Drawing April 2025

Objective: to stimulate creativity, encourage consistent artistic practice, develop diverse drawing skills and explore new ideas. essentially acting as a tool to consistently challenge and improve artistic abilities through regular sketching exercises.  Why aren’t the images connected with these drawing prompts, iconic, as in familiar? The images that come from this month’s cartoon character’s belong […]

Drawing March 2025

This month we will explore 31 pieces of Architecture. Objective:   to stimulate creativity, encourage consistent artistic practice, develop diverse drawing skills and explore new ideas. essentially acting as a tool to consistently challenge and improve artistic abilities through regular sketching exercises.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUcVpKfzIRghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-aDhzQMIGCYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVTh5SJJQKshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpzflTfm8k0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TB5weRIYhjQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6Jo8hHsFXAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3MXPqYKKRMhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v580zy82rcEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZDJNhCY6Okhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bsHUjNRpfpc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kPcDdNF1mj4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8ex2PiD0Sghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMYBgZOZIvshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cy_so02KBA0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdT1ICeH4Us https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZ5JjLdzQ1ohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-qmFl0AAHYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xW2AgaVjYUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrgWpBlddW0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2AIPbJRP71E&t=29s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PhgtXNkm4LIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UjeHJkDvC38https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPUlqYN4Z-khttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74oXPE7uePshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3FhWN6-j_sY

Post Cards

A postcard is a rectangular piece of thick paper or thin cardboard that can be mailed without an envelope. Postcards are often decorated with an image or text on one side and have two sections on the other side. The United States Postal Service defines a postcard as being at least 3.5 in high by […]

Drawing February 2025

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Elements of Art / Principles of Design

The Elements of Art Vocabulary for the 7 Elements of Art: 1. Write each word. 2. Write each definition. 3. Create an image of each word. Objective: “Knowing these words and understanding how to use these words provides a common language for creating, describing and interpreting art.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbXLcUkae9k Line. A mark made on a surface […]

Perspective Drawing

Perspective Drawing: A drawing method that creates the illusion of space by drawing lines and shapes that appear to get smaller as they get further away,  approaching a “vanishing point” on the “horizon line.” Objective: The main objective of learning perspective drawing is to create the illusion of depth and three-dimensionality on a two-dimensional surface, enabling […]

Portraits

1st 1. Watch the video from the Scottish National Portrait Gallery. 2. In your sketchbook, write down 3 ideas of what a portrait means. Next 2nd 1. Write the vocabulary word. 2. Write the definition of the word. 3. Draw a sketch of each word. 4. Write the word in a foreign language. Next 3rd […]

Chinese zodiac

January 29th, 2025 is the first day of the Chinese Lunar calendar. This year celebrates the year of the wood snake. Wood snakes are wise, elegant, and mysterious. How are snakes portrayed in artwork? Think of how textures, patterns, lines and forms play a role in rendering these serpent creatures? Adventure to the Metropolitan Muesum […]