I?ve started a drive to help my friend Winter, who has for years run a free school for some of the poorest kids in Haiti. I met him in my travels year...
I made this tutorial in hopes that students could break some of the habits I see often regarding trees. All they need to do is make the branches skinn...
Here?s one thing I know … kids love to work with clay, yet ceramic clay requires resources that are not always available. There is an alternativ...
If you paint a wash of India ink over an oil pastel drawing you get a very dramatic result. Shown are the brands that worked well together for this pa...
Well, maybe not glass exactly, but painted acetate doesn?t quite have the same ring to it. At any rate, I did have fun today playing around wit...
Here?s a fun way to add a little writing to a self-portrait project. Students that are just learning to write can draw themselves and then label thing...
If I?ve learned one thing about oil pastels, it?s that the best results come from working with very simple shapes. They also allow for more experiment...
My Art Camp is starting in just a few days, and so I?d like to share my plan for the first day. This image, by the way, which I love, comes from someo...
Here?s another idea for a holiday art fundraiser. The winter theme satisfies all the parents that prefer seasonal art, and I like that it can easily b...
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I’ve tried many projects for new kinders over the past ten years, and this is now my favorite. It?s simply drawing stars with oil pastels and th...
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My September newsletter is going out next week, so sign up now if you want to get my latest drawing tutorial. This Killer Whale drawing is good for st...
Henri Matisse was a French artist, known for his use of color. After losing the ability to paint late in life, he explored and mastered the art of pap...
This has got to be one of my favorite colored murals, sent in by art teacher Stephanie Schobel. Her students at King Kamehameha III School in Hawaii m...
One of my favorite combos is Sharpie Brush Markers and mini canvases. You just can?t beat the color and precision that you can get with these. 1. Foll...
Here?s my canvas project from last year, finally on display at the local library in Studio City, CA. Each 18″ x 36″ canvas has self portra...
For all the CA Mission Drawing teachers out there, here?s a chance to win some of the brown paper that I love make for my students. It?s 12″ x 1...
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I love these little popsicle stick boxes, especially now that I figured out how to make a fancy lid for them. Students need to build them in a spiral ...
Here are the supplies I ended up using to make today’s air dry clay owls. I switched from plastic wrap to sheets of aluminum foil after I envisi...
How about making it ?Opposite Day? in art class, where scribbling is not only allowed, but encouraged? This lesson could tie in Jasper Johns for his t...
I?ve been having fun experimenting with black glue painting on acetate. What I have learned so far is that black acrylic mixed with white glue (roughl...
I?m determined to find a way to make simple boxes out of craft sticks, but not in the traditional flat stacking way. That uses way too many sticks. I ...
Want to make sure no one accidentally takes your pencil? And show the world how creative you are at the same time? Try coloring with them with Sharpie...
I had a chance to collaborate recently with the marketing department at Strathmore Paper, and really enjoyed developing this cover artwork for a new p...
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Let?s face it, Volkswagon Beetle cars are cute. Here?s how I would draw one, if someone asked. ? View and download VW Beetle Car Tutorial
I made this owl project today for my very young after school artists (mostly kinder and 1st graders). They did really well, drawing owls of all shapes...
George Rodrigue (1944 ? 2013) is best known for his Blue Dog paintings, which catapulted him to worldwide fame in the early 1990s. I love that he pain...
I?m starting a new air dry clay class tomorrow, and plan to begin with simple coil or ball shaped bowls. They will be rolled and pressed to a baby foo...
Today was the last day of my art camp, so I thought I?d share a few things that worked out, and some that didn’t. 1. This pasta mosaic was my fa...
I wanted to make my art room more festive, but couldn?t bring myself to buy those plastic streamers. My solution? Homemade painted coffee filter flags...
