Blog posts about art making
Are you a beginning artist looking to build your skills drawing a human face in proportion? This step by step tutorial is a great activity to develop your skills. This tutorial features a step by step guide with photos and written directions. Let’s get started! * Hey educators! Scroll below to purchase this ready-for-class instructional lesson.* What is … Read more
I recently started doodling these funky organic forms stacking upon one another. The forms were relaxing and calming to draw. I really got lost in this. As an art teacher, I loved all the different art concepts drawing helps to develop. Some of these concepts include: This lesson can be drawn with pencil and then … Read more
Welcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to create a monochromatic winter landscape painting. This activity helps artists to build skills using the elements of art: COLOR, SPACE & VALUE. A monochromatic color scheme shows variations of tints, tones and shades of one color. This composition can be done with a range of … Read more
Looking to explore drawing a portrait that uses COLORED LIGHT to create visual interest? This post guides artists through how to draw a gridded portrait that emphasizes the subject’s EYES using colored pencils on black paper to render colored light sources. Additionally, this post shows artists how to use a basic grid system to aid … Read more
Looking to build your skills in drawing portraiture with charcoal? This post guides artists through how to use charcoal to draw a realistic portrait. Additionally, this post shows artists how to use a basic grid system to aid in drawing realistically. * Hey educators! Scroll below to purchase this ready-for-class instructional lesson.* Materials list: *NOTE: As an Amazon … Read more
Welcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to create a geometric, Bauhaus-inspired paper collage. Prior to beginning, it is helpful to learn more about the Bauhaus art movement. Some of the key characteristics of Bauhaus art includes (1) simple, geometric shapes, (2) basic color schemes, and (3) asymmetrical balance. This activity challenges artists … Read more
Teaching beginning artists how to draw perspective does not have to be a stressful struggle! Below are my 10 favorite, tried-and-true, guided drawing activities to help any artists to feel confident in this fundamental art skill. Prior to beginning… Before I start teaching my beginning artists how to draw perspective, a few concepts that I … Read more
Welcome! This blog post features a guided perspective drawing to create a 2 point perspective city for BEGINNERS. For this activity, you will need a piece of white paper, pencil, eraser, and ruler. This drawing can be finalized in many ways— such as using sharpie, collage, colored pencils, paint and more! Get creative and think … Read more
Welcome! This blog post features a guided perspective drawing to create a 1 point perspective landscape featuring railroad tracks, a railroad station, and more! For this activity, you will need a piece of white paper, pencil, eraser, and ruler. This drawing can be finalized in many ways— such as using sharpie, collage, colored pencils, paint … Read more
I recently started doodling these funky organic, overlapping, op-art towers. The rhythmic lines were relaxing and calming to draw. I really got lost in this. As an art teacher, I loved all the different art concepts drawing helps to develop. Some of these concepts include: * Hey educators! Scroll below to purchase this ready-for-class instructional lesson.* This blog … Read more