.png)
Sara Silkwood is an illustrator, designer, and educator with a BFA in Illustration from Syracuse University. She has taught in a variety of settings, including classical schools across Texas, where she has developed a classical curriculum grounded in the conviction that drawing is a skill anyone can learn.
To Sara, drawing is form of visual literacy - helping students organize information, gain empathy, and develop cognitive flexibility. She believes the act of drawing builds both artistic and emotional insight, regardless of age or experience level.
In her own illustration work, Sara draws on traditional media - especially pencil and watercolor - for their balance of structure and spontaneity. Her current project is a series of illustrations from George MacDonald’s The Princess and the Goblin, a story whose themes of courage, trust, and unseen goodness deeply resonate with her.
Sara's goal is to offer hope through her illustrations, using design, composition, and light to evoke beauty in suffering and remind viewers that all things ultimately work together for good.
Ms. Sara Silkwood teaches 15 courses this year.
Are there stories within you that you would like to tell? Learn to illuminate your very own narrative in the style of...
Learn the fundamentals of telling a story through visual media. In this course we will walk through all the steps of...
Learn the fundamentals of telling a story through visual media. In this course we will walk through all the steps of...
The aim of this course is to start building students’ appreciation and understanding of color through dry media...
In this second level of Illustration, students will be challenged to build upon the basics of illustration, character...
An introductory art course for grades 6 through 8 (mature 5th graders welcome). Using the media of charcoal, alcohol...
An introductory art course for grades 6 through 8 (mature 5th graders welcome). Using the media of sculpture (in soap),...
Drawing is a skill just like reading, writing and math that can be learned. Learning to draw doesn’t make you an...
Brush Drawing 2 continues the development of skills and techniques learned in Intro to Brush Drawing. Students will be...
In Introduction to Drawing, students will be taught the fundamental drawing skills that will help them set a firm...
In this introductory course we will cover the fundamental concepts and techniques behind illustration. In the beginning...
The aim of this course is to instill in students both respect for the creation and reverence for the Creator while...
Working with watercolors can be exciting and dynamic. Though it’s a medium known for it’s challenges, through...
An introductory level art course for grades 1-3. Drawing is a skill just like reading, writing, and math that can be...
An introductory level art course for grades 1-3, following Primary Drawing 1 (recommended but not required). Drawing is...
