Blog posts about art teaching
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Welcome! Imagine you are an architect who has been hired to design a tiny cottage for a fairy or other little woodland creature to live in? This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to draw a mix ‘n match fairy cottage. It’s very open ended and allows artists to be creative with their … Read more
If art teachers had a quarter for every time they heard a student say, “I’m done. What can I do next?“… we would retire early and comfortably. While it takes a bit of extra work in the beginning, it can be really beneficial throughout the year to have some plans in place to help with … Read more