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• How to Draw a Cruise Ship

  

  Here’s a simple way to draw a cruise ship, and another chance to make two shades of blue with one paint. The bottom ocean got an extra coat so that it would... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Haiti Art Tour Drive Update

  

  Just 6 days left to raise $3600! Please help Project HOPE Art in our exciting mission to bring three young Haitian artists to California this fall. The hard par... Read more

  Posted on 07 July 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Another Cubism Face

  

  There’s more than one way to draw a cubism portrait. And if you use bright Sharpie markers to make a face that has multiple points of view – you just might end... Read more

  Posted on 06 July 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Michaels Craft Fabric Book

  

  Here’s my second project made with some of Michaels newly released craft fabric. I once make a book like this with woven fabric, but the problem was that the... Read more

  Posted on 05 July 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Drawing Faces and Places

  

  Here are 25 more drawing tutorials in my fourth step-by-step Drawing Book. Included are 14 faces and 11 places to draw, including that of a Portrait of a Girl,... Read more

  Posted on 04 July 2013 FAMILY

• Michaels Rag Rug Sheep

  

  Last week Michaels sent me some of their new craft fabrics to experiment with, and here’s one project that I came up with. It’s got the look of a little rag rug... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Maasai Portrait

  

  The Maasai are a group of semi-nomadic people located in Kenya and Tanzania. They are among the best known of African ethnic groups, due to their very colorful... Read more

  Posted on 03 July 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• How to Draw an Airplane

  

  Here’s a relatively simple way to draw an airplane, which I had good results with earlier this year. 1. Fold a drawing paper in half twice to get the guide line... Read more

  Posted on 02 July 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• How to Draw a Klee Style Portrait

  

  Paul Klee felt that color played a very important role in modern art. Here’s a way to draw a portrait in his style. 1. Fold a sheet of paper in half twice to ge... Read more

  Posted on 30 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Haiti Art Tour Drive Needs You!

  

  Please help Project HOPE Art in our exciting mission to bring three young Haitian artists to California this fall. The hard part (getting their visas) is done. Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Michaels and Craft Fabrics

  

  I’m happy to have been included in a new challenge from Michaels, as they announce their newest addition of craft fabrics, such as cotton, canvas, burlap,... Read more

  Posted on 29 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• How to Draw a Sailboat

  

  This is a great project to try layering of watercolor to make varying shades of green. 1. Follow the steps above to make a simple landscape drawing. 2. Trace al... Read more

  Posted on 28 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• How to Draw Frida Kahlo

  

  Frida Kahlo was a Mexican painter, who is best known for her self-portraits. Here’s a way to draw her with her hair up with flowers and classic heavy eyebrows.... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• How To Draw a Castle

  

  I love how castles appeal to both boys and girls, with many of the latter getting into the fairy tale side of things. But no matter what, they are a great way t... Read more

  Posted on 24 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• How to Draw A Pop Art Landscape

  

  The Pop Art Movement started in the 1950s and often contained a very flat and simplified perspective. If you encourage children to make a simple landscape like... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• How To Draw a Country Barn

  

  There’s something about a drawing of a bright red barns that always seem to be charming to me, no matter the skill level of the student. 1. Fold a drawing... Read more

  Posted on 23 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• How to Make a Round Braid

  

  I was looking for fun yarn projects to take to Haiti next month, and happily found this technique to make a rounded braid. It looks a lot more complicated to... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• American Airline Miles Needed

  

  For those of you that have been following my work with Project HOPE Art, there was an incredible development earlier this year. Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Contour Tree Drawing

  

  I’m stilling enjoying the artwork of Friedensrich Hundertwasser, who inspired this contour drawing of a tree trunk. 1. I used a square paper and drew the outlin... Read more

  Posted on 20 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING

• Lollipop Drawings

  

  I needed a new warm up exercise for my after school drawing class, and a chance crossing with a candy store brought me a quick solution – lollipops. Read more

  Posted on 18 June 2013 FAMILY, SCHOOLING