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Drawing Like French Academic Masters of the 19th Century

My students need (plaster) sculptural reproductions of facial features from Michaelangelo's "David", and resin models of a human skull and hands, along with charcoal drawing paper, chamois, charcoal sticks, pastels and erasers.

  • $874 goal

This project expired on July 7, 2009.

This project expired on July 7, 2009.

Mr. P. Middletown High School
Middletown, NY Grades 9-12

Celebrating Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

Celebrate Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month

This project is a part of the Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month celebration because it supports a Latino teacher or a school where the majority of students are Latino.

Ours is a high-needs school district in a small city, located in upstate New York. Demographics: more than half of the students on free or subsidized lunch programs. More than half of the students are of minority ethnicities.

My students have discovered that top art schools award merit scholarships based on an applicant's ability to draw accurately from life. Drawing from plaster statues provides an art school screening committee with evidence as to a students' talent, dedication and teachability. This is because "cast drawing" requires learning how to measure and depict accurately. Because the student cannot claim "personal interpretation", this kind of drawing provides little opportunity for excuses - either it is done precisely right, or, it is not. Producing a series of superb cast drawings my students realized has nothing to do with economic privilege. Instead, success with this kind of drawing is about hard work and smart choices - it levels the playing field. My students have researched the techniques and methods associated with this highly exacting method of art training and are eager to begin.

Drawing from the cast shows artistic potential and is the first step towards the ultimate drawing challenge - drawing the human figure. Measuring, organizing and editing of drawing, while referring to anatomical books and (clothed) models would allow my students to understand how to depict the human form, by following the training which benefited the great master artists of the past.

My training includes 11 years at the NY Academy of Art, the only accredited masters program in the country devoted to painting, sculpting and drawing the human figure. As an alum, I have taught drawing to high school students at the Academy. My students can benefit from my experience if they are provided with the tools to begin their own training. Cast drawing would put them on the path to becoming scholarship-competitive.

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Nearly all students from low‑income households

15 students impacted
Mr. P. Middletown High School Grades 9-12

This project will directly impact historically underfunded classrooms.

Middletown, NY View local requests

Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

15 students impacted

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Materials Cost Quantity Total
CANSN MI TEINTES PAP/FLT GRY8.5X11 25P ZZ • Blick Art Materials $10.99 1 $10.99
CANSN MI TEINTES PAP/WHITE 8.5X11 25PK ZZ • Blick Art Materials $10.99 5 $54.95
HUMAN HAND STAND/WITH CUBE • Blick Art Materials $38.06 1 $38.06
HUMAN HAND STAND/WITH ICOSAHEDRON • Blick Art Materials $38.06 1 $38.06
ANATOMICAL SKELETONS/PLASTIC SKULL • Blick Art Materials $26.95 1 $26.95
LARGE FACE PARTS/3XS EARS • Blick Art Materials $28.07 1 $28.07
LARGE FACE PARTS/3XS EYE • Blick Art Materials $28.07 1 $28.07
LARGE FACE PARTS/3XS MOUTH • Blick Art Materials $28.07 1 $28.07
LARGE FACE PARTS/3XS NOSE • Blick Art Materials $28.07 1 $28.07
CHAMOIS/5X7 APPROX • Blick Art Materials $2.16 20 $43.20
CANSN MI TEINTES PAP/BISQUE 8.5X11 25PK ZZ • Blick Art Materials $10.99 1 $10.99
DESIGN NUPASTELS/BLK 35/8IN • Blick Art Materials $0.76 20 $15.20
DESIGN NUPASTELS/WARM DP GREY • Blick Art Materials $0.76 20 $15.20
DESIGN NUPASTELS/WARM LT GREY • Blick Art Materials $0.76 20 $15.20
DESIGN NUPASTELS/WARM MED GREY • Blick Art Materials $0.76 20 $15.20
DESIGN NUPASTELS/VRY WM LT GRY 35/8IN • Blick Art Materials $0.76 20 $15.20
DESIGN NUPASTELS/WHT 35/8IN • Blick Art Materials $0.76 20 $15.20
DESIGN KNEADED ERASR/GRAY XLRG • Blick Art Materials $0.72 30 $21.60
W/N ARTST WLOW CHRCL/MEDIUM BX12 • Blick Art Materials $6.06 10 $60.60
DANIELLES CHARCOAL/CANISTR MED STCK PKS • Blick Art Materials $48.93 1 $48.93
GRAY STUMP CLASSPK/48PC • Blick Art Materials $15.99 2 $31.98
GEN POWDER CHARCOAL/BLK 6OZ • Blick Art Materials $6.32 5 $31.60

Materials cost

$621.39

Vendor shipping charges

 $62.14

Sales tax

 $0.00

3rd party payment processing fee

$15.53

Fulfillment labor & materials

$17.00

Total project cost

$716.06

Suggested donation to help DonorsChoose reach more classrooms

$157.18

Total project goal

$873.24

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