How to draw an dragon eye

Welcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to draw a dragon eye for beginners. This activity helps artists to build skills using the elements of art: LINE, VALUE, and COLOR. Additionally, this lesson explores how to create a sense of IMPLIED TEXTURE, which is suggesting how something looks like it would feel in a … Read more

Winter Art Projects

Looking for a list of fun winter art projects to entertain a variety of ages and skill levels? Whether you are an artist, art teacher, parent, or other… check out some of my tried and true art projects for the winter season! Hope you find something useful and fun to suit your needs. PAINT A … Read more

How to make a mini room

Welcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to craft a DIY mini room and challenges the creator to think like an interior designer. The goal is to make the mini room have a sense of UNITY, which is an important principle of design. Unity in art can be achieved when the visual … Read more

How to paint a still life of a hot cocoa mug

Welcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to paint a still life of a hot cocoa mug. This activity helps artists to build skills using the elements of art, VALUE & COLOR, to create a sense of 3D FORM.  Furthermore, it helps artists to understand how the LIGHT SOURCE affects the shadows … Read more

How to draw a bear in a sweater!

Welcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to draw a cozy bear in a winter sweater. This activity helps artists to build skills using hatching lines to create IMPLIED TEXTURE and repeating shapes, colors, and lines to create PATTERNS. This lesson can be finalized with so many different art materials ranging from colored … Read more

How to create analogous color rainbow ribbons

Welcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to create a composition of rainbow ribbons. This activity helps artists to build skills in COLOR THEORY, specifically working with analogous color schemes. Additionally, the composition helps artists to improve their skills of creating blended GRADIENTS, which are gradual transitions of colors into one another. While the … Read more

How to create a color wheel in an eye

Welcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to create a color wheel in an eye. This activity helps artists to build skills in COLOR THEORY and drawing the ANATOMY of the human eye. This composition can be done with a range of art materials, but acrylic paint and India ink is recommended. Using … Read more

How to draw a curved, checkerboard hallway

curved checkerboard hallway

Welcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to draw a funky, curved hallway with checkerboard walls. This activity helps artists to build skills using the elements of art: SPACE, LINE, & VALUE. This composition can be done with a range of art materials, and finalized with creative color choices. To begin, all you will … Read more

How to create a POP ART onomatopoeia!

Pop artist, Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997), created unique artworks inspired by comics. A great deal of his art features onomatopoeia, which are words that sound the way it sounds. Some examples include ZAP, POP, CLASH, ZING, BOOM, SPLAT, PURR, BUZZ, and many more! His works often used primary colors, bold outlines, and Ben Day dots. This … Read more

Analyzing the Proportions of the Human Face

Are you a beginning artist looking to deepen your understanding of the proportions of the human face? Check out this blog post below, where you can follow along with a printed worksheet. Click here to print the worksheet. Use a red colored pencil and follow along with the tutorial below to draw lines and make … Read more