Atelier

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The Atelier in The High School at Bradford Christian Academy, was established in 2015 at Bradford Christian Academy by Sandra Galda who brought atelier training to the school’s art offerings (bradfordchristianacademy.org).

Atelier in the High School at Bradford Christian Academy holds the distiction of being the very first atelier held within a high school. It is the progressive, open-minded founders of Bradford Christian Academy, who approved her to teach this subject matter in their wonderful high school. Sandra Galda is a former atelier student of Paul Ingbretson, an ARC approved atelier instructor. 

 Students are given a rigorous high school year of exercises in:

 -Academic Draughtsmanship (Bargue Drawing and Relational Drawing)

-Charcoal Cast Drawing

 -Lessons in the Visual Order of the Elements of Picture Making (value, color, line, etc.)

 -Direct Oil Painting

 -Lessons in Sight Size and Comparative, Relational Drawing and Painting

 -Composition and Perspective Lessons

 -Students move through the year beginning with Bargue Drawing, Charcoal Cast Drawing, Figure Drawing, and finish with Still Life in oil, with several other useful projects included.

 -Student work is featured in school art shows and various gallery shows.

Sandra teaches her own modified-for-high school art program based on the Boston School. The Boston School combines academic draftsmanship with the immediate paint handling of the Impressionists. The Boston School of painting is well suited for teaching during grade and high school hours. This is because without the extra step of grisaille or glazing during oil painting, more efficient student production of images can occur during the high school year.

Bradford Christian Academy provides college-preparatory education to students in grades 1 through 12, Bradford is the fastest-growing private Christian school in New England.

Bradford Christian Academy's web site is http://bradfordchristianacademy.org/

Sandra Galda's art blog is https://sandragalda.blogspot.com/