Description

About Pay What You Want About Pay Your Own Price: Pay What You Want Pricing is about paying what you can Afford to allow people New Art or in Lower Income to participate in the Art Series and enrich their children’s lives.   It is also possible to support the program production by paying more.  Available for teachers at home or in the classroom as well.

Pemaquid Point Lighthouse , Charcoal Drawing, Original, “Pemaquid Pilot” by Deborah Chapin

Pemaquid Point Lighthouse was a demonstration drawing I did as part of the “Art Teaches That” Series and drawn on Strathmore paper for the kids to demonstrate perspective drawing, shading and development of subject matter. Kids seem to have a ball at the Pemaquid Point Lighthouse and I learned something too. All good things
Charcoal drawing and pastel on Strathmore paper 18×24 paper size

About the Artist

My Online Studio is an extension of my studio. When you enter you are entering my studio but without the housekeeping.   I offer fine art in original oil paintings on linen and also canvas prints of favorite original pieces. Most of my originals in the past 30 years have been painted en plein air ( on location) I have lectured and made film presentation at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, exhibited at the Louvre, and museums through out the world See my Exhibition History
The next 30 years I expect to be doing a combination of unusual water portrait work and collector’s favorite, my beach scenes with people. If you have questions feel free to ask.

Art Teaches That…. is a video series about Unleashing kids imagination with art. It is a series ​for kids 8 on up. Learning to Draw from the beginning

If you have children or grand kids 8+ years of age or
you’re trying to teach your children at home or
just want to expand their horizons, don’t forget art.
Art is one of the best things to introduce them to.

What Art Teaches

• Observation of Nature
• Patience and Persistence
• Creative Problem Solving Skills
• Hand Eye Coordination….
• Want your child to learn how to solve problems, learn how to analyze. Art can teach you that.
• Learn how to create something from nothing? Art can teach you that.
• Learn how to concentrate? Art can teach you that.
• Learn how to decode complicated thing, break them down into their simplest form then build them back up again? Art can teach you that.

I’m Deborah Chapin, a long time professional artist who’s lectured at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and exhibited my paintings worldwide (see CV). I’ve put together a series of videos to start your children off in art, in particular drawing. The goal isn’t to make everyone into artists but to learn the skills that art teaches.

What’s Included in the Art Teaches That Series Learning to Draw 1

Art Teaches That explores:

• basics of shading,
• cast shadow,
• basic forms,
• composition,
• perspective,
• do exercises with what we learn,
• do variation on the use of forms
• seeing it in nature as well as exploring in little field trips to discover what we’ve learned….. see more

buy a gift card for your kids https://gallery.deborahchapin.com/shop/art-teaches-that-by-chapin-buy-a-drawing-series-1-gift-card/

Artist’s Statement

I have painted every subject known to woman at this point, starting with marine art, coastals, seascapes, florals and landscapes en plein air (on location) I am now branching out to portraits and figurative work and add it to my skills and eventually incorporate it into my seascapes. I am excited to see where it goes and how it evolves. Currently I am taking on a project of underwater portrait paintings and figure work. I began this portfolio with the economic downturn because the expense and personal considerations made travel impossible. I have been painting water in all its various forms and moods for 35 years and this subject matter appealed to me because it combined something I knew well with something I was just beginning to learn. The objective wasn’t to do a photo realistic painting but rather to capture the essence of the subject and the spirit of the model. Water often represents the border between this world and the next but that need not be the dark side of that connotation and to my mind it is uplifting and full of life and movement. I am seeking to depict the inside dynamic of an individual using water to carry light and movement through the subject. What I’m trying to depict is the spirit of women, not as the languid object but instead as a dynamic, spirited, strong and intellectually thoughtful individual. Water is a freeing medium, releasing the subject from the constraints of the ordinary and from gravity it also doesn’t allow for “the pose” with the difficulty of control comes movement and life into the depiction and a certain serendipity which I have always found to be an inspiration. I use the natural light because again it the opposite of the darkness it represents life and vitality and enhances the strength of light patterns and movement lines.