Thursday, March 14, 2024

Artist Triada Samaras Mentors High School Art Teachers at Central High School in Trenton NJ Part 1


Drawing in the Visual Arts Classrom

with Triada Samaras, Artist and Art Educator LINK

and Young Audiences of New Jersey LINK
and Michelle Marigliano, Senior Director of Education and Equity

and Trenton Public School School District LINK
and Elizabeth Rose Zwierzynski, 

Acting Supervisor of Visual & Performing Arts and Partnerships


Session 1
March 6, 2024






































Thursday, October 5, 2023

Still Life Drawing Three with Kean University Students

These charcoal drawings on mostly 22 x 30 " printmaking papers come from my Drawing One Class this Fall Semester at Kean University. Students drew several objects: food items, cotton, plastic spoons and cups, and paper plates. The aim was to create a variety of textures within a well composed space using one-point or two-point composition.


















Saturday, April 8, 2023

Drawings 6 and 7: Kean University Drawing Students

Drawings 6 and 7 in this class were both still-life. Drawing 6 was a "reverse" charcoal drawing putting down the charcoal first then removing it with a kneaded eraser (and other erasers) to depict the forms. Drawing 7 was a fruit and vegetable drawing.






Drawing 5: Still Life Kean University Drawing Students

 Drawing 5 was our first still life of objects on the stage.