Blog posts about art teaching
In a world inundated with a constant flow of visual input and an ever increasing mode of communicating through images, it’s never been more important to be visually literate. What is visual literacy? Visual literacy is the skill of understanding, analyzing, evaluating and creating visual images. From the moment we begin processing visual input from … Read more
Welcome! This blog post features a step by step tutorial with photos to hand sew an adorable pop tart plushie. This is a great activity for a beginner who has little/no experience with sewing. Is hand sewing really a life skill we need to learn nowadays? You can buy everything… there are sewing machines…. there … 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
Are you a beginning artist looking to build your skills with digital drawing? This step by step tutorial of a pumpkin is a great activity to develop your skills. This tutorial shows how to use layers, opacity, blending, and more! It’s fairly easy, yet produces a really cool result! So let’s make some digital marks… … 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
Are you a beginning artist looking to build your skill in painting outer space? Are you looking to put the ‘A’ into STEAM? This step by step tutorial of an outer space landscape is a great activity to develop your skills. This tutorial shows how to create glowing light sources, 3d planets, and more! So … Read more
Are you a beginning artist looking to build your skills with digital drawing? This step by step video tutorial of a 1980’s inspired landscape with 1 point perspective is a great activity to develop your skills. This tutorial shows how to use layers, a variety of tools, and more! It’s fairly easy, yet produces a … Read more
Welcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to create a mixed media abstract artwork that employs the principle of design: EMPHASIS. Emphasis is creating an area in an artwork that stands out against others. This is also known as a focal point. There are many different technique that artists use to create … Read more