Image created by Maritza Lohman for Art Sphere Inc. Esther Huser is a Swiss artist who uses mimesis and photorealism to create realistic paintings of photographs she takes of nature, including fruits, vegetables, animals, and cabbage patches in particular! Today, try your best to create a realistic drawing of a …
Image created by Maritza Lohman for Art Sphere Inc. Kara Walker is an African American artist who uses silhouettes to depict scenes of slavery. You can check out Kara Walker’s work on her website. You can also check out this video of a sculpture Kara Walker made. Today, create your …
Image created by Maritza Lohman for Art Sphere Inc. Explore three artistic movements through the works of one artist: Lyubov Popova, a Russian woman who was born in 1899 and died in 1924. Today’s project is inspired by Popova’s work with Suprematism, an artistic movement that focuses on geometric forms …
Elizabeth Catlett is an African American artist who worked in a lot of different mediums, including prints, woodcuts, and linocuts. Her work focuses on themes of social injustice, the human condition, historical figures, and the relationship between mother and child. She was born in 1915 and died in 2012 at …
Laurel Burch was a self-taught American artist from San Francisco. She suffered from osteoporosis throughout her life, a rare disease that makes bones fragile, and therefore very easy to break. Because of her disease, she spent a lot of time in the hospital, where she made much of her art. …
Yayoi Kusama Exhibition, Image by Lizzy Shaanan Pikiwiki Israel, (CC BY 2.5), via Wikimedia Commons Image created by Maritza Lohman for Art Sphere Inc. Yayoi Kusama, born in Japan in 1928, is a multimedia artist who does performances, writes poetry, and creates installations, sculptures, and paintings. Throughout these varying mediums, …
Image created by Maritza Lohman, for Art Sphere Inc. Alma Thomas was an African American woman born in 1891 in Georgia, and she moved to Washington D.C. later in life. In 1924, she became Howard University’s first fine arts graduate and the first African American with a fine arts degree. …
Lesson: Students will learn about artists that influenced the Cubist movement, such as Picasso. By creating a simple bouquet of flowers, they will be able to learn the characters of Cubism and how to create art in this style. Materials: Paper, crayons, or oil pastels; construction paper Directions: Step 1: With a black crayon, …
