Wrapping Up A Year of Teaching & Art - Rebeccak

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Hi folks, I thought I would post a new thread here highlighting some of my students’ work and a few teaching demos and drawings that I created over the past year. Most of my energy now is directed toward teaching others how to draw, and it’s been a rewarding (but exhausting and downright draining sometimes!) experience. In between I’ve tried to do a little of my own art. Hope you guys don’t mind the anomaly of this thread.

I started a teaching blog in February 2008 because I just didn’t have the time to post as much to forums…and it was a nice way to keep track of my students successes as well as my own progress as a teacher. It’s been about a year and a half now since I started teaching, and it’s been a really rewarding journey. So I thought this might be a good way to look back and recap this past year so I can look back and laugh at myself down the line. ^^

So anyway here’s my little recap of my students’ work and my own demos from the past year!

February 2008:

Master copies from my students at Irvine Valley College, where I teach Life Drawing:

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Master copies from my students at Mahanaim Art, where I teach high school portfolio preparation, including still life and life drawing:

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[left]Master copies from my students at ARTLAB, where I taught portfolio preparation and drawing:

This student was accepted into the prestigious character animation program at Cal Arts:

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Master copies from my students at Irvine Valley College, where I teach Life Drawing:
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[left]Gesture master studies by my 10th grade student at Mahanaim Art:
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[left]Still life study by my 7th grade student at Mahanaim Art:
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[left]March 2008:

My leg drawing demos for students at Brentwood Art Center, where I teach Life Drawing along with Painting, Drawing Fundamentals, and other classes:

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My head drawing demo done for various classes:

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[left][left]Another head drawing demo done for various classes:
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My Michelangelo study done for various classes:

And a digital version:

Photos of IVC students working:


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April 2008:

My Burne Hogarth Torso Demo for various classes:

Examples of IVC students’ homework drawings, from reference:

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Work by my students at Mahanaim Art:

7th grade student, master copy from Ryder:

10th grade student, master copy from Rubens:

My hand drawing demo from Michelangelo reference:

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My high school students at ANDLAB studied anatomy from Hogarth:

[left]Life drawings by students at IVC:

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More student drawings from IVC:

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More life drawings by IVC students:

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ARTLAB student Hogarth studies:

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My Hogarth head demo for various classes:

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July 2008:

IVC Student basic shading assignments, which they do at the beginning of my life drawing class:

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IVC Student long pose life drawings:

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August 2008:

10th grade student from Mahanaim Art, who took my life drawing course at IVC:

IVC Summer 2008 Life Drawing Student Artwork:

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More IVC Summer 2008 Life Drawing Student Artwork:

These first are by a 15 year old student:

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ARTLAB Students working in the summer:

15 year old student:

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IVC Summer Life Drawing students:

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More IVC Summer Life Drawing work:

My master copy from a Bernini sculpture:

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September 2008:

Students’ color pieces from Brentwood Art Center: