She taught color and painting techniques. My favorite was learning to add shadow and highlight to my work. It really made the piece come to life. She was very patient after all I was only a kid. I made several projects including a set of owls that I gave to my mother. My mother liked owls and collected them. She enjoyed my art. I enjoyed the classes and being able to do something on my own. I didn’t get many opportunities to do things alone. It was always a group activity with my other siblings.
I drew this while at work. TCF |
I continued my art classes in high
school. I loved to draw and learn art techniques. I took two years of art
instruction. I had a great teacher,
Mrs. Beebe. She was older woman who
loved the southwest culture and enjoyed wearing turquoise jewelry. She was like a grandmother to all her
students. She really enjoyed teaching art.
She taught many different mediums including carving linoleum tiles,
watercolor, pencil, pastels, and collage /paper art. My two favorite mediums are pen & ink
and charcoal pencils. I spent my sophomore and junior years in Mrs. Beebe’s
class. I was able to complete several
projects. Many of the techniques I learned
I still think about when I draw today. I
even submitted some of my class projects into the local art show. I won first place for an ink drawing I
did. And the small scale miniature house
I create received honorable mention. My
true love was drawing landscapes and trees.
I loved the range of light and shadow that you could create with a
charcoal pencil drawing. I still
remember Mrs. Beebe’s voice every time I draw a tree. She would remind me to
consider the squirrels; Is my tree pretty enough for the squirrels to
climb? And the space where to branches
intersect need to be rounded so the squirrel needs a place to sit.
Maybe I should take another art class.
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