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Capture the dramatic majesty of canyon lands in an original watercolor painting. Review reference photos to discover how the time of day affects the lighting as it creates dynamic shapes and shadows.
Discover how visual art can inspire creative writing and how writing can offer a powerful way to experience art. Join Mary Hall Surface, the founding instructor of the National Gallery of Art’s popular Writing Salon, for three online workshops that spotlight a diverse range of visual art chosen to inspire writers of all experience levels to deepen their process and practice. This writing session is inspired by 20th-century Spanish Surrealist painter Remedios Varo.
Learn simple and easy techniques to create landscape and seascape paintings. Special emphasis is given to various watercolor techniques such as wet-on-wet, wet-on-dry, and masking.
In this class, learn the strategies artists such as Rembrandt, Daumier, Cézanne, and van Gogh used to harness light to unify, intensify, and give dimension to their images. (World Art History Certificate elective, 1/2 credit)
Get an introduction to stylized lettering, including altered block letters, botanical borders, and illuminated initials with vines and flourishes.
Although it has been centuries since the discovery of Uranus and Neptune lurking at the edge of the solar system, we still know very little about these ice giants. Kathleen Mandt, a planetary scientist at NASA’s Goddard Research Center, highlights what we do know about Uranus and Neptune, why it is imperative that we send a mission to learn more about them, and what that information could tell us about the rest of our solar system—and beyond.
Do you know the stories behind delectable Chinese American dishes—such as the connection between scallion pancakes and pizza? Drawing on her new book, Chinese Menu, Newberry and Caldecott honoree Grace Lin shares the tales behind favorite Chinese American food, from fried dumplings to fortune cookies. Rooted in history and folklore, the delightful stories are filled with squabbling dragons, magical fruits, and hungry monks. Journalist Lisa Ling joins Lin to uncover the rich histories of these dishes. Although Lin’s book is for young readers, this delicious conversation is for foodies of all ages.
In 15th-century Florence, Sandro Botticelli created the masterpiece La Primavera, a mythological allegory that encapsulates the very essence of spring. At first glance it seems a straightforward celebration of the season, but its precise meaning continues to intrigue art historians, who have found within it references to neoplatonic ideas and the literature and poetry of Dante and Ovid. Art historian and author Laura Morelli explores the cultural and artistic context that gave rise to Botticelli’s meditation on a lush and fertile world. (World Art History Certificate elective, 1/2 credit)
While quilt classes are sometimes about the block or repeated unit, here we look at the larger design of the whole quilt and examine the structure of modern quilts to see how they are assembled. Inspired by the newly discovered aperiodic monotile, a new tessellation shape, explore math and the quilt, illusions in fabric, and the technical components of quilt construction