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       African Tree Sample for students               Regular black markers morph into beautiful watercolors with the help of a bit of water and a few techniques. An elephant is a perfect subject in which to experiment with this media as the resulting color is a perfect gray. [...]

  This was an end of the year project that uses some under the water inspiration. As we used the movie Nemo to help us find colors and ideas to draw creativity from. I was looking for my POW FACTOR (Gradients, Depth, Color Value). This ended up becoming a fun project that built some confidence [...]

6th Graders were instructed to design a duck using the grid method. They also were taught hatching. Here are some of the finished pictures!

                    This is the final drawing of what we’ll be working on. I’ll try to give a detailed explanation of the whole process that i use. Again, study the picture above to get an idea of what you’ll be drawing. It will make much more easier [...]

                            I’ve always been a fan of bright colorful projects. That’s probably why this project appealed to me the moment I saw it. It’s a pretty simple grid drawing. The students can either use grid paper or make thegrids themselves using a ruler. After [...]

Student Template For Creating Their Web Sample Using Tables & Rows in Dream Weaver.

MODEL CONTENT STANDARDS VISUAL ARTS Adopted 11/13/97 COLORADO INTRODUCTION Colorado Model Content Standards for Visual Arts In developing the Visual Arts Model Content Standards for all students, the task force followed the definition of a standard, set forth as follows, by the State of Colorado: “Standards are statements of the academic content each student is [...]

How to Illustrate a Luminous Vector Sunset Tutorial Details Program: Adobe Illustrator CS4 CS-5 Difficulty: Intermediate Estimated Completion Time: 3.5 hours Final Product What You’ll Be Creating In this tutorial you will learn how to create Vector Sunset, using the RGB color model. Using Art and Scatter Brushes, Gaussian Blur, Gradient Mesh and the Transparency palette, you will create [...]

  Drawing Idea List 1. Draw a vase and a beautiful arrangement of flowers 2. Draw a picture of the inside of your stomach and the food in it after a big meal 3. Draw your idea of Paradise 4. 5. If animals could draw, what would their artwork look like? Draw their artwork. 6. [...]

Dear  Students When studying for your web terminology exam please be familiar and understand the information provided below. I have personally formatted the exam around the info I have posted on this page. The exam will be 20 multiple-choice questions. worth 100 points.

A Guide for Mister Riggs  and Students to use for Art History Expectations in his classroom.

Winslow Homer Biography Content borrowed from: http://www.winslow-homer.com Portrait Winslow Homer was born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1836, Homer was the second of three sons of Charles Savage Homer and Henrietta Benson Homer, both from long lines of New Englanders. His mother was a gifted amateur watercolorist and Homer’s first teacher, and she and her son had a [...]

My fourth grade students completed these fantastic castles today. I suggested the students use colored markers for the small sections of the castle (windows, flags, banners, doors, etc) and liquid watercolors for the background and castle itself. I really like the subtle nature of the watercolors and it takes much less time to finish. Always [...]

Art History Movement Creation of Adam by Michelangelo & The Sistine Chapel in Rome Italy {Please Note: Mister Riggs is instructed to teach this information through Core Knowledge & American Academy. My goal is to show the students the information not interpret religious information.I want NO part of  teaching the religious nature of the context.} Creation [...]

Black and White Conversions Photoshop and Photoshop Elements offer both destructive and non-destructive black and white conversion techniques. Destructive methods are ones that can’t be re-adjusted afterwards. Once you’ve made the conversion, the only way to change it is to undo the conversion and start again. Non-destructive methods use Photoshop’s adjustment layers. The changes that [...]

  Im·pres·sion·ism n. 1. often Impressionism A theory or style of painting originating and developed in France during the 1870s, characterized by concentration on the immediate visual impression produced by a scene and by the use of unmixed primary colors and small strokes to simulate actual reflected light. 2. A literary style characterized by the use of details and [...]

1. pointillism - a school of painters who used a technique of painting with tiny dots of pure colors that would blend in the viewer’s eye; developed by Georges Seurat and his followers late in 19th century France school - a body of creative artists or writers or thinkers linked by a similar style or by similar [...]

Impressionist Projects Paul Cezanne Project: Students learn the technique of Oil Pastels via teacher instruction. Students use instruction provided by online resource to complete their oil pastel project. The project is due on Friday. Students learn about Paul Cezanne and view a biography video on the artist.       Part 1 Part 2 History: [...]