This fun little painting project is good for any age and experience level. Watching colors bleed and blend is very satisfying and FUN! <b<br/>r/>

Thank you BenSound.com for your royalty free music!

In this video, I’ll demonstrate how to create a Tiki Mask drawing and transfer the drawing to Linoleum. <br/>
KEEP C<b<br/>r/>REATING! :)

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 pack of 36, also by Sakura...

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...

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...

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!

Basic techniques for building sculptures with cardboard.

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...

“Making a Great Exhibition” by Doro Globus and Rose Blake is a special book to inspire children to explore art galleries and museums as well as to MAKE ART! Thank you David Zwirner Books for the copy I read aloud in this video.

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 Fi

re Clay.

For GLAZE, I like Amaco's F Series low fire...

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 fir
e glazes for SOLID colors
Or...

2 hour colored pencil timelapse drawing of a photo taken by my husband of my daughter and me. I LOVE Primacolor Colored Pencils!<br/>

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...

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 t

his video.

If you...

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...

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!

You can make art out of anything...even your laundry!

Music Credit: The Lightening Strike by Snow Patrol

First time using Yupo Paper! Such a fun way to spend a snow day morning at home.

How (and why!) to create a Character Mash-Up! A fun and challenging exercise for ANYONE!

The worksheet used in this demonstration was created by Dawn Pendersen and is available to print here

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It is...

Styrofoam Cup Sculpture Challenge

Create your own unique candle holders and lanterns using recycled tin cans, a hammer, and nail! This lesson idea is from my husband, Ryan Thiele, and was fun for our whole family!



Optional: Lanterns could be spray painted...

Quick time lapse tutorials for how to shade and highlight on toned paper.<b<br/>r/>

KEEP CREATING! :)