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Acrylic Sloth
Did you know that sloth groups can be easily identified by the number of long, curved claws on their forelimbs? Students learn cool facts about Sloths as they learn to use acrylic paint.
Watercolor and Pen Lighthouse
Students draw with pen and ink and paint with watercolor in this lesson that features a line and wash image of a lighthouse.
Johnathan Green Art
Using colored pencils, students celebrate the art of painter and printmaker Jonathan Green, considered one of the most important contemporary painters of the Southern experience.
Monochromatic Painting
Monochromatic colors are all the variations (tints, tones, and shades) of a single hue. This student applied monochromatic colors using acrylic paint to this sweet penguin and titled her art “Learning to Walk.”
Copying a Master
Students choose a Master (famous artist that they like) and apply their acrylic painting skills to the art. This student chose the art style of Degas and titled her art “Slipper.”
Graphite Pencil Shading
Graphite pencil techniques were used to create shadows and highlights on this portrait.
Panda Bear
This Panda is truly adorable and a pleasure to draw as he sits on the mountainside munching on his favorite food – bamboo!
A marker media demonstration was provided with this lesson.
Western Boots
Cowboy boots did not originate in America but in Mongolia, England, or Spain, depending on who you ask. In truth, no one is 100% sure. Chalk pastels were used to create these fun western boots.
Inked Squirrel
Pen and ink is a very good medium for rendering the bristly texture of fur and ideally suited to this squirrel.
ABORIGINAL ART
Students create an Aboriginal style X-Ray painting of a barramundi fish inspired by what they have learned about traditional bark painting techniques and different styles of Aboriginal art.
Snowy Owl
This acrylic painting lesson demonstrates how to paint a snow owl perched on a rustic wooden post.
Oil Pastel Cherries
Oil pastel and colored pencil are used to create realistic highlights and dew drops on the cherries.
Impressionist Painting
Students learn that Impressionist style artists worked quickly to capture their scene, using short brushstrokes and paying attention to the effects of natural light. Acrylic paints were used in this lesson.