New: watercolorsAll contenthive-129948krhive-196917steemzzanhive-183959hive-185836hive-180932hive-150122photographyuncommonlabhive-166405hive-144064hive-188619hive-101145hive-183397bitcoinhive-145157krsuccesshive-193637hive-184714hive-181136lifehive-109690hive-113376TrendingNewHotLikersmikeville (70)in art • 5 days agoSimple pencil/marker/watercolor design for kidsWe started a new class this month and I am going back to the basics with this new crew of students. One of the main things that I encourage them to do when they are starting out is to create a…mikeville (70)in art • 4 months agoSketch turned watercolor by a studentWe have moved on from watercolors recently and were focusing almost entirely on pencils and were about to move over to charcoal as well to mix things up for the students. Every now and then a…mikeville (70)in art • 8 months agoThe unimportance of realism with people in your basic paintings: silly is fun!A lot of the students in my classes are easily frustrated with how difficult it can be to accurately represent people or even animals in their drawings and painting especially when they are first…mikeville (70)in art • 8 months agoStudent does a watercolor with much more detail than I was expectingI teach a free art class twice a week for mostly children. We are open to all ages but the adults that turn up quickly start to feel embarrassed that they are in a room with a bunch of kids 8-14…mikeville (70)in art • 8 months agoHighlighted student artwork from my classesI teach free classes for the community here once or twice a week and for the most part the students are children. We have had an adult or two stop in every now and then but I think they felt a bit…mikeville (70)in art • 9 months agoA student "quick sketch" followed by some minor watercolorsI have this little trick that I use on my students to try to get their creative side to emerge. Unlike with most other disciplines in life, I feel that art is something that shouldn't be overly…mikeville (70)in painting • 9 months agoTrying watercolors without sketching with pencils and pen firstMostly, I have my students get a picture ready by first using pencils to get an outline and then filling in what they would like to color with a felt tip pen. This creates more of a "paint by…mikeville (70)in art • 10 months agoGoing back to basics with watercolorsMy students were getting kind of tired of working on portraits so we returned to something that most of them really love doing because it is easy and cheap for them to do in their own time when they…mikeville (70)in art • last yearExploring using pre-painted canvasesWe've stepped away from the fast sketches for the time being but we've discovered that a lot of the students quite enjoy pre-painted papers and then make the drawing around it. This started as an…mikeville (70)in art • last yearVERY fast skribble drawing by a studentThe kids have been having so much fun with our rapid-fire skribble drawings that we continue to do them although this will be the last week because we need to move on. Perhaps we can use it to…mikeville (70)in art • last year10 minute scribble drawingWe tried something new in class and we got a lot of laughs out of it because most of the end results were pretty funny. Most of the drawings didn't look like much but they ended up having and…mikeville (70)in art • last yearPainting of a house with random color patterns done by a studentNormally I wouldn't bother writing about this a second time but something happened that made me quite happy. The idea behind my classes at the community center is to get kids interested in art.…mikeville (70)in painting • last yearDoing a watercolor "backwards"We've been having some fun in my classes with painting things in a "trippy" way and it all began with one student making a mistake that turned out to be pretty fantastic looking. It was a car and…mikeville (70)in art • last yearWatercolor of a house. Start to finishI use this technique with my students regularly and I have found that it increases their enjoyment and also broadens their horizons as far as doing art is concerned. I have found over the years…mikeville (70)in art • last yearA mistake in watercoloring leads to inspirationI always tell my students to embrace their "mistakes" when they are making any sort of art. People, and especially children, get a bit frustrated when something that they are working on goes awry…mikeville (70)in painting • last yearPainting a scene without being too focused on realismIn my classes I always tell my students to not attempt to create a 1 to 1 replica of what it is that they are looking at in a photo. We have computers and copy machines for that and doing so is not…mikeville (70)in art • 2 years agoThe cost of getting started with decent watercolors for beginnersIn my classes we let the students use what we have on hand and they don't have to pay for it at all. This is an art outreach program intended for poorer families and it is taxpayer funded. We…mikeville (70)in art • 2 years agoMore focus on skipping realism on humans in scenery paintingsLately I have tackled something that frustrates a lot of newer and especially younger aspiring artists and that is the fact that making an accurate representation of a person in a painting or…mikeville (70)in art • 2 years agoI encourage students to not focus on realism in scenery paintingsThis might seem very basic to anyone out there that is a truly talented artist but in my classes I try to encourage my students to find an interest in art, not only to become the best at it. I…mikeville (70)in art • 2 years agoWatercolor training with a focus on shadows rather than accuracyEvery now and then in my classes we revert back to scenery because it is something that I believe almost anyone can do. We will normally do older buildings with high steeped roofs in order to get…
