Digital and online art activities for you to try:
Try these Painting and Drawing ideas:
Painting with COFFEE
This clip shows how painting with coffee or tea is an effective alternative paint medium.
Video sourced from Kasey Golden
Drawing a weaving pattern with coloured pencils
Learn how to draw a weaving pattern with colored pencils! This colored pencil tutorial step by step will show you how to draw a weaving pattern. Shading and blending a weaving pattern is a great way to practice your drawing fundamentals.
Video sourced from That Art Teacher
Drawing Prisms
This clip explores prisms and uses computer graphics to show the aerial, front and side views of many different prisms. Throughout the clip, students are prompted to make their own drawings of different views of 3-D prisms and to sketch the 3-D prism shape represented by the 2-D base (top) and faces (front and side) provided. Combination prisms are introduced.
Video sourced from ClickView
Drawing Optical Illusions
This optical illusion art lesson is a really fun wavy lines drawing trick! Op Art 3-D drawing is such a fun and easy way to learn to shade with colored pencils. This easy op art tutorial is perfect for distance learning, an art classroom or artists at home looking to sharpen their skills.
Video sourced from That Art Teacher
Try these sculpture and collage ideas:
Learn the basics of making a collage in this tutorial. You will learn what materials you can use, how to put it together, and some simple composition tips. As a bonus I included my favorite collage tool, packing tape, and how I use it to make transfers. You can use anything to make a collage, it is just combining elements.
Video sourced from Mr Otter Sudio
Newspaper Pottery
In this video, I demonstrate how to make Newspaper Pottery. It's a great alternative if you have a kiln-less art space, like yours truly. This is an excellent project to build hand strength, upcycle, and challenge yourself to create beyond your limits.
Video sourced from Art with Coach T
Newspaper Geometric Sculptures
Geometric Paper sculptures inspired by Japanese Architect Shigeru Ban
Video sourced from Lindsey Brakebill
A lovely short film with Waldemar Januszczak assisting Andy Goldsworthy, create some impromptu land art in the Scottish borders.
Video sourced from zcz films
Create art in nature. Explore work by UK artist Andy Goldsworthy and create something beautiful outside.
Hanoch Piven discusses his focus on play and being playful in his portraits, and finding meaningful metaphores to add depth to his work.
Video sourced from jakobodahobo
