Fashion Design Class & Drawing People for Middle Schoolers and Teens

While I was living in New Jersey, I taught a great group of girls a class in fashion design. The primary focus was to help these girls learn to draw and paint people. Another objective was that of teaching the facets of creative mixed media design, The third objective is to help students explore Fashion…

Art for Kids – Learn to Draw Realistically, to Shade & Learn Cartooning

The above images were created by one of my students who was aged 10. I started teaching this student to shade with colored pencils when she was in the second grade. When children enter elementary school, they become progressively more sensitive about the opinions of their classmates, and they seek a teacher who helps them…

How to Make Paper Mache

A Jonni Good Tutorial – image Credit: Jonni Good Table of Contents Step 1: Creating a Form or Armature Armatures Made with Crumpled Paper and Masking Tape: Armatures Made with Crumpled Foil and Hot Glue: Using Found Objects for a Form for Paper Mache: Paper Mache Over a Clay Model: Paper Mache Over a Wire…

The Complete Book of Papercrafts – Excerpts + More Ideas

Papier-Mâché “Papier-mâché is the art of modelling with torn or shredded paper bound together with glue, usually a waterbased type. The techniques are quickly mastered and offer endless variation. Almost any object can be used as a mould for papier-mâché, although round objects are easier to cover smoothly if the mould is to be removed…

Art Classes Begin at Jacki Kellum Studios & School of Arts in January

During the Week of January 5, Jacki Kellum will begin teaching painting at her arts studios and school of arts, which is located at 32 South Main in Water Valley, Mississippi. Jacki Kellum has been teaching a variety of arts skills for over 50 years, and she will initially teach watercolor and acrylic painting lessons…