[[posterous-content:pid___0]] We are excited to announce that the celebrated artist, Charles Hinman, will be speaking at CCA tomorrow, November 8th.  Soon after Mr. Hinman began showing his work in NYC in the 1960s, he developed his hard-edged geometric canvases and continues to create them today… Art Adventures Studio participants learned about Mr. Hinman and his …

We are excited to extend a warm welcome to our new Art Adventures teacher – Deirdre!  She is an exciting addition to our team. To take a peek at her artwork work, please visit her website.

See the full gallery on Posterous During Art Adventures Studio, students looked at the work of Charles Hinman to create a shape and then make it 3D through shading using china brushes and ink wash with charcoal.  Students then learned to place lines of varying widths to create 3D effects followed by building a 3D …

See the full gallery on Posterous Line_and_shape_in_sculpture.MOV Watch on Posterous Making_Giacometti_Sculptures.MOV Watch on Posterous Met_Rooftop.MOV Watch on Posterous At our Museum Adventures tour of the Met this week, students used the 5 elements of line and shape to create sculptures inspired by Alberto Giacometti right in the gallery.  Then we went up the rooftop to see Tomas …

See the full gallery on Posterous Learning the fundamentals of drawing, we explored abstract line compositions and contour line study on forms during our Wednesday Drawing Class!

See the full gallery on Posterous In our Thursday 4:30 Art Studio, using shading and value, students learned to balance a composition of geometric forms.  

See the full gallery on Posterous We explored abstract line compositions and contour line study on forms during our Tuesday Art Adventures Studio!

See the full gallery on Posterous In Art Adventures, overlapping primaries create secondaries, especially when seen through a window!  We also learned the word translucent.

See the full gallery on Posterous Take a look at our Keith Haring transparency finger-painting prints! Taken from the Blue Man Group, children smeared & color mixed, then explored lines into shapes with their finger. To capture each “drawing”, they also made prints of their changing pieces. The results look awesome!

See the full gallery on Posterous For our exciting first day of Art Adventures, we used decoupage to explore textures and overlapping forms on the covers of our journals!  Our journals will be used throughout the year to explore the 5 Families of Line and Shape.