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Paper+wood+string sculptures by Design III students. The shadows though 🤌
06/18/2026

Paper+wood+string sculptures by Design III students.

The shadows though 🤌

We think these cardboard busts and faces are the coolest! Artwork by students in Design III.
06/17/2026

We think these cardboard busts and faces are the coolest!

Artwork by students in Design III.

This sculpture packs a lot of personality, especially considering it's made from painted paper shapes and string. We lik...
06/16/2026

This sculpture packs a lot of personality, especially considering it's made from painted paper shapes and string. We like the energy!

Work by Design III students.

These beautiful still life drawings relied on a reductive charcoal technique to portray a variety of different materials...
06/15/2026

These beautiful still life drawings relied on a reductive charcoal technique to portray a variety of different materials. Covering the entire drawing surface with charcoal and then using an eraser to create highlights and more charcoal to add deep shadows allows students to render objects without hard outlines, making the finished work all the more realistic.

Artwork by students in Peter Hoffman's Introductory Drawing.

These depictions of a seated model utilize both dark charcoal and light chalks and pastels on a midtone paper background...
06/14/2026

These depictions of a seated model utilize both dark charcoal and light chalks and pastels on a midtone paper background. Just these three materials give students a range of values to work with, allowing them to portray highlights and shadows in a great amount of detail.

Reclining poses in graphite and charcoal. Artwork from Figure Drawing with Elaine Erne and Mark Stockton.
06/13/2026

Reclining poses in graphite and charcoal.

Artwork from Figure Drawing with Elaine Erne and Mark Stockton.

Here's a few more painted stills students made to practice their knowledge of color and their accuracy differentiating f...
06/12/2026

Here's a few more painted stills students made to practice their knowledge of color and their accuracy differentiating foreground, middle ground, and background. Can you name the inspiration for each image?

Work by students in Design for Media II with Matt Higgins.

Intricate pen illustrations by Design for Media students.
06/11/2026

Intricate pen illustrations by Design for Media students.

These colorful scenes were painted by Design for Media II students learning about color temperature, saturation, and val...
06/10/2026

These colorful scenes were painted by Design for Media II students learning about color temperature, saturation, and value contrast as a way to separate the different spacial areas of a chosen film still. How do you think they did?

Work by students in Design for Media II with Matt Higgins.

Complex forms created by Design III students 🤯
06/09/2026

Complex forms created by Design III students 🤯

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