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Exploring the Magic of Winter with Aluminum Foil Monoprinting
Winter Wonders in the Art Room: Exploring Seasons Through Monoprinting As part of our Unit of Inquiry on How the World Works, our young artists have been learning about the changing seasons — and this week, we welcomed winter into the art room with a hands-on monoprinting project inspired by snowy landscapes. To help students…
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Exploring the Magic of Pixels to Paint by Recreating AI Art
From Pixels to Paint: Recreating AI Art with Traditional Techniques Introduction:In a world where artificial intelligence is increasingly part of the creative process, many artists are finding new ways to interact with this technology—not as a replacement, but as a partner. One compelling exercise is taking an AI-generated painting and recreating it using traditional painting…
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How to Paint like Picasso: Painting through the Blues
🎨 Art Lesson: Painting Through Emotion – Picasso’s Blue Period Intro: Why So Blue?Between 1901 and 1904, Pablo Picasso went through one of the most emotionally expressive phases of his career—The Blue Period. Deeply affected by the death of a close friend and his own experiences with poverty and depression, Picasso turned to a moody…
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Kaboom! Exploring the Magic of Comic Book Drawing
🎨 POW! BAM! ZAP! Unleashing Your Inner Comic Book Artist with Pop Art Flair There’s something undeniably electric about comic book art—bold lines, dramatic expressions, and colors that practically leap off the page. And if you’ve ever been captivated by the explosive style of Pop Art icon Roy Lichtenstein, then you’ve already seen how comic…
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How to Paint Like Van Gogh in the Wheatfields
🎨 Express Yourself: Painting Like Van Gogh in the Wheatfields Let’s talk about painting with feeling. Not careful, perfect, “stay-in-the-lines” painting—but bold, messy, emotional painting. The kind that pours straight from your gut onto the canvas. And who better to guide us than Vincent van Gogh? Specifically: his Wheatfields. 🌾 Why Wheatfields? Van Gogh painted…
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How to Paint Furry White Animals in Oils or Acrylics
🎨 Art Lesson: How to Paint a Furry White Animal in Oils or Acrylics (Using Grisaille Underpainting) White animals are often deceptively complex to paint. Their fur might seem like it’s “just white,” but in truth, it reflects and refracts a full spectrum of subtle colors—grays, blues, creams, pinks, even lavender and pale greens. To…
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How to create a Sketchbook Desert Landscape in Mixed Media
Sketchbook Painting: Desert Landscape in Mixed Media There’s something incredibly satisfying about taking a desert landscape and bringing it to life in your sketchbook using bold, unexpected colors and mixed media. For this particular piece, I used a combination of acrylic gouache, watercolors, acrylic ink, and wax pastels to create a vibrant, textured desert scene…
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Explore the Magic of Art Making on Transparent Surfaces
Reverse Painting on Transparencies: Letting Kids “Ruin” Their Art (on Purpose!) If you’ve ever watched a kindergartener or early elementary student gleefully scribble right on top of their own carefully drawn masterpiece, you know one thing for sure: kids LOVE to destroy their own art. Not in a negative way—but in a wonderfully curious, experimental…
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Exploring Portrait Painting with the Grid Method for Best Results
Using the Grid Method to Paint a Portrait As an art teacher, one of the most effective and approachable techniques I love to introduce to my students is the grid method—especially when it comes to painting portraits. Whether you’re a beginner or an experienced artist, this method provides a structured way to transfer a photograph…
Rebecca Wacht
Art Teacher / Creative
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