Indigo Artbox
How to Draw with Oil Pastels and Create Perspective
Learn how to draw with oil pastels and learn about art history! Art supplies delivered, projects inspired by art history.
Curated Video
Vincent Van Gogh's The Starry Night: Great Art Explained
Vincent van Gogh was a largely self-taught artist who didn’t pick up a paintbrush until he was 30 years old. Just seven years later, he would be dead. It was really his last four years where he developed the style we would come to know...
Indigo Artbox
Watercolor, Inspired by Kandinsky!
Watch and learn as we attempt a Kandinksy-esque watercolour. What styles and techniques can you see that are characteristic of Kandinsky? And what do they convey to you?
Amor Sciendi
Horses of St. Mark's square? or more complicated?
The Horses of St. Mark's Square in Venice have an interesting history. They have been moved around the world and have witnessed some of its great, and terrifying moments.
Amor Sciendi
Les Demoiselles d'Avignon; Relativity and the Unconscious
Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon explains the feeling of being alive in 1907.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Clay Coil Bowls- Part one
For CLAY, I always use Amaco White Art Low Fire Clay. Here is a link to 50 lb. box! https://amzn.to/2TbJb5q For GLAZE, I like Amaco's F Series low fire glazes for SOLID colors: https://amzn.to/2MjVdr4 Or for FUN GLAZE colors, I use...
Amor Sciendi
Prehistoric Cave Art from Font de Gaume Cave - MENA
We discuss mankind's beautiful ability to think abstractly while looking at cave paintings.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
How to Draw a Room in One Point Linear Perspective | Art Lesson
The worksheet used in this demonstration was created by Dawn Pendersen and is available to print here: http://paintedbydawn.com/lesson-docs/art_2006_1point_persp_room.pdf
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Marbleizing Paper for Beginners!
Discover the joy of MARBLEIZING! Here are the products I recommend: Marbling Kit (this one has alum, colors, and methocel instead of carrageenan) Carrageenan, if you prefer this over methocel Alum HAVE FUN!!! Music by BenSound.com
Indigo Artbox
Learn how to make an art collage
Using art history for inspiration. Let Kurt Schwitters inspire you to make art!
The Art Assignment
The Case for Video Art
What is video art? How is it any different from all the other moving pictures that are apparently not-art? Let's explore its history and present.
The Art Assignment
The Case for Abstraction | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
For much of human history, people made art by trying to represent the world as it appeared around them. Until about 100 years ago, when a bunch of artists stopped trying to do that. It was shocking then and it still upsets and confounds...
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Simple Watercolor Flower Tutorial
This tutorial will show you how to create simple watercolor flowers. This watercolor set of 16 colors by Prang is GREAT to start with! Along with watercolor paint, you will need watercolor paper.
Amor Sciendi
The Portraits of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
An explanation of Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's paintings
The Art Assignment
How to Critique | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Today we discuss the conventions of art critique and explore the possibility of the internet as an arena for constructive critique. Can we do it?! Recommended reading: Matthew Goulish, 39 Microlectures: In Proximity of Performance (2000)...
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Watercolor and Wrap Tutorial
Watch how to use plastic wrap and marker designs to make a cool, nonobjective watercolor painting! Along with watercolor paint, you will need watercolor paper.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Mini Mandala Tutorial
Create a mini watercolor mandala with me! The watercolor set of 16 colors by Prang is GREAT to start with! Along with watercolor paint, you will need watercolor paper.
The Art Assignment
The Case for Impressionism
Impressionism is one of the best known and loved movements in Art History, but why? We present a case for why Impressionism is interesting and worth your attention and admiration, beyond the famous names behind it of Claude Monet, Berthe...
Amor Sciendi
Guernica: War and Art
We discuss Picasso's great image of Guernica with help from a Subscriber, Andy Hess.
The Art Assignment
The $150,000 Banana
Artist Maurizio Cattelan duct taped a banana to a wall, titled it "Comedian", and sold 5 editions of the artwork for as much as $150,000 each. Why did it capture our attention, curiosity, and memes? What does it mean?
Amor Sciendi
The Ecstasy of St. Teresa: Baroque
We discuss the Ecstasy of St. Teresa by Bernini and Baroque art in general. Many religions outlaw religious imagery; this, hopefully explains why Catholicism doesn't.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
How To Fold A Paper Star (Origami Star)
Create a paper star with me! This video will walk you through all of the steps. All you need is a square of paper and pair of scissors!
Amor Sciendi
The Alhambra, Divine Symmetry
We investigate the symmetries contained in the walls of the Alhambra, and spiritual nature of mathematics. When something is true mathematically, it is true forever. The Islamic Moors recognized parallel between that thought and their...