Blog posts about art teaching
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
Welcome! This blog post features a guided perspective drawing to create a 2 point perspective graffiti brick wall. 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, colored pencils, paint and more! Get creative and think about … Read more
This blog post features step by step directions to help artists to build a 3d creature head. A creature might be a robot, a dragon, a monster, and so much more. Artists have the choice of either displaying their creature head as (option 1) a wall mounted relief or (option 2) a wearable mask. Also … Read more
Perhaps it’s my sweet tooth or my love of the holiday season, but the thought of a gingerbread house warms my heart. Around the holidays, I love to draw gingerbread houses. Drawing a house from my imagination takes away the limits of my materials and the laws of physics. I can get really creative with … Read more
Looking for a fun and eye catching winter-themed painting to do this holiday season? Check out this step by step wreath painting. I paint mine on a wooden round, but this could also be done effectively on canvas. This blog post features guided photos with directions and recommend material list. I hope you enjoy! Materials … Read more
Did you know that many butterfly and other pollinating insect populations are declining due to habitat loss, changes in climate, and pesticide/herbicide use? One thing that humans can do to change this decline is to plant a butterfly garden with nectar producing plants to help these lovely creatures feed and thrive. Our school has a … Read more
I really enjoy the process of painting and drawing on a black surface. The black paper sets your deepest shadows, and your job as the artist is to bring the light and color to life. You are essentially creating LIGHT with color, how cool is that? If you are new to working on black paper … Read more