewfinders)
Figure and Portrait Drawing (drawing ribbons & using mirrors)
Inkwash
Drawings: Developing contributed by Rebekah
Short
Dramatic
Mood Using Value grade 4 to 12 contributed by Rebekah
Short
Cubism
Lesson
- Practice observation drawing
- Compose shapes, lines, and colors
- Learn about emphasis and unity
- Encourage creative work habits
- Change habits of work
- Foster a collaborative atmosphere
- Learn about an important art style (a way of seeing) without looking at examples
- Learn art history, art criticism, and aesthetics
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