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  • The Value of Value Spotting

    5 monthes ago - By Sandra Galda

    The Value of Value Spotting
    In my high school Atelier I devised a warm up exercise to engage the students in an exercise that seems to be driving home the value of value spotting. It is one of many critical elements in the creation of a sound image. It is part of our craft, which when executed well, attracts a viewer to your painting from across the room.
    Before my students begin painting their still lifes each session, they must take turns working on their timed ongoing value sketch. It is run like a game and it is fun. They are translating, from a printed full color masterwork, a value...
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  • Some of my student's artwork--School's out for the summer!

    Some of my student's artwork--School's out for the summer!

    5 monthes ago - By Sandra Galda

    Some of my student artworkfrom my high school atelier :
    All of these student works, except for a few by an 11th grader, are created by 9th and 10th graders!
    I was very impressed with the student work and their efforts at learning to see and use the strategies of the Boston School and academy style instruction to capture the visual image. It was hard to squeeze down the excellent atelier experience I enjoyed for approx. 6 years at Ingbretson Studio with my teacher Paul Ingbretson.....but the kids did get a taste of the training. The last shot is of me in one of the rooms. Now that school is...
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  • Updates!

    Updates!

    5 monthes ago - By Sandra Galda

    Hi everyone! Here is some of what I have been up to this year.
    High School Art classes at our local Christian Academy:
    The students in my Atelier Techniques Class:
    They worked some drawings...
    They drew with charcoal...
    They set up still-lifes and painted starts and worked a finished oil painting....
    They entered a local gallery's high school art show and 2 of the four won awards....
    The kids in the Basic Art and Design Class:
    We did group effort large abstracts after Franz Kline...and individual versions too... The students crated 3D wire sculptures....
    They worked on exercises in...
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  • High School Atelier in its third year!

    High School Atelier in its third year!

    5 monthes ago - By Sandra Galda

    The high school atelier is in its third year! The atelier class is held all year long during regular school hours, as a class in Bradford Christian Academy,. This is an amazing school, check them out. I am so pleased to be able to teach this subject. The results are awesome!
    Check out to see what we are up to!
    We began the year again with some Bargue work.
    We are just finishing some value studies, one above. In our next projects we will be leaving sight size and working more relationally, using comparative strategies. More later!
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