Elementary Art

In his Berlin studio, Arturo Herrera discusses the importance of accepting failure in order to be able to learn and grow as an artist.

So what exactly is the difference between art and design? In this post, we'll examine and compare some of the core principles of each craft. (thx mike)

This article contains a mixture of traditional drawing tutorials, drawing techniques and some methods for transforming and preparing your creations for screen design. Some are intermediate level and some are advanced tutorials that include general theory, useful tips, comic inspired art, sketch a pencil drawing, coloring processing, character sketching, shapes, proportional, perspective and much more. We hope that drawing tutorials and techniques in this post will be a great help to you.

Color is such a vast and vari­able ele­ment that it can be dif­fi­cult to cover it fully in any one post. It can also be a lit­tle over­whelm­ing when try­ing to imple­ment it into your designs. Below are some sam­ple color palettes, taken from clas­sic color the­ory based combinations. The color wheel is one of the first places I turn for color inspi­ra­tion and guid­ance when choos­ing a color scheme. Color charts and pre-made palettes are nice, but the color wheel is sim­ple and easy to under­stand and use.

There's a mathematical ratio commonly found in nature-the ratio of 1 to 1.618-that has many names. Most often we call it the Golden Section, Golden Ratio, or Golden Mean, but it's also occasionally referred to as the Golden Number, Divine Proportion, Golden Proportion, Fibonacci Number, and Phi. You'll usually find the golden ratio depicted as a single large rectangle formed by a square and another rectangle. What's unique about this is that you can repeat the sequence infinitely and perfectly within each section.

A French artist, known for his use of colour and his fluid, brilliant and original draughtsmanship. As a draughtsman, printmaker, and sculptor, but principally as a painter, Matisse is one of the best-known artists of the 20th century.

Many classroom uses! Create a custom image without any technical knowledge or advanced tools. Modify text in a variety of image templates to create professional quality images with your own personal touch.

Brief biography, web links, lesson plans

Matisse Lessons, grades K-2

Mash your ideas and media together with friends in a dynamic whiteboard wiki. Using photos, videos, and other web content you can instantly create brainstorms, presentations, scrapbooks, and enjoy an interactive chat with more than 50 friends.

"Since 1981, Yoko Ono has collected over 700,000 PEACE WISHES from people worldwide as part of her interactive Wish Tree exhibits, and also via email and conventional mail. The wishes will be installed around the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER. If you have not had the chance to hang your wishes on one of Yoko's Wish Trees yet, you can make your own Wish Tree, and/or send your wishes to the IMAGINE PEACE TOWER from this page. You can send as many wishes as you like, at any time."

Kevin Honeycutt's web page, creator of Art Snacks. Links to Art Snack ning, podcasts, & other professional development for teachers.

Examples of visual & optical illusions: great for teaching about the illusion of space, motion, op art, etc.

# Visual Poetry # Flower Text # Poetry Blender # Sketchpad # Word Mosaic # Video Video

# Visual Poetry Visual Poetry # Flower Text Flower Text # Poetry Blender Poetry Blender # Sketchpad Sketchpad # Word Mosaic Word Mosaic # Video Video

The Teaching Palette: tutorial on navigating Environmental Art Around Google Earth

University of Houston

Walking Tour of Chicago's out door art

Moma offers several audio descriptions of art. Audio is short and includes music, art image and is great for elementary students.