In my free time I teach my plotter bot Karel to draw with a pen. This is one of his styles. The photo is first divided into small tiles and then Karel randomly selects a style for each tile.
A challenge is whatever you want to make of it — start with the core rules of the challenge as your starting point — and see what direction you go! I love the wave of positive energy that flows thru the creative community during a good creative challenge. We see a lot of inspiring art & pe
Mystery Mosaics printables are an engaging way to combine fun with learning for both kids and adults. By coloring grids based on numbers or symbols, you unravel hidden pictures, enhancing concentration, and attention to detail.
Dive into a world of intricate patterns with these 22 mosaic coloring pages, free for you to download and print! With these sheets, you can let your imagination soar as you fill in a kaleidoscope of designs that merge both timeless art forms and modern-day designs!
Today I’m not going to show you how to make a stone art mosaic with step-by-step instructions. A simple search can do this for you. In this article I intend to illustrate a swift summary on free tools to help you transform your images and patterns, into mosaic designs and patterns. At the end of the day, most mosaic designers are self-taught, and technology today is helping us take more control over our own culture. Ever since I noticed the load of information about mosaic art, I thought of comparing it to the worldwide mosaic community. Although I couldn’t find plenty and I actually knew that our community is very small, but I noticed a passionate extroversion, and fervor to spread the knowledge and love of mosaic around the globe!
Katherine Cahoon Mosaic Grid Zendoodle drawing This lesson originally came from the Incredible Art Department, by Paul Zambos. http://incredibleart.org/lessons/middle/larry-valuegrid.htm. This process of this project took a very long time. If I were to do it again I would certainly do it in smaller scale, however I was 100% satisfied with the results. They may not have been as impressive on a smaller scale. Melissa Henderson Hannah S Racheal
Easy mosaic patterns printable can simplify your crafting projects, allowing you to create beautiful art with less effort..
Mosaic patterns or cartoons are simplied maps that show major work lines and color fields. The color mottling and finer details come from the tile.
Students select a landscape magazine image (National Geographic good op, no text) OR one that provides them with a range of cool and warm colors. Emphasis is on complementary colors, i.e. : Reds/Gr…
“The pictures were painted directly through me, without any preliminary drawings, and with great force. I had no idea what the paintings were supposed to depict; nevertheless I worked swiftly and surely, without changing a single brush stroke." HILMA AF KLINT
Finding simple patterns for stained glass projects can be a bit tricky for beginners. You want something easy enough to handle but still beautiful when completed.
You can make beautiful "painted" tiles with Sharpies and rubbing alcohol. This full tutorial will show you how to paint with Sharpies and alcohol!
The shit hit the fan! Little did I know or expect when I took the Design Council’s Double Diamond apart, revamped and published it on medium.com in May 2016 (Link to the article). Lauren Currie and…
Hi Everyone, I am excited that my next book in the Create, Color, Pattern, Play series is going to press tomorrow! Here’s the cover design: It was a bit of a rush, and I want to give a special shout out to the team of Color & Creativity Enthusiasts from the Zenspirations® Create, Color, Pattern, Play Facebook … Continue reading Judaic Expressions
Odyssey: Jack Whitten Sculpture, 1963–2017 at the BMA by Angela N. Carroll “The mosaic laying is a form of painting that … Continued
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No, this isn’t the Geico gecko! But below are step by step directions so you can create your own gecko drawing. Scroll down to find the link for a PDF you can download and print. If you are viewing on a mobile device and cannot see the instructions, click on the link below that says […]
Using Vincent Van Gogh's "The Starry Night" as inspiration students will create their own experimental watercolor version. My students are learning about Van Gogh this year and I wanted a fun project to get the year started inspired by "The Starry Night" - one of the most famous and well liked paintings in the world. Using Watercolor washes and wet into wet, oil pastel, alcohol and salt resist students will make their own version of the sky from the painting. You will need: Liquid Watercolor in dark blue and purple Watercolor paper Water and brushes Oil Pastels Isopropyl alcohol droppers or Q-tips Salt I am going to discuss Van Gogh and his work with the students and in particular this painting. This is a great painting to discuss warm and cool colors, energy in art, an artist's style, post impressionism, active/still, abstract/realistic, mood etc... I'll demonstrate sketching an easy composition. They can begin by lightly sketching the moon, stars, clouds and the horizon line. If they choose to add the cypress or other details that's fine. I'm just going to let them do what they want - as long as it's inspired by "The Starry Night" Next add the oil pastel over the sketch and wherever else they want. After they finish with the oil pastels I'll demonstrate the next step. Using the dark blue watercolor with lots of water do a wash over the entire painting - so it's quite diluted. The Oil pastel resists the watercolor. Add more of the blue in the painting, but this time don't add any water so it's darker. Use big brushstrokes in the same style as the oil pastels to reinforce the energy in the painting. Imagine being Van Gogh - is this how he would do it? Working quickly so the paper doesn't dry add some purple brushstrokes as well. Next add the alcohol in the areas you want to lighten. This is right after I added the alcohol and a little bit of salt. I want the salt to suggest other smaller stars so just used a little. I like the way the alcohol makes the stars look like they are glowing in the night sky. This is primarily an experiment with watercolor. Students don't need any drawing ability so pretty much any age or ability level will enjoy this lesson. As the painting dries the salt and the alcohol really react. It's kind of like magic and a lot of fun, but also you're giving the students a few new tools to add to their art repertoire and the opportunity to simply explore in a loose manner. I'm going to have them sign it with their first name followed by Van Gogh : )
