This week’s art lesson is inspired by African American Chemist Marie Daly. She is best known for her studies on the human heart and helping realize risk factors for heart attack and heart disease. Join us as we create rhythm in this heartbeat inspired art project.

This week’s lesson is inspired by George Washington Carver, who is the first African American scientist to receive a national monument to honor his legacy. He was an agricultural scientist and inventor. Today we will draw a science experiment as we learn more about this inspirational figure.

This week we are going to use watercolors to paint a picture of a lion. Materials: paper, sharpie or a black crayon, watercolor paint. Follow along step by step to learn how to draw a lion then I’ll share some watercolor techniques to paint the lion’s mane.

This project is inspired by Artist Jim Dine. Original art project from Art teacher from Lauren Stacey of Elements of the Art Room. Grab a few paintbrushes and follow along as we do an observational drawing of paint brushes including shadow (value) and color.

This project is inspired by artist Jim Dine. He was a pop artist and painted many paintings of tools. So grab a tool you have at home, a hammer, wrench, scissors or paint brush and follow along as we draw with value.

2021: Time to carve out a moment to focus and draw...and possibly paint. 2 - Two things I hope to accomplish this year.. 0 - Zero, as in nothing will stop me from... 2 - Two things I am grateful for.. 1 - One thing I wish... If you don’t have an altered book, you can write in a journal or any blank page. The focus here is to let go, be creative for a moment, and to have fun envisioning the hope you have for 2021.

Follow along with step-by-step instructions on how to draw a one-point perspective city. For this project, you will need a piece of paper, a ruler, a pencil or a sharpie, and colored markers.

Materials: Paper, colored construction paper, glue, scissors We are going to create a collage of a glowing candle.