Join ASI Teacher Sophie and learn about the famous symphony Peter and the Wolf” by Sergei Prokofiev to learn about different sections and instruments within classical symphonic orchestras. How can we connect the sounds they make to the sounds of different animals? At the end of the lesson, we have …
Join ASI Teacher Sophie and learn how to draw a Treble clefs. Treble clefs are some of the most visually iconic and compelling symbols in Western musical notation. Learn about the history of these musical symbols, their significance in musical notation, how to draw their unique forms, and create your own …
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 …
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, …
Do you want to make your own cuddly, fuzzy caterpillar? This lesson uses the nursery rhyme “Little Arabella Miller” as a prompt to learn more about the life cycle of caterpillars and butterflies. Here are the lyrics to “Little Arabella Miller”. (To the tune of “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”) Little …
Your Destination: (objectives) Focus on creating a pattern and repetition through natural materials found outside. Travel kit: (materials) Different colored or textured leaves, flowers, sticks, exct. On the path Collected four or more different natural materials. These should be different colors, shapes, sizes, textures. Two of these materials should be …
