Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Creating a Landscape with Alcohol Inks
Watch how I mixed colors and painted with alcohol inks to create a landscape. I use Jacquard Alcohol Inks and I have the nine color set. I used the Jacquard Clean Up Solution as well, and recommend a larger bottle.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
How to Make a Coffee Filter Tie Dye
In this short tutorial my 5 year old daughter and I will teach you how to create a coffee filter tie dye at home! Kids and parents alike will love this easy activity that I recommend for people of ALL ages and abilities! This would be a...
The Art Assignment
What, How, Where - Responses | The Art Assignment
This week we feature some of our favorite responses to Florian Rivière & Jim Walker’s art assignment “What, How, Where” presented, this time, by all of you!
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
How to Create an Acrylic Gel Medium Image Transfer for Mixed Media Art
This tutorial will quickly show you how to use acrylic gel medium or Mod Podge to create an image transfer from a magazine paper. I will also share with you ideas for how to incorporate this technique into mixed media paintings.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
How to Draw a Pumpkin with Colored Pencils
How to Draw a Pumpkin with Colored Pencils!
The Art Assignment
What's Your Problem? | Ghana Think Tank | The Art Assignment
This week we head to Tijuana, Mexico to talk with John Ewing, Carmen Montoya, and Christopher Robbins of Ghana Think Tank, who are working on a project to encourage communication at the U.S-Mexico border.
The Art Assignment
Explore a place you see every day. | Assaf Evron | The Art Assignment
We visit Assaf Evron in Chicago to consider how photography can help us see the familiar places we visit everyday differently.
The Art Assignment
Better Know Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
You've likely seen this glassy-eyed late 19th Century barmaid before, but what can we make of this painting today? Let's explore Edouard Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère.
The Art Assignment
Body in Place | Maria Gaspar | The Art Assignment
This week we meet with Maria Gaspar, an artist deeply invested in her community on the west side of Chicago. For her assignment, she asks you to engage with your community by adding yourself to the picture.
The Art Assignment
Questions! | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
We may be on vacation this week but that doesn't mean that The Art Assignment is! Nature permitting, we're going to try to answer some of our favorite questions submitted by you, dear viewers.
Indigo Artbox
Happy Holidays from Indigo Artbox!
Art Kits Inspired by Art History with Online Instruction
The Art Assignment
Leave a message for "The One That Got Away" | Oliver Blank | The Art Assignment
This week we meet with English artist Oliver Blank who explores our sense of time and place through public installations. And this time we make an artwork together.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Taxidermy Trophy Heads in Paper Mache: PART 1 Art Lesson | Preparation for Paper Mache
This art lesson is part one of a series on how to create Taxidermy Trophy Heads using Paper Mache. The lesson was created for 7th grade sculpture, but could be adapted for other ages. Products used in this video lesson are: Paper Mache...
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Mixed Media Contrast Painting
Make art with me! This tutorial will show start to finish how to create a mixed media contrast painting. This project is suitable to grades 7 and up, and I will doing it with my 7th graders. Enjoy!
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Experimenting with Just a Line App from Google
Check out this cool new Google app called “Just a Line!” It is an experiment with augmented reality and YOU can get in on the experience for free! Try it out and let me know what you come up with!
Curated Video
Anne Boleyn & Elizabeth I as Modern Women. Resemblance Through Time.
I'm an artist that uses photoshop to bring old images and statues into the modern day. I use photo-compositing and digital drawing techniques to achieve a more photo-realistic appearance. Today I'm comparing my modern-day re-creations of...
Amor Sciendi
The Harvesters and Early Modern Economics
We discuss Bruegel's great painting The Harvesters and the development of the advanced early modern Dutch economy.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Movement and Rhythm: Chalk Mirroring And Finger Smudging Art Lesson
Bring movement and rhythm into artwork with two chalk or charcoal techniques inspired by contemporary artists Heather Hansen and Judith Braun! This lesson is appropriate for all ages and experience levels.
Indigo Artbox
Indigo Artbox Sneak Peek
Learn about art history, get supplies delivered, and watch a how-to video to get you started making your own work of fine art.
Amor Sciendi
Melancholia I: Astrology, Medicine, and Magic Squares
Here we discuss the role of Astrology in Renaissance Medicine while looking at Albrecht Durer's famous print from 1514. The plate can be found in the Staatliche Kunsthalle gallery in Karlsruhe Germany.
Amor Sciendi
A Message in a Garden
We visit the Gardens of Versailles to look at the extraordinary work of Andre Le Nortre, and Absolute Monarchy through the lens of Garden designing.
Curated Video
What Would Saladin Look Like Today? History & Image Reveal
I'm an artist that uses photoshop to bring old images and statues into the modern day. I use photo-compositing and digital drawing techniques to achieve a more photo-realistic appearance. Welcome to the history and reveal of my Saladin...
Indigo Artbox
Paul Cezanne: 6 Minute Art History Video
Learn about Paul Cezanne, one of the greatest painters of our time.