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Tonya Gregg explains how she sketches various poses and profiles until she gets the image she wants to use for her paintings.Reading - Information Text
Students gain understanding by applying reading strategies of monitoring, searching, confirming, cross-checking, rereading, and self-correcting.
The Fundamentals of Reading (Nonfiction) can be found at South Carolina ELA Standards
Making Fishnets | Gullah Net
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In the video, St. Helena resident Frank Brown weaves a net while singing a song rich in the Gullah dialect. This clip was extracted from Palmetto Places - St. Helena Island. After the Civil War and...
Drawing & Inspiration | Artopia
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Brian Rutenberg explains how he begins his paintings with drawings. His inspiration is often drawn from the South.
Reeds Rise from Water | Artopia
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Brian Rutenberg created a painting based on a poem, Reeds Rise from Water.
South Carolina to New York | Artopia
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Widely considered one of the finest young painters working in America today, Brian Rutenberg has gained an international audience with his landscape based abstractions. The artist received his BFA...
Paint Brushes | Artopia
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Brian Rutenberg talks about how he maintains and acquires his paint brushes.
Painting and the Body | Artopia
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Brian Rutenberg discusses scale and the physical body when painting larger pieces.
Motion, Color and Music | Artopia
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Brian Rutenberg dicusses his creation process and the environment he prefers while he paints.
Painting: Carolina | Artopia
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Brian Rutenberg explains how his painting, Carolina, came together for him.