Tag: drawing
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Elementary Art as a Process of Discovery
In this series of drawings by our Elementary School students, we encounter a unique form of expression that is both immediate and highly individual. The drawings reveal a natural process of visual exploration where each line, shape, and color becomes a tool for discovery. In these early stages, young artists engage with art as a…
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Elementary Art Project: Exploring the Elements of Art
In our elementary school’s innovative art program, students delve into the fundamental elements of art through a hands-on project that engages their creativity and critical thinking. This project utilizes individual circular paper plates as canvases, where each plate represents a unique exploration of various artistic elements. Guided by the “Studio Habits of Mind” pedagogical approach,…
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From Darkness to Discovery: Reductive Charcoal and the Romantic Spirit
In an inspiring educational endeavor, an 8th-grade class embarked on a project that bridges the past with the present, engaging with Caspar David Friedrich’s “Wanderer above the Sea of Fog” through the medium of reductive charcoal drawing. This Romantic masterpiece, painted around 1818, depicts a lone figure overlooking a misty landscape, embodying a poignant blend…
MMI Art Expanded Classroom 