"Botanical Drawing: Observing & Drawing Nature" took place from July 10th - July 14th. The class was composed of adult students who were all already interested in drawing, and wished to focus on plants, leaves and flowers in their artwork. To my surprise, each of my students coincidently had a background in education. As a teacher, I believe I am always learning, and this class was more proof of that than ever! I also had a returning student who had taken a couple of my classes before, and it always feels great to have a student who wants to keep studying with me.
Joseph D. Tarantelli, Botanical Drawing Class Demo, 2017, Mixed Media, 8 1/2" x 11"
"Your Radical Work: Risk-Taking Artmaking" is a two-week long class. I taught the first part last week, July 17th - July 21st. This class was composed of teenage students who worked on creating at least one portfolio based, mural themed piece.
In addition to working on their solo project, I had them work together on a group mural. Each student was given a 12" x 15 1/2" piece of watercolor paper. Then they were given a mystery image, that was a small part of larger picture, and they had to fill their watercolor paper with the mystery image. Once everyone had finished their individual section, all parts could be put together to solve the mystery.
Thomas Hart Benton, Boomtown, 1928, Oil on Canvas
