Acrylic Landscape Postcard: Students will complete a landscape painting of the area around where they live. The Theme is "Almost Heaven, West Virginia." Students will take reference photographs with a digital camera and upload them to their computer and begin with a reference sketch. Students will then make preliminary drawings to begin the artwork. Original sketchbook landscape drawings will be transferred to painting paper and painting technique will be used. 

Size Requirements: 12" x 9"
Media: Acrylic Paint

Painting Techniques Videos

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Contemporary Art

In its most basic sense, the term contemporary art refers to art—namely, painting, sculpture, photography, installation, performance, and video art—produced today. https://mymodernmet.com/what-is-contemporary-art-definition/

Contemporary art is the term used for art of the present day. Usually the artists are alive and still making work. Contemporary art is often about ideas and concerns, rather than solely the aesthetic (the look of the work). Artists try different ways of experimenting with ideas and materials. https://baltic.art/uploads/Question_Kit_Cards.pdf

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Example Landscapes

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Example Landscapes 2

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