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Demery, Marie – 1987
An exercise package is presented for use in introducing the first-year junior college design student to the simplified techniques of contour drawing and cropping. First, introductory comments discuss the purpose and possible uses of the exercise. Next, the following terms are defined: positive contour drawing, three-dimensions, closure,…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Art Materials, Community Colleges
Demery, Marie – 1986
A museum field trip should be the highlight of every art appreciation course. Through this experience, students are introduced to the museum as a source for authentic, original art and for scholarship, education, and entertainment. A well-planned field trip achieves this objective through the use and modification of eight components: (1)…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Arts Centers
Demery, Marie – 1987
Adult students enrolled in day and evening drawing classes can be introduced to two-dimensional composition through an exercise that combines the thumbnail sketch and the big-to-small principle. The exercise is composed of five steps and simple self-evaluation criteria that help students determine whether they understood and achieved the steps.…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Art, Art Activities, Art Education
Demery, Marie – 1988
The Clementine Hunter Black History Month Exhibition (Natchitoches, Louisiana) was a successful demonstration that five objectives can be achieved with a zero budget and teamwork. Objective 1 demonstrated that specially designed cultural and extracurricular events can be used as tools for retaining black students on a predominantly white college…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Art History
Demery, Marie – 1984
Through the use of a visual literacy process of instruction as an initial stage in perceiving and creating, beginning college art students can acquire knowledge and skills for completing successful drawings. This process includes the following steps: selecting a simple and familiar subject; studying the entire form of the subject; looking for big…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Appreciation, Art Education, Creativity
Demery, Marie – 1984
A model for teaching elementary school art contains a rationale that outlines the interrelationship between self-esteem and constructive creativity as promoted in well-designed art activities. Self-esteem is defined, and characteristics of a child with high self-esteem are outlined. Conditions contributing to the development of high self-esteem…
Descriptors: Art Activities, Art Education, Classroom Environment, Creativity
Demery, Marie – 1984
Designed specifically for beginning college students enrolled in art appreciation and studio art courses, this validated visual literacy module will help students acquire verbal and visual skills necessary for viewing, comprehending, and valuing linear drawings. The module can also be used with high school students and adult learners. All…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aesthetic Education, Art Activities, Art Education