Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Alcohol Ink Speed Painting | Time-lapse Art
Watch me create a non-representational painting using Alcohol Inks on Yupo paper from start to finish! This process is so much fun to work with and to watch. If you want to give it a try yourself, click on the links below for the...
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Your Five Year Old Couldn't Paint This
Jackson Pollock's paintings have a fractal quality to them. This video explores the reasons this may be so captivating.
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The Intervention of the Sabine Women
Living through the French Revolution Jacques-Louis David painted moments in history that helped define civilization. The Intervention of the Sabine Women is in that tradition.
The Art Assignment
BUTTER + EGGS = ART, sometimes
Fluxus was a network of artists who thought anything could be art, and anyone could be an artist. This video explores the food-related work of George Maciunas, Yoko Ono, and Alison Knowles, et al.
The Art Assignment
Make an imprint. | Sopheap Pich | The Art Assignment
In which we meet Cambodian artist Sopheap Pich and receive the assignment to make an IMPRINT. We filmed with Sopheap at Indianapolis Fabrications while he was in town installing a new work for the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
The Art Assignment
The Case for Realism
What's the point of making realistic paintings when photography can do the trick? We look at the history of artists recreating the world as we see it and ponder why it's still happening.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Abstract Portraits inspired by Picasso and Silberzweig- Part 1
This video quickly reviews portraits by Pablo and Sandra Silberzweig, and then inspires students to create an abstract portrait that will be painted using various watercolor techniques. Check out my Watercolor Technique video for 8...
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This Painting is About Democracy
Landscape paintings were HUGE in the early 19th century, and the reason? Well, it's complicated.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Kumihimo: How to Create and Braid on a Loom
In this video you will learn step by step how to create a simple cardboard loom and how to make an eight strand braid. Kumihimo is a Japanese word that means to braid on a loom, and this traditional technique is lots of fun!
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Cardboard Sculpture Techniques
Basic techniques for building sculptures with cardboard.
The Art Assignment
Behind the Banksy Stunt
When Banksy shredded his artwork the moment after it sold at auction, he left many questions unanswered. What are we to make of the stunt?
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Linoleum Carving 101 (Basics)
This video tutorial will teach you how to safely and successfully carve linoleum for printmaking or for bas-relief painting. I will demonstrate carving Wondercut linoleum from Dick Blick using Speedball linoleum block cutters (gouges...
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Abstract Ceramic Sculpture
7th grade classes are creating small, non-representational or abstract sculptures containing at least 10 forms. For CLAY, I always use Amaco White Art Low Fire Clay. For GLAZE, I like Amaco's F Series low fire glazes for SOLID colors Or...
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The Many Meanings of Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère
A close reading of Manet's A Bar at the Folies-Bergère through many different critical lenses.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Smooth and Refine Your Ceramic Sculpture
Middle School Art Demo (Part 3 of the Abstract Ceramic Sculpture Series). For CLAY, I always use Amaco White Art Low Fire Clay. For GLAZE, I like Amaco's F Series low fire glazes for SOLID colors Or for FUN GLAZE colors, I use Amaco's...
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Colored Pencil Realism
2 hour colored pencil timelapse drawing of a photo taken by my husband of my daughter and me. I LOVE Primacolor Colored Pencils!
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Birch Trees At Sunrise: Watercolor Tutorial For Beginners
Paint with me and create your own Winter Wonderland! I will show you how to use masking tape to mask off areas for tree trunks, how to paint a sunrise background, and how to add shadows and texture to your birch trees. Enjoy and have...
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Scream Parodies
In this video, I will demonstrate how to use oil pastels and chalk pastels to create a parody of Edvard Munch's, The Scream. I am using Sakura Cray-Pas Junior Artist Oil Pastels (set of 16) in this video. If you want more colors to work...
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
How To Carve Floral Foam: Abstract Free-Form Subtractive Sculpture Project
This video will teach you the tools, safety precautions, and procedures needed to begin carving floral foam. The example demonstrated is in-the-round, has multiple openings for negative space, and can stand up unassisted. Floral foam can...
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Mixed Media Visual Journal: Idea and Demonstration with Faces
This tutorial will show you how to create a mixed media background for a drawing or painting. I hope it inspires you to create something today!
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Portrait Assemblage Using Clothing
You can make art out of anything...even your laundry!
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
How To Create A Zentangle
Music Credit: The Lightening Strike by Snow Patrol
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The Creation of Adam: Neurology and Neoplatonism
We discuss Michelangelo's famous Sistine Chapel Fresco. It's fun to think the artist was capable of creating an anatomically accurate human brain in the painting, but more fun to discuss Neoplatonism.
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Picasso Captures a Time Period
This Picasso painting is one of his most famous, and one of the most influential and important pieces of art in history. Why?