Residency - Perpich Arts High School - Kathryn D’ELia - 4 hours
On Thursday I began my residency with Kathryn D’Elia at Perpich Arts High School just outside of Minneapolis. This arts focused high school has advanced classes reminiscent of introductory college courses, two of which I will be participating in every Tuesday/Thursday: Drawing to Painting and Advanced Painting.
Today was the second day of the quarter for students which meant that both classes started with refresher material and going over safety guidelines for handling classroom equipment and facilities. In Drawing to Painting, we introduced the importance of making thumbnail sketches, building a strong composition, and the techniques and goals of cross contour line drawings. Students made 4-5 small thumbnails sketches of hands or feet to warm up. Kathryn then split the class in halves and assigned a group for herself and I so we could have a discussion with students about which thumbnail met most criteria for the final drawing.
In the Advanced Painting class, most of the time was used to review safety measures for working with and disposing of oil paints. There was also an informative sheet on paintbrushes and mediums given out to review. To end the class, Kathryn ran a demo of temperatures within grays to help prepare the class for a still life value painting that will be completed next week.