Inspired by artist Wolf Kahn by Angie Renee, part 1
The other morning as I woke up and looked out the bedroom window, I was so inspired by the color of the sky that I ran downstairs, grabbed my oil pastels and paper and sat outside on my front porch to capture the color through the trees. I have always loved sunrises and sunsets, but after… Read More
Watercolor Nebula Project
The space nebula is a gigantic cloud of dust and gas; mainly of hydrogen and helium gases, and they can be light years across – that’s trillions of miles. . They look quite fuzzy in appearance – pretty much like fluffy clouds or cotton wool in the sky. Nebula come in not just a variety… Read More
Cinco de Mayo Frida Kahlo Project
Frida Kahlo de Rivera (1907 –1954) born Magdalena Carmen Frieda Kahlo y Calderón) was a Mexican painter, born in Coyoacán. She was best known for her self-portraits. Frida Kahlo is a inspiration to us all, she overcame numerous obstacles to be one of the most famous Mexican artists, even though she did have her own… Read More
Postcard Project Class with Angie Renee
Do something creative and help warm the hearts of older adults at a Senior Housing facility. Create some postcards using materials that you have around the house.
Henri Rousseau Toucan Drawing Project
Henri Rousseau “Toucan in Enchanted Jungle” Henri Rousseau (1844 – 1910) was a French artist did not start painting until he was in his 40’s. Ridiculed during his life, he came to be recognized as a self-taught genius whose works are of high artistic quality. Rousseau’s loving attention to detail that made him an exceptional… Read More
Rodrigue Blue Dog Drawing Project
In this project we Canjun Artist George Rodrigue’s iconic Blue Dog as our inspiration for our drawing project. We take you step by step to draw your Blue Dog. The materials you need are drawing paper, pencil, eraser, sharpie, and some materials to color with. You can use pencils, crayons, pastels, watercolor, paint ect to… Read More
Watercolor Birch Tree Project with MaryLeah
In this project MaryLeah Marshall of the Rumriver Art Center teaches a fun watercolor technique to make birch trees. MaryLeah uses a piece of a cut credit card a straight edge brush to apply pigment on 140 cold press watercolor paper. Material needed for the project; – 140lb Cold Press watercolor paper – small strip… Read More
Richard Holzschuh Haunted House Drawing Project
This Rumriver Art Center lesson focuses on the Element of Art of line and texture. We use Richard Holzschuh’s amazing drawings for our inspiration. To create our Holzschuh project we use pencils and sharpies on heavy duty drawing paper.
Perspective Lesson – “The Scream” by Edvard Munch
For today’s Blog Post I am using one my favorite paintings the Scream by Edvard Munch. In this lesson we use Munch’s famous painting “The Scream” to learn about the element of Art of Perspective. Edvard Munch was a Norwegian painter who frequently used a vanishing point in his paintings. In this lesson we a… Read More
Spring Flower Color Project
This project helps us work on our primary and secondary colors. The Spring flower project helps us focus on warm and cool colors.