I received a phone call in my classroom one day from a friend asking if we could use Styrofoam for a project. She said she recently ordered a large shipment and each box came with a piece of styrofoam. “YES!” I said excitedly. I’m always happy to repurpose Styrofoam into art to avoid it filling … Read more
Welcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to create a neurographic artwork mixed with zentangle patterns! Neurographic art is inspired by the methods from Pavel Piskarev, psychologist and inventor of Neurographica. This mindful activity helps artists to build skills using the element of art LINE to create organic SHAPES. Compositions can then be refined … Read more
Are you a beginning artist looking to build your skills? This step by step video tutorial of a 1/2 cartoon digital portrait 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! This post includes materials list, … Read more
After nearly a decade of teaching secondary students, I’ve had a lot of time to test out a variety of 2d art projects. Let’s face it: as teachers, sometimes we plan and plan and plan. We are so excited to deliver the project, and then… it flops. Students are uninterested and the final products aren’t … Read more