Umpqua Valley Arts Association
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Hellene Chapman (All about color, Expressive painting, Clay and Mixed Media)
About the Artist
With a BFA and MA in Art, Special Honors in Painting, Hellene has developed a vibrant painting style and has shown her work in the USA and in England. She has taught art in Arizona and England and has developed a course on color relationships that she has taught at UCC and the UVAA. Hellene also works in clay, creating mixed media wall pieces using paints, colored pencil, yarn and beads or other objects.
Grade Levels
K - Adult, Seniors
Personal Statement
Wanting to express the excitement of color, I have studied how colors affect each other, and experimented with these effects in my painting. This has led to the development of a style that uses colors to change one another, combine in loose wash overlays or express space, and explore the properties of paint. My clay pieces combine color with imagination and humor.
Teaching Objectives
All About Color: Through simple exercises using colored paper and pencils, students will learn how we see color. Fun projects, such as tops and pinwheels will show how our eyes combine colors. Students will study the rods and cones in the eye in order to better understand why colors change in appearance. After creating their own color wheel, they will know how to mix colors and will learn color terms. They will complete a color wheel and several designs that explore how colors affect each other, and they will view the work of well-known artists.
Expressive Painting: Through designing preliminary sketches and working out a painting on a large, 3D structure, students will explore different and looser styles of painting. They will learn to expand their ideas from a small format to a large format. Most will experience a freer sense of expression. When the 3D objects are finished, they will stack them to explore sculptural design. They will also view the work of painters and sculptors.
Clay and Mixed Media: Students in this residency will design a clay wall piece that after the clay is fired, they will color with a combination of paint, colored pencils, yarn, beads and other related materials. This will require them to think through their design idea so that they can make necessary marks, holes and shapes in the wet clay before it is fired. They will learn how to work with clay and experiment with a variety of media to see how these media work with the clay surface. Use of the elements of design, creativity and color sense will be developed. The finished piece will be a unique work of art.
The above residencies can be combined into one 2-week residency. Work from these residencies can fulfill CIM and CAM strands
Facility/Supplies
All About Color: The ideal classroom would have tables rather than desks, although desktops can be used. Lighting should be good. There should be enough pencils for each student, but students can work in pairs and share scissors, rulers, glue, colored pencils and construction paper. Old newspapers or scrap paper would keep table surfaces free of glue.
As most of the supplies should be readily available, cost for the consumable supplies and unusual supplies, shouldn't run more than about $25.
Expressive Painting: Facility should be large enough to allow the students room to paint. A room with tables and desks can be used, or tables/desks can be pushed to the side and the floor used. Tables and floors should be covered with newspaper or inexpensive plastic sheeting. An outdoor area can be used, weather permitting. Students will need desk/table space for drawing.
As some of the supplies are on hand, or 'free', I estimate no more than $70 in total, for paints and colored pencils.
Clay and Mixed Media: The room should be large enough for students to work on the project and have supplies near them. A source of water close by would make clean up easier, but water can be brought in buckets or jugs. A class of 25 students would need three bags of clay, at $8 a bag. If there is no kiln on site, additional costs could be incurred for firing the clay.
This residency could be kept to a cost per class of 25 students of between $25 and $50, depending upon supplies such as paints and pencils available and additional firing costs.
Staff Development
I offer complete in-service workshops for each of the residency classes that I teach.
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