Discover how to build your art foundation skills and express your creativity by learning different art techniques.
See Lorna Simpson Art Make art like Lorna Simpson, an African American artist based in New York who uses various mediums to question identity, gender, race and history, with a focus on African American women. Today’s inspiration comes from her recent focus on hair. She uses photographs of African American …
Similar to how we have an alphabet that represents sounds to form words that can be read, written and spoken in English, Ancient Egypt had their own writing system called hieroglyphs. Hieroglyphs are stylized pictures of objects representing words, syllables, or sounds. There are over 1,000 distinct characters. Egyptians would …
This year, the first day of summer occurs this Saturday on the 20th of June. Even with social distancing, there are still plenty of things to do this summer like riding a bike or a skateboard! Practice drawing a bicycle with this handout to celebrate the beginning of summer! Click …
Image from book, Expanding the Creative Mind through Mixed Media Book-2, by Greta Heeb Your destination: (objectives) Create a portrait using only pasta. Travel kit: (materials) Pasta, construction paper, glue, pencil. On the path Step 1 Create a quick sketch of the person you are choosing to recreate on a …
Image from ASI Lesson Book-4, (Expanding the Creative Mind through Mixed Media Book-4), by Greta Heeb Your destination: (objectives) This lesson allows the students to explore texture and movement in painting. Travel kit: (materials) Utensils, thick paper or canvas, paint brush, paint. On the path Step 1 Use your paint …
Image from ASI Lesson Book-4, (Expanding the Creative Mind through Mixed Media Book-4), by Greta Heeb Image from ASI Lesson Book-4, (Expanding the Creative Mind through Mixed Media Book-4), by Greta Heeb Your destination: (objectives) Give a simple 3D lesson bycreating an illusion out of line and color. Travel kit: …
Image from ASI Lesson Book-4, (Expanding the Creative Mind through Mixed Media Book-4), by Greta Heeb Your destination: (objectives) Create a chart with a color wheel in the shape of a flower that includes labeled primary and secondary colors and also ROYGBIV. Travel kit: (materials) Something to color with,paper, pen/marker …
Image from ASI Lesson Book-4, (Expanding the Creative Mind through Mixed Media Book-4), by Greta Heeb Your Destination: (objectives) Teach the students about symmetry by creating a fun design. travel kit: (materials) Markers, Paper, 3 different sized bowls. on the path step 1 First take your bowls and create three …
