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Use video for an expanded moment. | The Art Assignment | Jan Tichy
This week we meet Jan Tichy, a Chicago-based artist who gives us the assignment to create an Expanded Moment using video. We also discuss how this assignment is a play on THE DECISIVE MOMENT by photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson, who...
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
How to Create a 3D Sign Using Chipboard, Part 1 | Middle School Art Lesson
Instructions and demonstration on how to make a 3D Sign using chipboard (thin cardboard). This art lesson was inspired by Shelley Speidell and is used to instruct students in my 8th grade 3D Design course. Part 2, Painting and Connecting...
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Clay Coil Bowl Part 2
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 Crystaltex low fire glazes. Royalty-free music from BenSound.com
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What Happened to Those Ancient Cities?
We explore the Temple of Artemis, The Library of Alexandria, and the city of Ephesus.
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Art Made in Adversity
Artist and educator Allison Smith shares her thoughts and library of books about art made in adverse circumstances. Featured are Vladimir Arkhipov's project Home-Made, archiving Russian artifacts made during Perestroika, and Trench Art,...
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Art + Life Rules from a Nun
Sister Corita Kent was a master printmaker and teacher, and her rules for artists and teachers are legendary - let’s break them down.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Portrait Drawing: Pencil Shading Demo
In this short video, you can watch artist and art teacher Ryan Thiele draw and shade a portrait using a pencil. He will offer a few basic tips that will help you try this yourself at home or at school!
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What Did Monet Eat in a Day?
This episode of Art Cooking explores the life, art, and eating habits of the great Impressionist artist Claude Monet. We prepare a menu based on the journals Monet kept during his years in Giverny, France, enjoying the freshest produce...
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Facilitate an Encounter / Encuentro | Dignicraft | The Art Assignment
The Art Assignment visits artist collective Dignicraft during their residency at the McColl Center for Art + Innovation, in Charlotte, North Carolina. Omar Foglio, José Luis Figueroa, and Paola Rodriguez give us the assignment to...
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
How to Make Slime for the TOTAL BEGINNER (Like Us!)
Do you like slime? Do you want to make your own? My five year old wanted to make slime and this was our experience!
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Create someone's Lost Childhood Object. | Lenka Clayton | The Art Assignment
This week we visit Lenka Clayton, another Pittsburgh based artist whose work finds meaning in ordinary, everyday objects. For her assignment, she asks you to partner with someone and recreate a lost childhood object, using their memory...
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Photo a Friend Highlights | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Happy Participant Appreciation Month!! We're taking the next 4 weeks to show off all the hard work you've put into making responses for The Art Assignment, and recognize the many ways in which you support and contribute to this community...
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Air Guitar: Book Club # 1 | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
This week we kick off The Art Assignment Book Club with Dave Hickey's "Air Guitar: Essays on Art & Democracy." We discuss everything from John geeking out in a library to Michael Jackson's chimpanzee - Bubbles. Oh, and we discuss the...
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Circles in Color: Watercolor Timelapse and Tutorial
Get out a stencil and watercolor paint and create a colorful piece along with me! The watercolor set of 16 colors by Prang is GREAT to start with! Along with watercolor paint, you will need watercolor paper.
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How to Draw with Oil Pastels
Use inspiration from art history, Claude Monet, to learn how to draw with oil pastels. Want the supplies in this video? Visit us at indigoartbox.com.
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Allegory of Calumny: Changing the Canon of Art History
Here is our argument that Botticelli's Calumny of Apelles is the greatest example of the High Renaissance. Another example of resurrection in 15th century.
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Musée des Beaux Arts and Auden's View of Suffering
A close reading of WH Auden's peom Musée des Beaux Arts
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Oil Pastel Blending Demo
Demo for how to blend colors with oil pastels in a worksheet for practice. I am using Sakura Cray-Pas Junior Artist Oil Pastels (set of 16) in this video. If you want more colors to work with, and extra fine quality oil pastels, try the...
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Ink Drawing Timelapse and Tutorial - Lion
Watch how I start an ink drawing from start to finish, and see what basic materials I use. Try your own this #inktober! KEEP CREATING! :)
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St. Paul's Cathedral: Religion and Science
How can do the Sciences, Artistic Expression, and Religion come together to create a useful, inspiring, and beautiful structure? Learn about Christopher Wrens Process in designing and building St. Paul's Cathedral
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Use creativity to transform a discarded object. | Brandan Odums | The Art Assignment
The Art Assignment continues its journey through New Orleans with Brandan "BMike" Odums, the mastermind behind "ExhibitBE", a collaborative street art exhibition that transformed an unoccupied apartment building and gave it new life. Now...
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Fierce Women of Art 2 | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
Our first video on fierce women artists didn't even begin to cover the volume of interesting and boundary-pushing work made by women, so we had to make another. This week we talk about the incredible Artemisia Gentileschi, Mona Hatoum,...
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Imprint Highlights | The Art Assignment | PBS Digital Studios
This week Sarah and John review your submissions to Sopheap Pich's Art Assignment "Imprint" while doing the assignment themselves.
Bethany Thiele, Art Teacher
Craft Knife Safety and Tips for Beginners
I have found this knife to be best to work with (X-Acto #2 blades). I am using a Self-Healing Mat to work on.