Tag Archive 'ink'

Nov 06 2011


calligraphy

Our symbols unit transitioned into hieroglyphics quite nicely… and now our art journey is taking us firmly into the dark land of Calligraphy. Fonts for the computer have to be created by someone, so why not you?  Your alphabet type could be the next biggest hit! We explored the different pen types, from quill pens [...]

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Apr 24 2011


Happy Easter!

Filed under my stuff

Happy Easter everybody. Can you seen the layout lines that I did with light green pencil? Then I followed up with dk green ink. I imagine a picture of a bunny would have been better, maybe I’ll draw that later.

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Apr 07 2011


crosshatching with Kirby

Filed under Grade 4 thru 6

We spent time learning about hatching and cross-hatching recently. First, we drew a picture of a well-known cylindrical hero… Kirby by name. I mean, this is more fun than just learning hatching on a plain circle, right?  Student participation led us to where the cast shadows and the tones would be. Here are some examples [...]

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