Still Life Drawings These various still life drawings were done by high school students in charcoal or chalk pastel.

Hand Studies Observational work inspired by the text Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain

Beginning Still Life Paintings These simple still life arrangements are designed to teach students the fundamentals of color mixing.

 

Figure Drawing

Oil Pastel Portraits These drawings explore abstraction and inventive color.

Distorted Grid Drawings

Landscape Paintings Students explore color mixing and the concept of atmospheric perspective in acrylics.

Less is More Drawing Project Students start with an initial image and crop it to explore texture and abstraction. Project idea from Visual Literacy by Judith and Richard Wilde.