Lynn Melton
Contact Information:
Lynn Melton
4266 156 Ave. SE
Noble, OK 73068-6210
Phone:
(405) 872-5012
(405) 615-5206
Email:
lynnmelton@localnet.com
melton.lynn30@yahoo.com
Discipline:
Visual art: drawing, painting, mixed media, printmaking and murals
Participants:
Childhood, Adolescents, Adults, Youth at Risk, Older Adults
Settings:
Schools: elementary, middle, high, alternative ed
Community Sites: art centers, libraries, parks, senior and recreation centers
Availability:
Statewide; year-round
Bio:
Lynn Melton has a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Montana State University. She specializes in printmaking, painting, mosaics, murals, pen and ink, and drawing with pastels and charcoal. She has been a Resident Artist since 1999 and with the Oklahoma Arts Council since 2000. Melton has been a professional free-lance artist since the 1970's, participating in numerous art shows and commission work, doing paintings of different media and drawing characters. She has illustrated for Saxon Publishing and has been a lab manager for "custom Developing and Finishing" in Moore in charge of Retouching and Restoring Photographs.
Learning Goals:
- Increase skills of seeing and observation
- Understand color and how to use the color wheel
- Learn the basics of drawing using geometric shapes
- Build communication and storytelling through art
- Understand how others communicate history through art
- Strengthen self-expression