Class Description
In this class, students built upon the foundational rendering skills developed in Naturalism and Observation and moved from rendering the world naturalistically to embracing issues of abstraction to varying degrees.
This class includes an in-depth exploration of the principles of design and the construction of composition, as well as the processes of intuition, gesture, and mark‑making, emphasizing personal self‑expression to gain a richer understanding of non‑objective approaches to drawing.
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CSW—a gender-inclusive day and boarding school for grades 9-12—is a national leader in progressive education. We live out our values of inquiry-based learning, student agency, and embracing diverse perspectives in every aspect of our student experience. Young people come to CSW to learn how to learn and then put what they learn into action—essential skills they carry into their futures as doers, makers, innovators, leaders, and exceptional humans who do meaningful work in the world.