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Many of our live streams use reference photos to teach a topic and/or technique. These reference photos are specifically chosen to maximize the understanding of the video’s topic. It is a surprisingly slow process to find a photo that has all the qualities that are needed to be a effective visual reference! Prof Lieu carefully […]
The Drawing Basics Track is a great way to learn fundamental skills in drawing. You’ll develop versatility in drawing by practicing everything from a two minute gesture drawing to drawings that take several hours to complete! OngoingLesson 1 • Lesson 2 • Lesson 3Lesson 4 • Lesson 5 • Lesson 6 A broad range of […]
Prompt Create an 18″ x 24″ wet charcoal drawing, using a landscape reference photo as a very loose reference. Examples Kate A., Anastasia Lvova Experiment Before starting on the final drawing, spend at least an hour playing around and making marks on newsprint (or any other inexpensive paper) to see what wet charcoal is capable […]
Prompt Create a chiaroscuro self-portrait. Chiaroscuro is a lighting effect which uses bold shadows and highlights that allows subjects to emerge from a dark background. Chiaroscuro is not just a visual effect in a portrait, you can create a very dramatic mood that has a theatrical look. By emphasizing the lighting, the form in the […]
Prompt Choose a manmade object, or an object from nature that has visible texture. Consider how dramatic and tactile the texture of the object is. Ordinary objects like a scarf, a rug, a stuffed animal are effective, as are natural objects like bark and dried flowers. Spend time searching for an object that is really […]
Prompt Make a viewfinder by cutting a rectangular window into a piece of cardboard. Walk around your living space, looking through the window to find “scenes” that interest you. Play with getting up close vs standing further back, and aim for a broad variety of scenes. Goal Create twelve thumbnail sketches based on the areas […]
Prompt Examples Toaster, Tent, Steen, Pat McIlroy Timed Drawing Videos Our videos makes drawing practice easy: get your drawing supplies and follow along as each pose plays with a timer. See all our timed drawing videos. Reference images Recommended media Sketchbook that is around 9″ x 12,” pencil, colored pencil, Caran d’Ache Neocolor I Crayon […]
Prompt Complete six hours in total of gesture drawings of animals. We recommend that each drawing session is a minimum of one hour so you have time to warm up and sharpen your skills. Using a timer make two, five, and ten minute drawings. Start with the two minute ones and progressively increase to ten […]
Ongoing + Weekly Assignments This ongoing assignment is to be done simultaneously with the weekly assignments. However, if your schedule doesn’t fit well with this, and you want to do the ongoing assignment at a separate time than the weekly assignments, our suggestion is to do the ongoing assignment for 3 weeks straight. The continuity […]
This video shows you some examples of free or inexpensive art supplies you did not know you already have at home. Sometimes the simplicity of a household item is a terrific challenge to get your creative juices flowing! You don’t need expensive art supplies bought from the art store in order to create exciting artwork. […]
This video discusses the recent sale of Beeple’s NFT (Non-fungible token) at Christie’s for $69 million dollars. This sale was Christies’ first for an entirely digital artwork, and the first time Christie’s accepted payment in the cryptocurrency Ether. How does this event impact the art world today, and the future in terms of NFTs? Discussion […]
This video addresses how artists use cultural appropriation, and explores ownership of stories represented by visual artists. Topics covered include what the difference is between representation and appropriation, the power of personal narratives, showing classic stories, and more. Discussion led by Art Prof Clara Lieu and Teaching Artists Deepti Menon and Cat Huang. Video Walkthrough […]
Art History Podcasts •Contemporary Podcasts Art History Podcasts ArtCuriousArtHolesArt History BabesArt History for AllArt History Happy HourArt Slice Dior Talks Guggenheim Museum Audio History of Art, Oxford University Jo’s Art History Podcast National Gallery of Art Portraits, National Portrait Gallery Recording Artists Stuff About Things The Lonely PaletteThe Great Women Artists PodcastThe Renaissance: A History […]
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Impressionism • Pop Art • Pre-Raphaelites Surrealism • Young British Artists Impressionism Alfred Sisley Berthe Morisot Camille Pissarro Edgar DegasÉdouard ManetÉdouard Vuillard Frédéric Bazille Jean-François Millet Léon Leenhoff Mary Cassatt Paul CézannePaul GauguinPierre BonnardPierre-Auguste Renoir Pop Art Andy Warhol Barnett Newman Claes Oldenburg Dan FlavinDavid HockneyDonald Judd Eduardo PaolozziEllsworth Kelly Frank Stella Jackson PollockJames RosenquistJasper […]
Animation • Film • Photography Animation A — I Aleksandra KorejwoAlexander PetrovAlexandre Alexeieff & Claire Parker Bee GrandinettiBill PlymptonBorivoj DovnikovicBrothers Quay Caleb WoodCalvin Xingpei ShenCandy KugelCaroline LeafConner GriffithCristóbal León and Joaquín Cociña Daisy Jacobs and Chris WilderDana TerraceDaniel SousaDina VelikovskayaDon HertzfeldtDušan Vukotić Eadweard J. MuybridgeÉmile Cohl Hayao Miyazaki Ian Jones-Quartey J — Q J. Stuart […]
2D Mixed Media • Collage • Printmaking 2D Mixed Media A — E Alberto BurriAna Wieder-BlankAndrew EhrenworthAnselm Kiefer Betye SaarBisa Butler Christian MarclayCullen Washington Jr. David MaximDawn ClementsDiana CooperDindga McCannonDon HazlittDylan Graham F — M Edouard Duval-CarriéElaine Spatz-RabinowitzElinore HollinsheadElliott Hundley Faith Ringgold Howardena Pindell Jane HammondJoseph Cornell Katia BulbenkoKelly DuffieldKurt Schwitters Mario ZootsMark TobeyMiriam Schapiro […]
Installation • Murals • Performance • Site Specific • Video Installation A — I Abigail DeVilleAdrienne TarverAi WeiweiAlex Da CorteAnn HamiltonAnna Schuleit Haber Barbara KrugerBernard Akoi-Jackson Cai Guo QiangChiharu ShiotaChitra GaneshChristo & Jeanne-Claude Debo EilersDo-Ho Suh Gina OsterlohGordon Matta-Clark Ibrahim Mahama J — Q James TurrellJenny HolzerJessica StockholderJudy Chicago Kevin BeasleyKimsooja Leonardo DrewLisi Raskin Mark […]
Ceramics • Glass •Textiles Ceramics A — I Andile DyalvaneAneta RegelAyame Ceramics Brian RochefortBruce M. Sherman Christopher David WhiteCoille HoovenCristina Tufiño Edmund de WaalElisabeth Kley Fernando Casasempere Grayson Perry Hae Won Sohn J — Q Jami Porter LaraJohnson Tsang Katie SpraggKoike Shôko Lei XueLim + Lu Matt Wedel R — Z Ramesh Mario NithiyendranRobert Lugo […]
Historical • Contemporary Historical Albert BierstadtAlbert Pinkham RyderAlexander Helwig WyantAndré Derain Caspar David FriedrichCharles DemuthChilde HassamClaude Lorrain Edgar Alwin PayneEdward Mitchell BannisterEyvind Earle Fred MachetanzFrederic Edwin ChurchFrederic Remington George InnessGiorgione Howard PyleHuáng Bīnhóng Ivan Aivazovsky J. M. W. TurnerJames Abbott McNeill WhistlerJan van GoyenJean-Baptiste-Camille CorotJohn ConstableJohn MartinJulian Onderdonk L. S. Lowry Maria Sibylla MerianMartin Johnson […]
Contemporary Abstract Contemporary • Abstract Historical Figurative Contemporary • Figurative Historical Contemporary A — I Augusta Savage Betye SaarBruce Nauman Carl AndreCarlos VillaCarolina CaycedoChapman BrothersCharles GainesChristo and Jeanne-Claude Dale ChihulyDamien HirstDavid AltmejdDavid ButlerDavid HammonsDiana Al-Hadid Emery BlagdonEric Fischl Glenn Ligon Hu XiaoyuanHuma Bhabha J — Q Jacolby SatterwhiteJames CasebereJeff KoonsJennifer MaestreJessica StockholderJessica StrausJudy Pfaff Kirsten […]
Contemporary • Historical • Dutch Vanitas Contemporary Audrey Flack Ben Nicholson Caroline LarsenCharles Bell Janet Fish Kate BrinkworthKathleen Speranza Ralph GoingsRichard Estes Tjalf Sparnaay Wayne Thiebeaud Historical Albrecht DürerAmbrosius Bosschaert Annibale Carracci Antoine Vollon Cornelis Norbertus Gysbrechts Francisco de ZurbaránFrans Snyders George FlegelGeorges BraqueGiorgio MorandiGiovanni Ambrogio Figino, Hans Memling Jacopo da EmpoliJoachim BeuckelaerJan Jansz. Treck Jan Philip van […]
Adult Books • Children’s Books • Editorial Illustration Adult Books A — I Adam HughesAl HirshfeldAlberto VargasAlphonse MuchaAndrew LoomisAntonio LopezArthur RackhamAubrey Beardsley Barry MoserBob PeakBrett Helquist Dave StevensDavid Edward ByrdDavid WiesnerDean CornwellDrew Struzan Earl MoranEdmund DulacEdward LearEdward SteedErté Frank Frazetta G — Q Gary KelleyGeorge BarbierGil Elvgren H.R. GigerHarry ClarkeHoward Pyle James JeanJessie Willcox SmithJon […]
Contemporary • Portrait • Historical Contemporary A — F Aaron DouglasAbdoulaye KonatéAblade GloverAlex GreyAlex KatzAlice NeelAllison SchulnikAlyssa MonksAmy SheraldAnna ParkAndrew RafteryAntonio López GarcíaArchibald MotleyArcmanoro Niles BalthusBarkley L. HendricksBeauford DelaneyBill TraylorBright Tetteh Ackwerh Carroll DunhamCassius Marcellus CoolidgeCecily BrownChanning TatumCharles Henry AlstonCharles WhiteChéri SambaChris Ofili Dan ThompsonDana SchutzDasha ShishkinDavid Alfaro SiqueirosDavid DriskellDavid HockneyDerrick AdamsDevan ShimoyamaDiane VictorDominick CocozzaDoron […]
Comics • Caricature • Manga Comics A — L Alex TothAlison BechdelArt Spiegelman Bill Watterson Charles SchultzChris Ware Dan WassermanDaniel ClowesDav PilkeyDave Berg Emil Farris Frank Miller Harvey KurtzmanHarvey Pekar Jack KirbyJeff KinneyJillian TamakiJim LeeJules Feiffer Lynda Barry M — Z Maia KobabeMike AllredMike CuratoMike MignolaMilton Caniff Naoki UrasawaNatalie LinnNeal AdamsNeil Gaiman R. Kikuo JohnsonRaina […]
A — K Andreas RochaAndy Park Bobby Chiu Carlo Arellano Dominik Mayer Ethan CastilloEytan ZanaEyvind Earle Fanny PoulainFlorian Moncomble Hicham Habchi James PaickJax JocsonJeremy FenskeJhonen VasquezJordan Grimmer L — Z LeSean ThomasLorenzo Lanfranconi Mary BlairMatt RhodesMaurice NobleMichael J. Buffington Nicholas Kole Ralph McQuarrieRyan LangRyan Meinerding Seung Eun KimSpace GoooseSu WangSyd Mead TB Choi
Apparel • Architecture • Graphic Design Industrial Design • Furniture Apparel A — I Alexander McQueenAndré PerugiaAndreas KronthalerAnna Sui Betsey Johnson Charles Frederick WorthChristian Laubautin Elie SaabElsa SchiaparelliEmilio Pucci Guo Pei Hubert de Givenchy Iris van HerpenIssey Miyake J — Q Jaad Kuujus (Meghann O’Brien)Jean Paul GaultierJohn FluevogJohn GallianoJun TakahashiJunko KoshinoJunya Watanabe Kansai YamamotoKarl LagerfeldKate […]
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Submissions are closed. Art Dare Prompt This challenge has 2 options: Use makeup and safe, non-toxic natural materials to create artwork on any part of anyone’s body. Create a tattoo design in any media. The design does not need to be drawn on a body, but show us where the tattoo would be located. Get […]