Let’s get into color theory today! You’ll be learning all about how to make any color from a base of 3 primaries, secondary colors, intermediate colors, shade, tone, value, and hue in this class. Miss Linda’s color wheel template can be found as a downloadable pdf at the Supplemental Materials Read more…
Today’s class starts us on our colored pencil series. Miss Linda goes over the crucial techniques, and a few new tools, needed to create inspired colored pencil drawings. If you’d like a closer look at Miss Linda’s techniques board, there are pictures below, as well as at the Supplemental Materials Read more…
Let’s start our color journey with a fun and unusual way to make a watercolor picture. We’re going to do it without using paint or sheets of paper, and we’ll be using some of our drawing techniques before we start “painting”! You may remember a similar project, the Burst of Color art class, Read more…
Let’s make some fantastic pictures and patterns using an aluminum embossing technique! If you can get some 36 gauge aluminum craft sheets, they are my favorite material to use for this lesson. If not, just grab some heavy duty aluminum foil or a clean disposable aluminum pie plate; I had Read more…
Let’s have some wild and crazy fun with irregular patterns! Miss Linda uses the Maori koru as inspiration for this week’s lesson, showing you how to combine 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional techniques to make one cool piece of nature-inspired artwork. Miss Linda’s example of her koru inspired artwork is below or Read more…
Paisley is a beautiful artform, owing its origin to the Boteh design of the Persian Dynasty and the Mankolam of the Tamil culture. Our project this week adds to our previous symmetry and pattern lessons, by creating our own ornate paisley motifs. You can learn more about paisley here: https://www.paisley.org.uk/2013/01/roots-of-the-paisley-pattern/ The Read more…
This week we’re going to discover patterns! I’ll share two projects with you that build on your knowledge from last week’s symmetry lesson and bring in some fun, bright colors. Below, and at the Supplemental Materials page, are examples of my projects from this lesson. The materials you’ll need in this Read more…
We start our January classes with a lesson on symmetry using the Japanese art of Notan as our inspiration. Time to practice our scissor skills and challenge our sense of design! The symmetry printout and some examples of Miss Linda’s completed Notan are available below and at the Supplemental Materials page. if you’re looking to Read more…
Let’s make a vivid underwater scene using a reverse print technique with pastels today! This 3-step process takes some time to complete, but you’ll be so happy with your artwork when you’re finished. I like using a rainbow of color here like my artist inspiration Karla Gerard, and think the results Read more…
Texture is so important to our artistic practice. We can simulate texture in our drawings and watercolor paintings. We can make texture using oil paints or clay. We can even use a variety of found or created texture in our sculptures. Interest in our art pieces is developed through our Read more…