Copyright 2006 Julie Shepherd Knapp |
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The Homeschool Diner's Guide to Homeschooling by Subject Visual Arts Free Art "How-To" Lessons and Project Ideas Who needs art curriculum? Try a new project every day! by Julie Shepherd knapp, copyright 2006 Free online directions for specific techniques, media, and projects... Free Drawing Lessons by Karine at Masterpiece Art Instruction Drawspace.com -- free online drawing lessons from Brenda Hoddinott , forum available, you can upload your drawings to a gallery (and get responses from other members), upgrade your membership (20.00 for 3 months) to download/print lessons. To begin, create a free account and login (in the upper right corner), after you're logged in you can view all lessons on the site at no charge (you will need Adobe Flash Player to view the lessons) Dozens of "How-To" art books by Dover Publications -- drawing, painting, and more Perspective Without Pain by Philip W. Metzger Dragonart: How to Draw Fantastic Dragons and Fantasy Creatures by J. "NeonDragon" Peffer, aimed at teen artists Figure Drawing for Fashion Design by E. Drudi, also see the Homeschool Diner's Design section for more fashion design resources Drawing for Classical Animation -- a free online tutorial MangaTutorials.com -- free online guide to drawing the basics Manga Mania: Chibi and Furry Characters: How to Draw the Adorable Mini-characters and Cool Cat-girls of Japanese Comics a book by Christopher Hart Cartoon Critters Learn to Draw -- step by step for a few characters HOW TO DRAW POLITICAL CARTOONS by Daryl Cagle (scroll down to Dec 5, 2008) -- details of his drawing approach (not the politics) KaBoom! -- a dictionary of comic book words as sound effects Youth Digital Arts CyberSchool -- (3rd grade and up) video tutorials on using various art software products, create video games, music, paintings, films and documentaries, animations, Manga and comics, and Anime and cartoons, each tutorial+software product sold separately T-Shirt Stenciling -- make your own designs DIY rubber stamps -- from ExpressionArtmagazine.com Typophile Type Battles -- challenges to create your own fonts Postcard Creator -- from Read Write and Think, a free online activity that allows students to type addresses and messages onto a blank postcard format, then print it out, students can then color or decorate the front side, fold or glue it add a stamp, and mail it (or use their pretend stamps for "internal mail delivery") Window to Art – tips and project ideas for drawing, painting, graphics, mixed media and 3-D Windmills to Whirlygigs – artist’s yard and project ideas Fruit and Vegetable Carving -- from the ancient Thai art of food garnishing, to watermellon art, to pumpkin carving FugleFlicks -- Mrs. Fuglestat's free music videos about art The Color Pencil Challenge – lessons and techniques Peter Saw Watercolor tips – helpful techniques Airbrush techniques from Marianne -- uses Copic Airbrush System Blue and Yellow Don't Make Green by Michael Wilcox -- learn to mix the right colors with watercolors and acrylics How to make your own water color paints by Belinda Mooney Plaster Casting & Construction – plaster of paris sculpting Hand-made Paper making -- includes a video of the process Withie Sculpture (willow twigs) -- short bendy twigs often found laying on the ground around willow trees Teaching Innovative Wire Sculpture -- a free lesson plan and another Wire Sculpture Lesson from the Incredible @rt Department and some amazing examples of Wire Sculpture by Elizabeth Berrien "Rock" and Wire Sculpture/Mobiles -- make a plaster base to hold up your wire sculpture Make a Wire Circus like Alexander Calder's Scrap Wood Sculpture -- use real scraps or second-hand wooden blocks Mexican Metal Tooling -- emboss and color scenes onto metal foil (or pie and potpie tins) then assemble and hang Tape and Cling Wrap Sculptures -- this @rt Department lesson has enough directions to get started... you can use cling wrap (plain or colored) in place of the middle layers of tape, under layers can be painted, top layer can be drawn on with permanent markers. Weights can be taped into bottom of sculpture for stability. There are many online examples to view -- simply Google "tape sculptures". NJZ Creations has examples of masking tape sculptures (easily painted and sealed). Geometric CD Sculpture -- this Truncated Icosahedron CD Sculpture is a lesson in geometry as well as art! Paper Craft -- amazing 3D paper models by Yamaha SF Movie Paper Craft Gallery -- print, cut out, and asemble paper models of Star Wars and Star Trek spacecraft, etc Altered Books -- examples by Tera Leigh, create a work of art from an old book by rebinding, cutting, tearing, painting, drawing, adding collage, gold-leafing, stamping, printing, adorning, and personalizing with poetry or portraiture, also visit the Intl Society of Altered Book Artists website Paper Airplane Designs -- lots of different planes, some with video directions, experiment with flight! Cubism Photo Montage --Joe Applebaum, Brecksville-Broadview HS ASCII Art -- learn how to make those creative signature line pictures How to Make GIF Animations by stevemd For Website Development and more Computer Arts check out the Diner's Computer section Photography – tips on darkroom, pinhole camera, etc. The Animation Learner's Site by the University of Toronto Paper Plate Education -- illuminate your ideas on a paper plate Oriland -- fantastic origami project ideas Egg Carton Ideas -- art, craft and recycle uses for foam cartons Absolutely Free Plans -- free patterns for lots of woodworking projects PhotoShop Warhol Style -- explore the style of Andy Warhol, then learn to use Adobe Illustrator and PhotoShop to create similar images Composing with Rungis -- compose a well-balanced, dynamic wildlife painting with the help of a free interactive online tutorial Murals by Children -- some great examples How to Make a Dream Catcher Bonsai Basics Patterns for Fashion Dolls by Don McCunn Designing and Animating Characters in Flash 8 Electronic textile Projects by Leah Buechley -- a physics major and artist Leah has developed circuit projects that involve sewing and textile arts, make light-up quilt squares, clothing, etc, directions and lists of materials/suppliers given Related Helpful Resources A Perfect World: Free Clip Art -- totally free, no registration Animated GIF clips -- free! Neat Fonts -- free downloads Brainy Betty -- free Power Point tutorials and free backgrounds |
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