High School Artists Study the Human Figure

Students sketching at the Museum of Science

AP Art and Art II students visited two museum exhibits in Boston that highlighted the human form. BodyWorlds, at the Museum of Science is a display of hundreds of body parts and over a dozen whole bodies that have plastinated and posed for display to show the various systems of the body.  Students gain a fuller understanding of how to draw anatomy with accuracy when they see the skeletal and muscular structure beneath the skin. Because the bodies are posed in athletic poses--there was a swimmer, football players, and a runner included--the student artists were able to record the bodies in motion in their sketchbooks. 

Sketch by E. Swirbalus

At the MFA, students viewed the work of Hyman Bloom: Matter of Life and Death. Bloom who was a midcentury painter from Boston who uses vibrant color to depict the human form.  His work has been described as 'horrifyingly beautiful.' The show was inspiring because of the artist's expressive brush strokes in abstract works that reference the human body. 

The students will use their photos and drawings from the trip as inspiration for a mixed media art work that will incorporate human anatomy its bodily systems. 

INKTOBER IS COMING!!!

Every October, artists all over the world take on the Inktober drawing challenge by doing one drawing a day for the entire month. This year, Blake Middle School is participating as part of an effort to inspire a daily drawing habit in its students. Inktober was created in 2009 as a challenge to improve drawing skills and develop creative habits. It is now a worldwide social media happening with thousands of artists committing to the challenge every year. Students at Blake are encouraged to participate every day, every other day, once a week, or once in a while. Chosen images will be posted to the art department instagram and twitter accounts. Use the hashtags #medfieldinktober #inktober2019 when posting work independently. See the list below for daily prompts.

Anyone can do Inktober, just pick up a pen and start drawing!!!

-inktober.com

images from inktober.com