About Me
Sharon McNeil

Born in Salem Oregon, I currently live in Seattle Washington.

 

I lived and worked in Savannah Georgia for 11 years where I taught  Foundation Studies at Savannah College of Art and Design.  The Foundation Studies department at SCAD offers the beginning art classes like drawing, life drawing, color theory, and two-dimensional design, all of which I have taught, including a "scene painting" class for the production design department.

 

Before Savannah, I lived in Long Beach California for 9 years where I earned my MFA at California State University Long Beach and taught Drawing and Painting at various Colleges.  

 

I lived in Seattle before that where I worked as a Scenic Artist at various organizations like Seattle Repertory Theatre, A Contemporary Theatre, and The Seattle Opera.  I am thrilled to be back in Seattle!

Learning To See

"Drawing is more than a tool for rendering and capturing likeness.  It is a language, with its own syntax, grammar, and urgency.  Learning to draw is all about learning to see.  In this way, it is a metaphor for all art activity.  Whatever its form, drawing transforms perception and thought into image and teaches us how to think with our eyes."

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101 Things to Learn in Art School, by Kit White