Demos, Practice, and Havin' Fun

"After a  DISCUSSION on NON-VERBAL communication, a WRITTEN assignment was given?"

Last night in my home studio I created a couple of demonstration videos with my iphone.  With the help of a new clamp, a tripod, a portable light, and a drawing surface I was able to put together a couple 5 minute 

presentations on vine charcoal drawing, ebony pencil drawing, india ink painting, and a couple watercolor

techniques.

I posted the videos on Youtube, so if you want to check them out, the site for the Black/White media is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QG4YPGVR3R8 and the site for the watercolor presentation is

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YBfmnn5jU-c.  It is called Introduction to Watercolor.

I handed out charcoal sticks, kneaded erasers, ebony pencils, paint brushes, and watercolor sets without pigments.  When they are ready to use the paints, they can set up whatever palette they choose by selecting

pads of color from a common tray.  

The students spent the bulk of the period trying out the charcoal in drawing their still life objects and spending some time practicing with the ebony pencils.  Some were still researching the EXPRESSION

categories.  On Friday they will fill out the "My Goal is to" form where they will commit to a plan of 

action.  I will be posting that form on the related blog site djochum2.blogspot.com.