Also in this series: Part 1 Part 2 I was recently able to experience the “Artists of Hawaii Now” exhibit at the Honolulu Museum of Art, and I left full of so many different emotions and thoughts that I am still untangling. It inspired me to share portrait work by native Hawaiian artists. Native Hawaiians…
Also in this series: Part 1: Black and African Artists Part 3: Hawaiian/Kanaka Maoli Artists For the second part of my series, I want to focus on a few artists and website collectives who approach the technique of photography in various ways. Angelica Dass is a Brazilian photographer whose work places portraits of an incredible…
I’ve become interested in how contemporary (modern-day) artists portray people of different ethnicities, races, and cultural backgrounds, especially when they come from that background or identity themselves. My goal is to select artists with a variety of work available to view online, and whose work is mostly appropriate to be viewed by all ages. Also…
We’ve been focused for the past six weeks on drawing a face as you see it facing straight forward. Now we’re going to turn the head to the side and learn to see and draw the face in profile. To begin, look at the image below. What do you see? What did you see first?…
Emotions! We all have them. Now let’s learn how to draw them! Happy, sad, angry, scared, surprised, bored, confused, silly Look in the mirror or partner up with someone in your household. Make very exaggerated faces to express different emotions. Pay attention to the location, direction, and shape of the different parts of the face…
Get it? All together? Toget… Hair? Now? Okay, maybe I should stick to making art instead of jokes. 😜 Aloha my Awesome Artists! How’s it going for you today? Good hair day? Bad hair day? “Haven’t even looked at my hair” kind of day? One of the many things I enjoy about art is that we…
Today I’m going to talk about something difficult. Shame. (Video transcript below) It’s totally normal to feel embarrassed or frustrated by your art. To feel like “I’m no good at drawing faces,” or” I can’t do this,” or even, “I suck at art.” Everyone has thoughts like that. The key is knowing that these feelings…
Take a Break Hi! Before we start, can I ask you something?Are you as tired as I am? Has this last week seemed like it lasted a month? It’s… been a lot. That’s okay. Art can help. I like to just scribble sometimes. Make lots and lots of different sized circles. Cover a page with…
You’ve made it to the second day of Art Camp! Today we’re going to look at all the different parts of our faces. Try drawing each part of the face separately. Don’t worry yet about putting them all together, go ahead and draw them all over the page. You can start by drawing just one…
Welcome to the first day of “Making faces” Art Camp! Your goal this week is to simply find your starting point. Look for a photograph, drawing, or painting of a face you enjoy. To help, I created a Making Faces art collection on Google Arts And Culture with a wide variety of artworks from different time periods and places. You…