Student Success Block Students

Student Success Block Students

Saturday, June 4, 2011

Mural and Parkway Featured in ABC News Story!

Click HERE to see the video of the ABC News video about the Mural honoring the contributions of women from the very local to the global scale.

The video clip features students from our class, muralist Shira Walinsky, Parkway graduate Latahsa Billington, and Parkway teacher Sharon Carter!

Friday, April 15, 2011

Everyone in our Class is a Fabulous Artist







WE ARE VERY CLOSE TO FINISHING THE LEGACY PROJECT! EVERYONE IS WORKING VERY HARD AND DOING SUCH QUALITY WORK.

Thursday, March 17, 2011

The Drawing Grid Method









We used the drawing grid method to transfer our photo portraits. Everyone used rulers to create a six by six inch grid on our six by six inch wooden tiles.
The drawing grid method is a very easy way to draw proportionally. It helps you accurately draw your reference object, we used photographs of ourselves as our reference. Renaissance artists such as Albrecht Dürer and Leonardo DaVinci popularized the grid method in the 15th century .

The drawing grid is a simple technique with realistic results you place a grid on your reference (the portrait ) and have the same grid pattern on your paper, you transfer the image using the squares as reference. It breaks up the reference into more manageable sections making it easier to draw.

Left:This is what a drawing grid looked like when artists used it in the 15th century.

Pictures of our drawing grids and portraits coming soon....