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Thanks to some rock-star art teachers from around the country, Artsonia offers great "how-to" art projects that students can easily try at home. Most of the projects will take about 10-15 minutes to complete and have an instructional video. No fancy art supplies are required. You can even "copy" these ideas into your own projects for students to submit to.

Jennifer Griffith · 2815 views · released 7 months ago

Learn how to draw and shade in a ribbon.

Jane Ten Broeck · 2164 views · released 7 months ago

Learn how to draw a frog on a lily pad.

Patterned Printmaking

Cassie Walker · 1850 views · released 7 months ago

Make a print with a Styrofoam plate and water color markers.

Picasso Portrait

Bridget McDermott · 2551 views · released 7 months ago

Introducing the artist Picasso - draw with a Sharpie and add color with watercolor or marker.

Amber Herbelin · 1449 views · released 7 months ago

Paper Marbling with Shaving Cream and food coloring.

Bridget McDermott · 3967 views · released 7 months ago

Introducing the artist Henri Matisse - draw a fish bowl and color background with marker.

Cole Melvin · 1710 views · released 7 months ago

Draw a rabbit in a hat and then cut it out and it moves.

Daniele Green · 1088 views · released 7 months ago

Draw a butterfly then trace over their drawing with BLACK TEMPERA PAINT and then add color with oil pastels.

Optical Illusion

Catherine Argueta · 3398 views · released 7 months ago

Learn how to draw an optical illusion and add color with complementary colored markers.

Paper Tube Sculptures

Rosalie King · 2686 views · released 7 months ago

Make a "sculpture" with CUT paper towel rolls.

Rachel Fortner · 1958 views · released 7 months ago

Make a collage cat using oil pastels and construction paper.

Marker Painting Cactus

Meghan Glass · 2146 views · released 7 months ago

Learn how to draw a cactus, add color with marker and use water and a brush to make it look like a painting.

Gena Maley · 1261 views · released 7 months ago

Use doodles to create flowers, draw with SHARPIE and add color with markers.

Surprise Cupcakes

Cassie Walker · 1688 views · released 7 months ago

Draw a cupcake on folded paper with a surprise inside.

Gena Maley · 1548 views · released 7 months ago

Learn how to make origami frogs and decorate them with marker.

Gena Maley · 2471 views · released 8 months ago

You learn how to paint a Cherry Blossom Branch with watercolor and add the cherry blossoms with tempera paint.

Hot Air Balloon

Danielle Green · 2435 views · released 8 months ago

You draw a hot air balloon, color it with oil pastels and paint with watercolor paint.

Finger Knitting

Amber Herbelin · 3107 views · released 8 months ago

You learn how to do finger knitting.

Doodle Line Design

Sabina Bolinger · 6033 views · released 8 months ago

You make a line doodle with Zentangle designs in black marker.

Rebecca Speech · 15756 views · released 8 months ago

You learn how to draw a brick wall, then get ideas on how to finish the project in different ways.

Rachel Fortner · 2503 views · released 8 months ago

You create a 3D Landscape.

Hannah Tvedten · 2216 views · released 8 months ago

You create a drawing of a palette, then add water to make it look like a painting.

Cassie Walker · 1090 views · released 8 months ago

You paint with watercolors to create the background and then use pastels to create the planets.

Daniele Green · 3699 views · released 8 months ago

You learn how to draw an ant hill with "rooms" under the ground.

Christine Frobase · 2878 views · released 8 months ago

You create a "sun catcher" with a coffee filter and watercolor paint.

Catherine Argueta · 4420 views · released 8 months ago

You draw your hands and create swirls for the background. You will break the coloring up into warm and cool colors

Ocean Wax Resist

Cassie Walker · 819 views · released 8 months ago

You make a painting of an underground scene with crayons and watercolor. Salt is added to make an interesting texture in the paint.

Cara Magruder · 1379 views · released 8 months ago

You learn how to draw a face in proportion.

Figure Ground Illusion

Tricia Fuglestad · 2453 views · released 8 months ago

You create the optical illusion of a Vase and a Face.

Jane Ten Broeck · 5105 views · released 8 months ago

You learn how to make a simple sculpture of a person using foil.

Rachel Fortner · 3416 views · released 8 months ago

In this project you will create a background and then draw a koala to cut out and glue to the background.

Make it Move Figure

Tricia Fuglestad · 1543 views · released 8 months ago

In this project you will create a figure inspired by Keith Haring. You will need an iPad and the DoInk App to complete this project.

Cool and Warm Colors

Catherine Argueta · 6152 views · released 8 months ago

In this project you will draw a design and use warm colors for one portion and cool colors for the other portion.

Big Mouth Character

Rebecca Speech · 9307 views · released 8 months ago

In this project you will learn to make a drawing of an animal on folded paper, with the mouth on the fold. When the paper is unfolded you can add something inside the mouth.

Keriann Noga · 3159 views · released 8 months ago

In this project you can make a drawing of circles, then add colors and patterns. When the drawing is complete, you can make cuts in your design and make it 3D.

Hannah Tvedten · 3046 views · released 8 months ago

In this project you learn about Jasper Johns and draw a picture with letters.

Sara Farrell · 4186 views · released 8 months ago

In this project you make a drawing of an Ice Cream Cone with colored pencils.

Sabina Bolinger · 3470 views · released 8 months ago

In this project you learn how to do a simple drawing of chickens and add color with colored pencils.

Rosalie King · 4021 views · released 8 months ago

In this project you use foil and markers to make prints.

Positive Words Graffiti

Rebecca Speech · 31412 views · released 8 months ago

In this project you learn how to make graffiti letters using positive words.

Statue of Liberty

Jane Ten Broeck · 1179 views · released 8 months ago

In this project you learn how to draw a simple Statue of Liberty, then paint it with a paint of your choice.

Heather Kostal · 3300 views · released 8 months ago

In this project you learn how to draw Gems with shading.

Hannah Tvedten · 3356 views · released 8 months ago

In this project you create a landscape, inspired by Claude Monet, then spray with water, fold it and print it.

Danielle Green · 1930 views · released 8 months ago

In this project you learn how to make a tie dye background with oil pastels and add a word on top with black oil pastels.

Cole Melvin · 3340 views · released 8 months ago

In this project you learn how to draw Lemurs.

Keep checking back ... more new videos will be released in the near future!