Greens explorations lesson, adult art class, 3/9/20

Art class today in lead up to St. Pat's Day, we did greens explorations. First in quickie charts, and then in a final drawing. 

(I always do greens explorations for St. Pat's.) This idea came from a Paul Klee piece that came thru my FB, and which I had saved. 

We made the quickie charts by overlaying variations of yellow, greens, blues, and even purples. Some charts simply reversed the application of color to see differences depending on which layer a color went down first. 

For the final drawing I directed students to draw 7 randomly placed short straight lines on their sheet. I demonstrated and they all started to copy. Took me a moment to realize they were copying, ( and cover my sheet). Then they were to draw waving lines. I was not specific over whether the lines could intersect or not. 

Then students were to color as they wished using the yellows, greens, blues and purples they'd used in the color charts. They seemed to really enjoy that.

I tried to show them the Klee piece but it was nowhere to be found on my phone. Once home, I did find it -  in a message. Phew! But it was also in my phone storage  - from a year ago. I'd seen it during a random browsing of my pics, and realized how perfect such an idea  would be for our greens explorations project. Such a lovely image. The project was fun too. 

Paul Klee
White Blossom in the Garden, 1920

March Medley!" - Children's Drawing Workshops at Rockland Public Library, 2019

Press Release: March programs issue

2/21/2019

"Let's Draw A March Medley!" - Children's Drawing Workshops at Rockland

Public Library, 2019

Rockland - This March, children will draw Mardi Gras, the Iditarod Dog Sled Races,

St. Patrick's Day, , and the circus, at Rockland Public Library's ongoing children's drawing workshops led by Rockland artist Catinka Knoth.

Participants follow along with Knoth as she demonstrates creating a

variety of subjects for March. Mardi Gras, St. Patrick's Day has it's

shamrocks, St. Patrick, leprechauns, pots of gold, rainbows,  and Celtic

designs. Husky dogs, mushers and dog sled teams,

are motifs from the Iditarod Race in Alaska. The class may also

experiment with papercuts of dog teams. Traditionally March was when 'the circus comes to town', bringing acrobats, animals, clowns, and tents.

Tuesdays; 4-5pm, "Let's Draw a March Medley!", 2019

03/05   Mardi Gras

03/12   St. Patrick's Day

03/19   The Iditarod Races and Sled Dogs (3/2 to c, 9 days / last musher's arrival)

03/26   The Circus - clowns, acrobats & animals 

   

Local patrons, Wendy and Keith Wellin, provide the workshops free and open to the public, with all materials provided. The workshops, for ages 6 and up as well as the young at heart, offer the opportunity to make art together. Children age 10 and under need adult accompaniment. Knoth expects participants to be able to work independently for the most part. Ongoing workshops meet every Tuesday, 4-5 pm., Community Room, Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St., hosted by Friends of Rockland Library. FMI - Jean Young, children's librarian, 594-0310.

Attachments: art and demonstration whiteboard drawings by Catinka Knoth