Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
How to Edit Videos for YouTube on iPhone
Video demonstrations are very helpful for visual learners. After watching this demonstration, try creating your own video using iMovie! This video was created by Bethany Thiele for the 2018 LCPS Art Teacher PD.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
How to Make a Tunnel Book
Make a tunnel book with my husband and teacher, Ryan Thiele!
The Art Assignment
Do a surface test. | Kim Beck | The Art Assignment
You probably made rubbings in elementary school, but Kim Beck views rubbings as field recordings. She wants you to take a snapshot of a particular place by making a rubbing of the ground you're standing on.
The Art Assignment
Connect with your neighbor through film. | Jon Rubin | The Art Assignment
This week we meet with Jon Rubin, a Pittsburgh based artist whose practice often focuses on cultural exchange, pushing us to imagine other people and their lives more complexly. For his assignment, he asks you to do the same by bridging...
The Art Assignment
Make It, then Break It. | Carolina Borja and Amy Toscani | The Art Assignment
We went to ArtPrize and met up with Minneapolis based artists Carolina Borja and Amy Toscani. Their exhibit this year invited the audience to destroy the large-scale handmade piñatas that they had spent hours constructing. And now it’s...
Amor Sciendi
Bouguereau Vs. Renoir
Why are some artists popular in their time, but are forgotten later? We discuss this question by looking at Bouguereau and Renoir, two artists from the 1880's, and compare their styles set against the backdrop of the culture in which...
Indigo Artbox
How to draw with soft chalk pastels (using Degas for inspiration!)
Soft chalk pastels are a fun medium to try out. Learn how to draw and blend with them!
Curated Video
Leonardo Da Vinci Brought to Life: His Story, Legacy & My Reconstructed Images
I'm an artist that brings history back to life by creating famous figures from the past in the modern day, as well as creating facial reconstructions and recreations. Leonardo Da Vinci is one of the most famous inventors, painters,...
Curated Video
Famous Musicians Recreated as Modern-day Men: Beethoven, Chevalier de Saint Georges & Mozart.
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.
The Art Assignment
Vanessa Hill of BrainCraft | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
We interview the remarkable Vanessa Hill, creator of BrainCraft, a production of PBS Digital Studios, which explores psychology, neuroscience & why we act the way we do.
Amor Sciendi
Perceiving Women: a Couple paintings by Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt is a great American Experessinist painting who lived in France. This is the story of how she played with the tropes of female representation in her work.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Google Vector Drawing Tutorial for Beginners
This video will teach beginners how to create a vector drawing using Google Drawing (which is FREE and available to EVERYONE on Google Drive!)
The Art Assignment
Create a desktop monument.| Lee Boroson | The Art Assignment
In which we visit artist Lee Boroson in his summer studio in upstate New York, where he was hard at work on his exhibition at Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art, which opened this week! Boroson assigns us to create a desktop monument.
Curated Video
New York: Great Art Cities Explained
Abstract Expressionism would emerge from a post-war mood of anxiety and trauma. These were artists who, like the surrealists before them had a profound interest in the unconscious mind. They produced work that may have been abstract but...
Amor Sciendi
Don't Piss Off Michelangelo
We break our rule and discuss artist and patron in this short video about a story about Michaelangelo's famous tempter and how it manifested during his painting of the Last Judgement Fresco.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Layering Oil Pastels for Realistic Textures, Colors, and Values
In this tutorial I’ll walk you through some steps to practice using oil pastels to create more realistic drawings. Check our my next video, Drawing Animal Eyes, after this practice! I am using Sakura Cray-Pas Junior Artist Oil Pastels...
The Wall Street Journal
Beyond The Canvas: Ideas, Culture and Art
Adam Pendleton unpacks the concept of "Black Dada" that is central to his work and discusses how his creations inform cultural conversations about race in America.
Amor Sciendi
Il Duomo: Brunelleschi and the Dawn of Renaissance Architecture
We discuss the cupola of the Santa Maria del Fiore, and Brunelleschi's many inventions along the way. Genius is a word often thrown around, but rarely is it more appropriate than here.
Indigo Artbox
How to Draw & Paint With Watercolors
Learn simple tricks to draw a horse and paint with watercolor
Amor Sciendi
How We See Art
The Art and Science of "Seeing" La Rue Montorgueil by Claude Monet "If only we could pull out our brain and use only our eyes." Pablo Picasso
The Art Assignment
The Case for Conceptual Art
Sometimes art is paintings, and sometimes it's a chair. Why? Let's learn about "Conceptual Art," where the idea is more important than the form.
Amor Sciendi
The Horses of St. Mark's Square
The Horses of St. Mark's Square have a complicated history that passes through ancient Greece, Rome, eaerly Christianity, the High Renaissance, and Napolean's France. This is history through their eyes.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Part 1: Ceramic Fireplace (Architectural Design)
Create a ceramic fireplace that can serve as a unique candle holder! This video is part 1 of a series. LINK TO PART TWO AT THE END! KEEP CREATING! :) For CLAY, I always use Amaco White Art Low Fire Clay. For GLAZE, I like Amaco's F...