Self-Paced Studio Art Courses
Linus Meldrum and Dianne Settino offer two self-paced courses for
students ready for an art challenge. Our courses are developed for
students in various learning environments, particularly teenaged
homeschoolers.
Does your teen:
- want to develop their interest in art, and learn how to use their
basic skills and concepts to make their art come alive?
-wish to earn high school credit in visual art?
-admire great art and want to learn "side by side" with Master
Artists of history?
- want an entry-level course to whet their appetite, or explore the
possibility of further art study?
These courses will focus equally on Art History (learning from direct
study and observation of great works of art), Ideation (developing
ideas into themes and using the visual language to communicate
these ideas), Composition (how to design and arrange your image in a
visual form) and Technique (how to use your materials correctly).
Each course will consist of 8 lessons. Each lesson will consist of an
Art History component, a Technique exercise assignment and a Final
assignment. The student will get two critiques. The first critique will
assess their preparatory composition and technique sketches, and a
second critique will assess their final work. This is similar to the
process used in the PAHomeschoolers online Advanced Placement
Drawing and Advanced Placement 2D Design Studio Art courses
approved by the College Board.
Students receive our assignments, prepare sketches and final
drawings, digitally photograph the work and email the drawings to
us. We review the artwork and email our critiques. The richness of
each course is the depth of content - art historical references, specific
approaches and observational techniques plus our personal
encouragement and critical expertise.
Your ability to take photographs with a high quality digital camera is
a requirement. Most cameras now shoot at 8 megapixels or greater.
That will be sufficient for the needs of this class.
The materials we will use are: pencil, charcoal and ink. All artwork
will be drawn on heavy paper in a sketch journal and a 14 x 17
drawing pad.
Course 1 - PERSPECTIVE - Placing your ideas in a specific space and
place. Using the conceptual tools of Perspective to measure and
express space in a believable way. Composing dynamic spaces using
Perspective.
Course 2 - THE HUMAN FIGURE - The human figure and the Old
Masters. Viewing and understanding the clothed figure as a dynamic
whole comprised of component forms. Building the forms of the
figure in Line, and in Light – using edge-making and tonal value to
make the forms of the figure in a believable space.
Course Descriptions
PERSPECTIVE –
Expressing Visual Ideas
using Measured Space.
What makes an image a place? What makes art look “real” – as
though you are seeing an accurate depiction of what the eye actually
sees? How can Visual Art convey the idea of the artist in a visually
powerful way?
These questions shape the content of our course about Perspective –
a system of measuring and depicting three-dimensional space on a
two-dimensional surface. Creating the illusion of real Space has been
a worthy goal of artists of every era - from the ancients Greeks, who
loved to measure everything, to the Renaissance artists who re-
discovered and improved the ways of depicting reality, to today’s
artists who continue to search for expressive and dynamic images.
Perspective is a powerful visual system that can be studied and
applied to both making art and appreciating art. Our course takes a
student from the basics to the intermediate level of understanding
Perspective.
What’s different about this course? We relate the idea of Perspective
to examples from Art History. We teach how perspective changed the
way we see and make art. We instruct how to view Perspective and
we teach how to draw using Perspective. We give analytical
assignments using Paintings and Drawings from Art History. We give
Drawing assignments that ask students to depict space using the
ideas found in both Art Historical images and observation of real
space in the world around us. We give feedback, suggestions and
critiques.
Eight Lessons: $200.
THE HUMAN FIGURE
The human form offers every artist the greatest possibility of
communicating beauty and emotion. It is also the most demanding
subject for every artist. This course discusses and studies: the
underlying anatomy of the figure, the surface of the figure and
drapery, composition of the figure in space, and the important subject
of light as the describing element of form. These and more are some
of the issues that the Old Masters worked with as they created their
masterpieces. Learn how they resolved these ideas, how it can inform
your work, and help you take your own figurative artwork to a higher
level of artistry.
Eight Lessons: $200.
About the Instructors:
Linus Meldrum
1988 – Present, Homeschooling Dad, Port Royal, PA
MFA 1983, Yale University School of Art, Yale New Haven, CT
BFA 1981, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
I currently teach Painting, Drawing and Art History at Franciscan
University of Steubenville, OH. Previously, I taught at The Yale
School of Art, Central Connecticut State University and The
Pennsylvania School of Art & Design. For the last 15 years, I have
owned and operated Spiderdance Ranch, an Art and Craft hand-
manufacturing business.
Dianne Settino
1988 - Present, Homeschooling mom, Port Royal, PA
MFA 1984, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
BFA 1981, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore. MD
Fine Arts Technical Degree 1979, York Academy of Art, York, PA
I’ve taught drawing, color, painting, printmaking and many types of
crafts to children as young as 18 months in a Montessori school and
adults as old as 98 in Baltimore’s inner city Arts for the Aging
program. I’ve also taught in public schools, private colleges, state
universities, art associations, libraries and at our local homeschool co-
op. My last child at home is helping me to expand my art horizons
into areas that didn’t even exist when I was teenager.
Sample either course by purchasing the first assignment/critiques for
$35. You can choose to continue a course by purchasing the rest of
the lessons by paying the balance due of $165.
Questions? email us at: spiderdance@pa.net
Ready to register?
Select the Buy It Now button from the list below. When we receive
notification, we'll send you a welcome email with some advanced
reading to prepare you for the course.
Perspective Drawing Course
The complete Eight Lessons at your own pace - $200.
Figure Drawing Course
The Complete Eight Lessons at your own pace - $200.
Perspective Drawing Course - One Lesson Sample $35.
Figure Drawing Course - One Lesson Sample $35.
Perspective Drawing Course - 7 remaining Lessons $165.
Figure Drawing Course - 7 remaining Lessons $165.
Thanks,
Linus Meldrum and Dianne Settino
Linus Meldrum and Dianne Settino offer two self-paced courses for
students ready for an art challenge. Our courses are developed for
students in various learning environments, particularly teenaged
homeschoolers.
Does your teen:
- want to develop their interest in art, and learn how to use their
basic skills and concepts to make their art come alive?
-wish to earn high school credit in visual art?
-admire great art and want to learn "side by side" with Master
Artists of history?
- want an entry-level course to whet their appetite, or explore the
possibility of further art study?
These courses will focus equally on Art History (learning from direct
study and observation of great works of art), Ideation (developing
ideas into themes and using the visual language to communicate
these ideas), Composition (how to design and arrange your image in a
visual form) and Technique (how to use your materials correctly).
Each course will consist of 8 lessons. Each lesson will consist of an
Art History component, a Technique exercise assignment and a Final
assignment. The student will get two critiques. The first critique will
assess their preparatory composition and technique sketches, and a
second critique will assess their final work. This is similar to the
process used in the PAHomeschoolers online Advanced Placement
Drawing and Advanced Placement 2D Design Studio Art courses
approved by the College Board.
Students receive our assignments, prepare sketches and final
drawings, digitally photograph the work and email the drawings to
us. We review the artwork and email our critiques. The richness of
each course is the depth of content - art historical references, specific
approaches and observational techniques plus our personal
encouragement and critical expertise.
Your ability to take photographs with a high quality digital camera is
a requirement. Most cameras now shoot at 8 megapixels or greater.
That will be sufficient for the needs of this class.
The materials we will use are: pencil, charcoal and ink. All artwork
will be drawn on heavy paper in a sketch journal and a 14 x 17
drawing pad.
Course 1 - PERSPECTIVE - Placing your ideas in a specific space and
place. Using the conceptual tools of Perspective to measure and
express space in a believable way. Composing dynamic spaces using
Perspective.
Course 2 - THE HUMAN FIGURE - The human figure and the Old
Masters. Viewing and understanding the clothed figure as a dynamic
whole comprised of component forms. Building the forms of the
figure in Line, and in Light – using edge-making and tonal value to
make the forms of the figure in a believable space.
Course Descriptions
PERSPECTIVE –
Expressing Visual Ideas
using Measured Space.
What makes an image a place? What makes art look “real” – as
though you are seeing an accurate depiction of what the eye actually
sees? How can Visual Art convey the idea of the artist in a visually
powerful way?
These questions shape the content of our course about Perspective –
a system of measuring and depicting three-dimensional space on a
two-dimensional surface. Creating the illusion of real Space has been
a worthy goal of artists of every era - from the ancients Greeks, who
loved to measure everything, to the Renaissance artists who re-
discovered and improved the ways of depicting reality, to today’s
artists who continue to search for expressive and dynamic images.
Perspective is a powerful visual system that can be studied and
applied to both making art and appreciating art. Our course takes a
student from the basics to the intermediate level of understanding
Perspective.
What’s different about this course? We relate the idea of Perspective
to examples from Art History. We teach how perspective changed the
way we see and make art. We instruct how to view Perspective and
we teach how to draw using Perspective. We give analytical
assignments using Paintings and Drawings from Art History. We give
Drawing assignments that ask students to depict space using the
ideas found in both Art Historical images and observation of real
space in the world around us. We give feedback, suggestions and
critiques.
Eight Lessons: $200.
THE HUMAN FIGURE
The human form offers every artist the greatest possibility of
communicating beauty and emotion. It is also the most demanding
subject for every artist. This course discusses and studies: the
underlying anatomy of the figure, the surface of the figure and
drapery, composition of the figure in space, and the important subject
of light as the describing element of form. These and more are some
of the issues that the Old Masters worked with as they created their
masterpieces. Learn how they resolved these ideas, how it can inform
your work, and help you take your own figurative artwork to a higher
level of artistry.
Eight Lessons: $200.
About the Instructors:
Linus Meldrum
1988 – Present, Homeschooling Dad, Port Royal, PA
MFA 1983, Yale University School of Art, Yale New Haven, CT
BFA 1981, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
I currently teach Painting, Drawing and Art History at Franciscan
University of Steubenville, OH. Previously, I taught at The Yale
School of Art, Central Connecticut State University and The
Pennsylvania School of Art & Design. For the last 15 years, I have
owned and operated Spiderdance Ranch, an Art and Craft hand-
manufacturing business.
Dianne Settino
1988 - Present, Homeschooling mom, Port Royal, PA
MFA 1984, Yale University School of Art, New Haven, CT
BFA 1981, Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore. MD
Fine Arts Technical Degree 1979, York Academy of Art, York, PA
I’ve taught drawing, color, painting, printmaking and many types of
crafts to children as young as 18 months in a Montessori school and
adults as old as 98 in Baltimore’s inner city Arts for the Aging
program. I’ve also taught in public schools, private colleges, state
universities, art associations, libraries and at our local homeschool co-
op. My last child at home is helping me to expand my art horizons
into areas that didn’t even exist when I was teenager.
Sample either course by purchasing the first assignment/critiques for
$35. You can choose to continue a course by purchasing the rest of
the lessons by paying the balance due of $165.
Questions? email us at: spiderdance@pa.net
Ready to register?
Select the Buy It Now button from the list below. When we receive
notification, we'll send you a welcome email with some advanced
reading to prepare you for the course.
Perspective Drawing Course
The complete Eight Lessons at your own pace - $200.
Figure Drawing Course
The Complete Eight Lessons at your own pace - $200.
Perspective Drawing Course - One Lesson Sample $35.
Figure Drawing Course - One Lesson Sample $35.
Perspective Drawing Course - 7 remaining Lessons $165.
Figure Drawing Course - 7 remaining Lessons $165.
Thanks,
Linus Meldrum and Dianne Settino
An ink and wash drawing by Canaletto
A portrait of Edouard Manet by Edgar Degas