Student Opportunities
Listed here are resources to help you continue your Ryman Arts learning while you’re not in weekly classes with us. This page will be updated frequently, be sure to check back for more content.
Projects to Continue to Develop your Foundation Art Skills
Still life
How to set up a still life (PDF) – Holly Boruck
Creating Art during a Pandemic (PDF) - Manny Cosentino
Self-Portrait
Self portrait in Prismacolor (YouTube) – Sergio Rebia
Portrait
Charcoal portrait (PDF) – Ichiro Irie
Graphite portrait (PDF) – Ichiro Irie
Colored Pencil portrait (YouTube)– Sergio Rebia
Colored pencil portrait (YouTube) – Sergio Rebia
Perspective
Interior in perspective (YouTube) – Sergio Rebia
Anatomy
Drawing the body in movement: work with a model, human or animal, and create something with implied movement. Be inspired by this handout, and this one (PDFs) Robin Palanker
Draw This! YouTube channel for live figure drawing sessions
Art History
Commerce, Contemporary Art and the Evolving Role of the Artist (pdf). Art is never created in a vacuum. Art students benefit when the larger implications of their
studies are presented in tandem with their craft-based training. In this assignment from David Schoffman, students watch the classic Robert Hughes/BBC documentary “The Mona Lisa Curse.”
Documenting your Work
A good habit to get into, as an artist, is documenting your work. Take photos of your artwork and organize the images, so that you're always ready to share your work or submit it for a contest, application or exhibition. This handout explains how to take a good photograph of your artwork using your smart phone. There are many more links to directions on photographing artwork on our College and Career Resources page, here.
Summer Art Courses
If you're interested in taking art classes in the summer, here are some places you can look. Most have scholarships available, or are simply free. Check their websites for details.
Idyllwild Arts Online Summer Program
UCI Claire Trevor School of the Arts Summer Institutes
CalArts Community Arts Partnership (CAP)
ArtCenter Extension classes for Teens
