Skip to contentLooking to build your skills in drawing portraiture with charcoal? This post guides artists through how to use charcoal to draw a realistic portrait. Additionally, this post shows artists how to use a basic grid system to aid in drawing realistically.* Hey educators! Scroll below to purchase this ready-for-class instructional lesson.*Materials list:*NOTE: As an Amazon Associate, I may earn commission from purchase of recommended links. All links come personally recommended by me. *Step 1:Take a portrait photograph. For this project, it is helpful to have a...…Skip to contentLooking to build your skills in drawing portraiture with charcoal? This post guides artists through how to use charcoal to draw a realistic portrait. Additionally, this post shows artists how to use a basic grid system to aid in drawing realistically.* Hey educators! Scroll below to purchase this ready-for-class instructional lesson.*Materials list:*NOTE: As an Amazon Associate, I may earn commission from purchase of recommended links. All links come personally recommended by me. *Step 1:Take a portrait photograph. For this project, it is helpful to have a...WW…

Skip to contentAre you a beginning artist looking to build your skills with digital drawing? This step by step video tutorial of a 1980’s inspired landscape with 1 point perspective is a great activity to develop your skills. This tutorial shows how to use layers, a variety of tools, and more! It’s fairly easy, yet produces a really cool result! So let’s make some digital marks…* Hey educators! Scroll below to purchase this ready-for-class instructional lesson.*What materials will I need? In my tutorial, I will be using a free web-based drawing...…Skip to contentAre you a beginning artist looking to build your skills with digital drawing? This step by step video tutorial of a 1980’s inspired landscape with 1 point perspective is a great activity to develop your skills. This tutorial shows how to use layers, a variety of tools, and more! It’s fairly easy, yet produces a really cool result! So let’s make some digital marks…* Hey educators! Scroll below to purchase this ready-for-class instructional lesson.*What materials will I need? In my tutorial, I will be using a free web-based drawing...WW…

Skip to contentWelcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to create a mixed media abstract artwork that employs the principle of design: EMPHASIS. Emphasis is creating an area in an artwork that stands out against others. This is also known as a focal point. There are many different technique that artists use to create emphasis such as placement, size, contrast, and more. This activity helps artists to deepen knowledge of EMPHASIS, work in a spontaneous and expressionist style, and explore how to effectively layer mixed media to create a composition.* Hey...…Skip to contentWelcome! This blog post features a guided tutorial of how to create a mixed media abstract artwork that employs the principle of design: EMPHASIS. Emphasis is creating an area in an artwork that stands out against others. This is also known as a focal point. There are many different technique that artists use to create emphasis such as placement, size, contrast, and more. This activity helps artists to deepen knowledge of EMPHASIS, work in a spontaneous and expressionist style, and explore how to effectively layer mixed media to create a composition.* Hey...WW…

Skip to contentWelcome! This blog post features a guided perspective drawing to create a 2 point perspective city for BEGINNERS. For this activity, you will need a piece of white paper, pencil, eraser, and ruler. This drawing can be finalized in many ways— such as using sharpie, collage, colored pencils, paint and more! Get creative and think about how you can put your own unique details into your 2 point perspective cityscape. Have fun! *Hey educators! scroll below to purchase an instructional presentation of this guided drawing.* IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER BEFORE YOU BEGIN!As...…Skip to contentWelcome! This blog post features a guided perspective drawing to create a 2 point perspective city for BEGINNERS. For this activity, you will need a piece of white paper, pencil, eraser, and ruler. This drawing can be finalized in many ways— such as using sharpie, collage, colored pencils, paint and more! Get creative and think about how you can put your own unique details into your 2 point perspective cityscape. Have fun! *Hey educators! scroll below to purchase an instructional presentation of this guided drawing.* IMPORTANT THINGS TO REMEMBER BEFORE YOU BEGIN!As...WW…