Today’s art class uses cardboard and paper to make some beautiful folk art. We’re making masks out of materials that might otherwise end up in a landfill. You can design this mask to be a self portrait, to look like someone you know, or go crazy and pull a face directly 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…
As is usually the case with my artwork, it all began with an experiment. For years I’ve been practicing a technique using plastic wrap and watercolors, itself the result of experimentation. This combination creates a beautiful and unique finish, that I enjoy and am so comfortable with. But getting so comfortable Read more…
Today I wanted to bring out a unique, and what may seem unusual, material for some 3-D sculpture fun, gummed paper tape. I love finding new ways to use unexpected materials in our art lessons, using a material you’ve never tried before is an adventure and important to our art Read more…