Category Archives: Art Activities
Rules For Creating Depth on a Flat Surface
Artists are illusionists. They fool the eye. An artist can create the illusion of depth on a flat surface if they use some very basic rules. These rules really are common sense when you think about it. It is not … Continue reading
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Tagged art lesson, creating depth, depth, detail, distance, Drawing, drawing lesson, homeschool art lesson, linear perspective, overlapping, perspective, tips for drawing
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Silhouette Sky Painting
Searching the internet for art information and instruction can sometimes be frustrating. If you know how to narrow your search you will get better results. In a technology mini-workshop I discovered a way to search the internet by filetype. I … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, filetype, google, homeschool, internet, powerpoint, search, searching, teaching, watercolor
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November 2012 AFH Art Show Entries
November is the month of Thanksgiving and I am thankful for the support and interest everyone has given to the Art For Homeschool website as well as the online art show. Thank you parents and students for your support in … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, Art For Homeschool Art Show, homeschool, homeschool activity, online art show, student artwork
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November 2012 Parent Work
I am pleased that we have two parents that entered their art work in the November 2012 AFH online art show. Even though they are not eligible to win any awards I want to give everyone a chance to look … Continue reading
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Tagged Art, colored pencil, Julie Capaldi, Lara DeHaven, modeling, photograph
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Carving Pumpkins
Carving pumpkins for Halloween can be a fun art project. Once you have picked out your pumpkin, you will want to determine how large the carving space is. This all depends on how large your pumpkin is. Once that has … Continue reading
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Tagged art activity, carving, halloween, jack-o-lanterns, pumpkins
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