Residency - Perpich Arts High School - Kathryn D’ELia - 3 hours
Residency - AVIVO - Jes Reyes - 3 hours
I completed the new hire orientation on Monday morning at AVIVO. A small group of new hires and I were given information on starting our positions, which included material from administration, HR, and tech support. I begin working directly with Jes starting next week now that I am initiated.
Most of the classes on Tuesday at Perpich were studio time in order to make up for multiple snow days last week. The Drawing to Painting class worked on a final cross-counter drawing of hands. Kathryn and I surveyed the room as students drew in order to give feedback and advice. Almost all students had an adequate grasp of composition, but some struggled with executing contours. Students that progressed quickly took on more experimental techniques by either using colored materials or incorporating imagined objects.
Similarly to Drawing to Painting, most of Tuesday was set aside for work time in order to catch up in Advanced Painting.. Kathryn had completed a demo of a grayscale value painting from a still life set up in the middle of the room. Students had previously completed thumbnails on a day that I wasn’t present, then began making a limited value palette of warm and cool grays in order to block in the value painting. The day consisted of feedback for the in-progress work and tackling the issue of articulating both value and temperature simultaneously. Classes were cancelled on Thursday due to the weather.
