Sparking Creativity With Art

During our time at Fairfax Academy, we explored various art techniques. We focused on one- and two-point perspectives and presented a few project options to the kids.

In a one-point perspective, you create your horizon line- this is the line where the sky meets either the land or water. Place one dot on the line where you want your objects to “vanish” to. Draw your object, and use a ruler to extend the sides to the vanishing point.

In a two-point perspective, you create your horizon line- this is the line where the sky meets either the land or water. Place two dots on the line where you want your objects to “vanish”. Draw your object, and use a ruler to extend to each vanishing point on either side of the object.

They could create a name tag using a one-point perspective, make a landscape using a two-point perspective, or work on anything they'd like. Most of the kids tried to create a landscape or cityscape using a two-point perspective, and they did an excellent job!

We introduced a new segment named "Meme that Masterpiece." This segment aims to teach art history in a more engaging way. In today's segment, we discussed the famous painting "The Girl with the Pearl Earring" and the characteristics that define the Baroque art movement.

This week at Cornerstones of Care, the kids created a coat of arms about leadership! Instead of working in groups, each youth designed their coat of arms. The sections of the coat of arms were refocused around the life skill of leadership. Top left: paint yourself being a leader; top right: write or draw what qualities make someone a good leader; bottom: create a leadership mascot (animal, insect, made-up creature, etc.)