This week we’re going to take inspiration from the Japanese art of Manga! Using colorful construction paper, our previous lessons in color and symmetry take center stage when constructing these fun, fanciful, imaginary bugs. To learn more about Manga, take some time to read through the information at these sites: A 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…
I am a few days late in celebrating International Women’s Day (March 8th) but wanted to contribute a little something I was inspired to create, celebrating an important art movement and time in women’s history. The beauty of the Art Nouveau Artistic Movement is one that captivates me, I find Read more…
Sometimes I just want to do something that seems backwards, out of the norm. I had already experimented with the process of adding salt on top of wet watercolor, but I wondered what would happen if the salt was under the paper. For an experiment like this, watercolor paper would not Read more…