Develop your skills
You will complete at least TWO skill builders before starting your final. You need to do a skill builder for each studio you will use.
Drawing
Painting
Development
Skill Builders
Collage
Sculpture
Drawing skill builders
You should do at least ONE from each category
Drawing Pencils
Landscape
Colored Pencils
Architecture
Charcoal
Concept
Materials
Object
Back to Home Page
What kind of material will you use?
What will your art be about?
Oil Pastels
Practice in your sketchbook
Figure
Markers
Sharpies
Portrait
Collage skill builders
Landscape
Back to Home Page
Architecture
You should do at least ONE from each category
Concept
Techniques
How will you create your collage?
What will your art be about?
Object
Collage Techniques
Figure
Portrait
Painting skill builders
Tempera Cakes
Landscape
Tempera Liquid Paint
Architecture
You should do at least ONE from each category
Watercolor
Materials
What kind of material will you use?
Concept
What will your art be about?
Object
Back to Home Page
Watercolor Pencils
Figure
Paint Pens
Paint Sticks
Portrait
Sculpture skill builders
Paper Clay
3D Paper Techniques
Click on the type of material you will use to watch the videos
3D Cardboard Techniques
Adhesives
Tools
Back to Home Page
Watch the video and follow along in your sketchbook.
Object
Answer the questions in your sketchbook after watching the video: Describe how you can create balance in your collage composition. What techniques does the presenter use to add details and depth to the flowers in the collage?
Here you can put a highlighted title
I am a great subtitle, ideal for providing more context about the topic you are going to address.
Did you know that Genially allows you to share your creation directly, without the need for downloads? Ready for your audience to view it on any device and share it anywhere. Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures. We better grasp visual content. Visual content is associated with cognitive and psychological mechanisms. Things enter through the eyes; the first image is what matters. We associate visual content with emotions. Our brain is prepared to consume visual content.
Collage Techniques
There are many different ways to create a collage! You can use various types of paper: construction, magazine, decorative, tissue, you can even create your own paper! Here are different collage techniques, you will decide which techniques to use in your artwork. As you watch the videos, write down the techniques you would like to use in your WOW project.
Architecture
What kind of architecture is in your artwork? Choose a video to watch and practice:
Cityscape
2 point perspective house
1 point perspective city
Watch the video and follow along in your sketchbook.
Watch the video and follow along in your sketchbook.
Watch the video and follow along in your sketchbook.
Landscape
Watch the video then answer the following questions in your sketchbook: 1. Describe what a landscape is and mention two characteristics it must have. 2. Explain what a horizon line is and why it is important in a landscape.
Landscape
Answer the questions in your sketchbook after watching the video:1.How does the artist use layering in this video? 2. How can layering different textures, colors, and materials in a collage help make a landscape feel more realistic or give it more depth? 3. Which parts of a landscape might you layer first, and why?
An Object
If you are choosing to draw an object, direct observation (looking at the object) is very important! Here are a few practice videos to help you learn to draw by observation.
Using the tips in the videos, practice drawing the objects you will use in your artwork in your sketchbook.
Adhesives: how to stick things together
We have a variety of adhesives in the art studio. Please review which type of adhesive is best for the material you will use. Click on each picture to read about the pros and cons!
The Figure
If you are drawing people in your artwork, practice in your sketchbook with these videos:
Architecture
What kind of architecture is in your artwork? Choose a video to watch and practice:
Cityscape
2 point perspective house
1 point perspective city
Paper Clay
Watch this video on how to make paper clay!
Watch the video and follow along in your sketchbook.
A Portrait
Practice drawing a face in your sketchbook with this video:
Watch the video and follow along in your sketchbook.
Portrait
After watching the video, answer the following questions: What is the first step mentioned in the video for drawing a face? How can you create dimension in the hair using paper, according to the video? In what way can you add extra details to your artwork after cutting out the shapes?
3D Cardboard Techniques
As you watch the video, answer the following questions in your sketchbook:1. What are three different types of cardboard mentioned in the video? 2. Describe how the clever cutter tool is used to cut cardboard. 3. What is the purpose of making notches around the bottom of a tube before applying glue? 4. Explain how to create a tab for a piece of cardboard to make it stand. 5. How can triangle supports help a piece of cardboard stand up better? 6. What is the importance of using a piece of cardboard underneath when creating holes? 7. Describe how a tab and a slot work together in cardboard construction.
The Figure
After watching the video, answer the following questions in your sketchbook: Why did she use so many layers? What types of paper would you like to use?
Watch the video and follow along in your sketchbook.
Watch the video and follow along in your sketchbook.
A Portrait
Practice drawing a face in your sketchbook with this video:
Watch the video and follow along in your sketchbook.
Watch the video and follow along in your sketchbook.
Tools in the sculpture studio
We have a variety of tools in the sculpture studio, please get to know how to use each tool!
Fold Roller
Klever Kutter
ChompSaw
Cardboard Saw
Hole Puncher
An Object
If you are choosing to draw an object, direct observation (looking at the object) is very important! Here are a few practice videos to help you learn to draw by observation.
Using the tips in the videos, practice drawing the objects you will use in your artwork in your sketchbook.
Here you can put a highlighted title
I am a great subtitle, ideal for providing more context about the topic you are going to address.
Did you know that Genially allows you to share your creation directly, without the need for downloads? Ready for your audience to view it on any device and share it anywhere. Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures. We better grasp visual content. Visual content is associated with cognitive and psychological mechanisms. Things enter through the eyes; the first image is what matters. We associate visual content with emotions. Our brain is prepared to consume visual content.
Watch the video and follow along in your sketchbook.
The Figure
If you are drawing people in your artwork, practice in your sketchbook with these videos:
Architecture
Answer the following questions in your sketchbook after watching the video: How can you use different materials, shapes, and layers in a collage to show what a building or space looks like and how it feels? What types of papers will you use to create your artwork?
Watch the video for tips on paint pens. Write down the tips in your sketchbook.
Landscape
Watch the videos to get ideas and tips for creating a landscape.
Watercolor and Salt
Watercolor Pencils
Review the Paper Sculpture Techniques and think about which techniques you would use in your sculpture.
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Develop your skills
You will complete at least TWO skill builders before starting your final. You need to do a skill builder for each studio you will use.
Drawing
Painting
Development
Skill Builders
Collage
Sculpture
Drawing skill builders
You should do at least ONE from each category
Drawing Pencils
Landscape
Colored Pencils
Architecture
Charcoal
Concept
Materials
Object
Back to Home Page
What kind of material will you use?
What will your art be about?
Oil Pastels
Practice in your sketchbook
Figure
Markers
Sharpies
Portrait
Collage skill builders
Landscape
Back to Home Page
Architecture
You should do at least ONE from each category
Concept
Techniques
How will you create your collage?
What will your art be about?
Object
Collage Techniques
Figure
Portrait
Painting skill builders
Tempera Cakes
Landscape
Tempera Liquid Paint
Architecture
You should do at least ONE from each category
Watercolor
Materials
What kind of material will you use?
Concept
What will your art be about?
Object
Back to Home Page
Watercolor Pencils
Figure
Paint Pens
Paint Sticks
Portrait
Sculpture skill builders
Paper Clay
3D Paper Techniques
Click on the type of material you will use to watch the videos
3D Cardboard Techniques
Adhesives
Tools
Back to Home Page
Watch the video and follow along in your sketchbook.
Object
Answer the questions in your sketchbook after watching the video: Describe how you can create balance in your collage composition. What techniques does the presenter use to add details and depth to the flowers in the collage?
Here you can put a highlighted title
I am a great subtitle, ideal for providing more context about the topic you are going to address.
Did you know that Genially allows you to share your creation directly, without the need for downloads? Ready for your audience to view it on any device and share it anywhere. Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures. We better grasp visual content. Visual content is associated with cognitive and psychological mechanisms. Things enter through the eyes; the first image is what matters. We associate visual content with emotions. Our brain is prepared to consume visual content.
Collage Techniques
There are many different ways to create a collage! You can use various types of paper: construction, magazine, decorative, tissue, you can even create your own paper! Here are different collage techniques, you will decide which techniques to use in your artwork. As you watch the videos, write down the techniques you would like to use in your WOW project.
Architecture
What kind of architecture is in your artwork? Choose a video to watch and practice:
Cityscape
2 point perspective house
1 point perspective city
Watch the video and follow along in your sketchbook.
Watch the video and follow along in your sketchbook.
Watch the video and follow along in your sketchbook.
Landscape
Watch the video then answer the following questions in your sketchbook: 1. Describe what a landscape is and mention two characteristics it must have. 2. Explain what a horizon line is and why it is important in a landscape.
Landscape
Answer the questions in your sketchbook after watching the video:1.How does the artist use layering in this video? 2. How can layering different textures, colors, and materials in a collage help make a landscape feel more realistic or give it more depth? 3. Which parts of a landscape might you layer first, and why?
An Object
If you are choosing to draw an object, direct observation (looking at the object) is very important! Here are a few practice videos to help you learn to draw by observation.
Using the tips in the videos, practice drawing the objects you will use in your artwork in your sketchbook.
Adhesives: how to stick things together
We have a variety of adhesives in the art studio. Please review which type of adhesive is best for the material you will use. Click on each picture to read about the pros and cons!
The Figure
If you are drawing people in your artwork, practice in your sketchbook with these videos:
Architecture
What kind of architecture is in your artwork? Choose a video to watch and practice:
Cityscape
2 point perspective house
1 point perspective city
Paper Clay
Watch this video on how to make paper clay!
Watch the video and follow along in your sketchbook.
A Portrait
Practice drawing a face in your sketchbook with this video:
Watch the video and follow along in your sketchbook.
Portrait
After watching the video, answer the following questions: What is the first step mentioned in the video for drawing a face? How can you create dimension in the hair using paper, according to the video? In what way can you add extra details to your artwork after cutting out the shapes?
3D Cardboard Techniques
As you watch the video, answer the following questions in your sketchbook:1. What are three different types of cardboard mentioned in the video? 2. Describe how the clever cutter tool is used to cut cardboard. 3. What is the purpose of making notches around the bottom of a tube before applying glue? 4. Explain how to create a tab for a piece of cardboard to make it stand. 5. How can triangle supports help a piece of cardboard stand up better? 6. What is the importance of using a piece of cardboard underneath when creating holes? 7. Describe how a tab and a slot work together in cardboard construction.
The Figure
After watching the video, answer the following questions in your sketchbook: Why did she use so many layers? What types of paper would you like to use?
Watch the video and follow along in your sketchbook.
Watch the video and follow along in your sketchbook.
A Portrait
Practice drawing a face in your sketchbook with this video:
Watch the video and follow along in your sketchbook.
Watch the video and follow along in your sketchbook.
Tools in the sculpture studio
We have a variety of tools in the sculpture studio, please get to know how to use each tool!
Fold Roller
Klever Kutter
ChompSaw
Cardboard Saw
Hole Puncher
An Object
If you are choosing to draw an object, direct observation (looking at the object) is very important! Here are a few practice videos to help you learn to draw by observation.
Using the tips in the videos, practice drawing the objects you will use in your artwork in your sketchbook.
Here you can put a highlighted title
I am a great subtitle, ideal for providing more context about the topic you are going to address.
Did you know that Genially allows you to share your creation directly, without the need for downloads? Ready for your audience to view it on any device and share it anywhere. Visual content is a cross-cutting, universal language, like music. We are capable of understanding images from millions of years ago, even from other cultures. We better grasp visual content. Visual content is associated with cognitive and psychological mechanisms. Things enter through the eyes; the first image is what matters. We associate visual content with emotions. Our brain is prepared to consume visual content.
Watch the video and follow along in your sketchbook.
The Figure
If you are drawing people in your artwork, practice in your sketchbook with these videos:
Architecture
Answer the following questions in your sketchbook after watching the video: How can you use different materials, shapes, and layers in a collage to show what a building or space looks like and how it feels? What types of papers will you use to create your artwork?
Watch the video for tips on paint pens. Write down the tips in your sketchbook.
Landscape
Watch the videos to get ideas and tips for creating a landscape.
Watercolor and Salt
Watercolor Pencils
Review the Paper Sculpture Techniques and think about which techniques you would use in your sculpture.