Blog posts about art teaching
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
Welcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to create a landscape painting using a unique art medium: coffee! This activity helps artists to build skills using the elements of art SPACE & VALUE, deepen knowledge of ATMOSPHERIC PERSPECTIVE, and explore how to use natural ingredients to blend your own color pigments. In this … 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 1 point perspective room interior. 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 about … Read more