Oil Pastel Dance scenes

I thought that I had lost these images after erasing a memory card, little did I know they were hidden in a folder at work. These projects were made at the beginning of the year when we studied the human figure and movement. My students did several life drawings in their sketchbooks and while some of that is reflected in the projects below, most of the ideas expressed here comes from a romanticized notions about dancing. Enjoy.  

Dancing

Please take a look below at the various dance drawings, painting, and photos. You are going to create a composition of figures engaged in the act of dancing. I will leave it to you to decide the poses for your figures. You should have the minimum of 3 dancers all in different poses.

I will discuss the materials and process in class by making an example. This page is simply to get you brainstorming by showing you different dance positions and how other artists made their compositions.