How to Paint a Picture of a Conch Shell

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How to Paint a Picture of a Conch Shell, Lesson, and Worksheet

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You can use any watercolor paint. I prefer my small Windsor Newton paint set; it has a nice selection of colors. I also use Grumbacher Paints in the tubes.  You can easily find these at any craft store like Lobby Hobby or Michaels. (Look for coupons online.) You can collect lots of paintbrushes, but it is better at the start to keep it simple with a few small, medium, and medium-large brushes and a combination of flats as well as rounded paintbrushes. For these art lessons, I use Strathmore series 300 Watercolor paper. It is economical and available at Michaels and Hobby Lobby and online. 

PRINTABLE NOTES.

BEGINNINGS
Trace the design onto 140-pound watercolor paper; this is the heavy paper that will not buckle. If the paper is too thick to trace through, place it against a window with the light shining behind it, and then you should be able to trace it easily.


BACKGROUND
Wet the paper all around the shell. Be careful to not cross over into the shell. Mix some watery blue and lay it into the background. Mix a little red and black for the shadow below the shell.

LET THE BACKGROUND DRY BEFORE YOU GO ON.
Wet the brown areas with clear water. Mix brown and dab the color into the shell to give it a texture. Mix yellow-brown and dab some in for interest. Let the colors blend. Mix a VERY LITTLE black into the brown and dab in for the shadows. Add more color to the bottom, so it looks round.  You may need to tilt the paper, so the colors run down from the light area.
LET IT DRY BEFORE YOU DO THE PINK PART

THE PINK PART.
Wet the area for the pink part. Mix a very light red; it is best to have crimson, but regular will do if you have it. Place the red-pink color into the top of the shell, starting at the bottom edge of the top. Work the color up, so it becomes paler near the top. Use a tissue if you need to lift some color out. It may help if you tilt the paper, so it flows down to deepen the color.

DETAILS
Mix a watery lavender-red and put just a little where the shadows of the wrinkles are on the pink area.

If the spurs need a little more shadow, then mix a small amount of black with brown and lavender and carefully add shadows where needed.

Mix a little darker brown and dab rows on the side, do not make the rows straight but give them a slight curve to help the shell to look round.

Sign your work about an inch up from the bottom; that way, there is room for the frame.

(c) Adron D. 7/14/19

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Drawing Lesson On Using Line To Create Texture In A Drawing.

Texture can add a lot of interest to a picture as well as depth and value. This lesson deals specifically with a pen drawing but the concepts will translate in other mediums such as pencil, and pastel.

A rural cottage was used in the illustration but still-life or other theme works as well. The advantage of the landscape is the variety of textures such as rock, tree bark, grass leaves, etc. It helps to work off of a photo or to go outside where there is a lot of natural texture to discover.

There are different catalogs of lines but each artist must find his own preference and master the ones that work best for them.

Illustration for using line for texture in a drawing.Art lesson

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WARM-UP
On a practice paper experiment with different lines such as small scribbles, rolling lines, wavy lines, straight dashes, curved dashes, and dashes where the pressure goes from firm to light.

BEGINNING OF PROJECT
This is not going to be a masterpiece, the goal is to learn how lines can create texture.
Quickly layout the picture, in the illustration a rural cottage was drawn lightly with minimal detail so that the texture can be used to fill in the body of the drawing.

TAKE YOUR TIME!!!!

FACING WALL ON RIGHT: The lines used for the wall facing the viewer appears to be constructed with flat flagstones. So the texture is mostly short horizontal lines. These lines are also thinner and lighter so use less pressure.

WALL ON THE LEFT: Looks to be another flagstone wall but different. Use horizontal dashes.

BUSH IN FOREGROUND: The texture is like a wiggly line that is wider at the base and narrower to a point at the end.

FOREGROUND WALLS: These look like larger stones, the texture is made of squares or rectangles.

DISTANT WALLS. Distance reduces detail, the wall has a texture of dashes.

FOREGROUND BUSH: The lines go in swirly patterns. The line goes around and over itself.

DISTANT BUSH AND TREES. The lines are open scribbles with as little pattern as possible.

ROOF: Light lines, shaped like the letter L or number 7.

Dashes and dots were used in various places in the illustration as well.

(c) Adron Dozat
1/11/15

How To Find an Idea For Drawing With Creativity

Spectrum Homeschool Community Art 1 

Drawing with Creativity

And How to Find Ideas.

Drawing with creativity is a drawing lesson that teaches how to come up with ideas through the free association method. 

Warm ups: 

Warm ups used for an art lesson. 

     1. Cursive "Cs" linked together like ocean waves. 

     2. Flame shapes. 

     3. Squares connecting to make a maze. 

     4. Using scribbling style draw an animal of their own choosing.

When an artist of any discipline have a block of creativity some will use free association methods to acquire ideas. This is done by noting down random thoughts or images, which relaxes the mind and allows the imagination to bring up ideas. The random thoughts can be noted in the margin of the sketchbook or a scrap of paper, or can be done as doodles. The random thoughts can be acquired from items in the room or items from resource materials one uses. After a few minutes, the ideas are experimented with to see if they produce a workable project.

Exercise one.
To help the young artist practice the technique a list of random words will be given, (different w). They are instructed to look at each word one by one and if a word gives an inspiration they write down the inspiration. The student repeats this process with each word until they have a concept for a project.

Step one:    Look at the word from the list.
Step two:   Get an idea from that  word.
Step three:  Record the idea, write down a word or scribble a picture.
Step four:   Explore your ideas on scratch paper.
Step five:   Combine ideas or choose one for your project.

Students are given ten random words from the sample word list below:

candle frog door love heart down cat screen angry bucket sunset ketchup shark spaceship submarine werewolf train bride pumpkin happy dirt crash money street candy window cloud blender stove chair rug book socks hat feather hand nest fish sad bucket tree friend remote river rock dock planter angel gong shoe puppy cake balloon band road trash soda store lost found up down right left clock five two twin tower Africa beach ray car skateboard river rock sing sting band-aid hero foe friend mom dad friend toothpaste egg pan evil good angel scarecrow owl lamp old young tree fire ladder flying running mouse.

These words are not the ideas but are the source of an inspiration. The young student is prone to simply take the words and illustrate them but the goal is to find a new theme or subject from the words.

Exercise two.

Similar to exercise one but without the word list. The student is asked to look around them and write down ten things they see and from those things create a project to draw.

Exercise three.

Similar to those above but without visual:
The student thinks of ten or more words and writes them down until the student gets an inspiration for a drawing.

If time allows the student is to illustrate a scene from a child's story of their choosing.

(c)Adron Dozat

Art Classes for Columbia MD week of Oct 1st

Art Class in Columbia

This week at both my Tuesday morning and Thursday evening class we will be doing several projects.

For our warm up we will have three exercises.
     1. A practice blocking in squares using a different value for each square.
     2. We will practice basic circles going around and around each circle a few times to get the shape.
     3. We will use a scribbling technique to draw a turtle.

We will have a demonstration on perspective of receding sizes as they give the appearance of distance, such as telephone poles that are smaller as each one is further away.

We will discuss and draw some basic rules of facial anatomy, such as placing eyes in relationship to each other and the nose mouth etc. 

Our first project will be a pumpkin drawing using a model of a pumpkin.

Our second project will be a pair of mantle clocks.

Our water color projects include painting a seashell on a textured surface like sand- this project uses negative space to leave the sea shell white while painting the surrounding areas.

If time allows we will practice a portrait in watercolor.

(c)Adron Dozat

Art II February 9

ART II

Feb 9 2011

PRE CLASS: Students present any work done during last week for review.

INSTRUCTION AND DEMONSTRATION:  Demonstrating the "Grouped Mass Composition” where several masses of varying form values and color grouped together in one pleasing design.

CLASS PROJECTS:  Drawing for self-discovery, using magazine pictures or still life items to compose a picture using the “Grouped Mass Composition.” 

(c)Adron Dozat

Art II January 19 2012

PRE CLASS: Students present any work done last week for review and critique.

INSTRUCTION AND DEMONSTRATION:  Demonstrating the "L composition," Where a large vertical mass on one side of the picture is balanced by an expanse such as the sky on the other.

QUICK SKETCH CHALLENGE: We will draw an item in 10 minutes while trying to equally balance warm colors and cold colors.

CLASS PROJECTS:Choices include landscapes emphasis on the L composition form, A still life using subjects from the projects bag, butterflies that are copied from a calendar.

(c)Adron Dozat

Art lesson Plans for May 19th 2011 for Spectrum Homeschool Community

SPECTRUM HOMESCHOOL COMMUNITY

Art Lesson Plans May 19, 2011

Students Choice  award went to Bethany for her drawing of still life with box and books.

Teachers choice went to Meggan for her multimedia drawing of a candle and wood bowl.

PRE CLASS: Did any one draw during the last week? (Such as skill builders, long term, other).  What can they show the class?  Positive constructive peer reactions are encouraged.

WARM UPS: 1. Texture with cross thatching. 2. Circles (shading into balls). 3 Grayation with cylinders.  4. Ribbons flowing and turning.

QUICK DRAW CHALLENGE: Students were given 5 minutes to draw twisted tubes of toothpaste. – a study on irregular shapes.

CLASS PROJECTS: Today will be students choice  The  students may choose from magazine pictures and photos or work from several still lives available in class.

TAKE HOME SKILLBUILDERS: How to draw a coneflower.

LONG TERM PROJECT: Continue to read the Book of Acts and illustrate each chapter. Keep these illustrations in a folder to mount later on. One illustration must be a person.

OUR INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl instead they put it o it’s stand and it gives light to everyone in the house. In the same way, let your light shine before men that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in Heaven. Matthew 5:14-16 NIV. As Christian artists we want to use art for The Lord. We need to find ways to be creative for God. There are many ways we can use our art, or whatever gifts we have, for the Lord. We can pick godly themes for our subjects, we can give testimony when our work is complemented, we can donate our art to worthy causes, we can create illustrations that will inspire and comfort people like greeting cards, posters, and framed art. Many Christian organizations use artist to help create brochures, advertisements, outreach material and gospel tracts. Pray and ask God to show you how to use your art.

Let me know if you are interested in joining The Summer Sketchbook Club meeting once a week for 2 hours to sketch outdoors during summer. Let me know which day is better Wednesday or Thursday. Club size is limited, cost is 10.00 per week, and siblings are discounted. (It is a great excuse to get outdoors!)

I am always happy to do a make up lesson at your home. Just get in touch.

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(c)Adron Dozat

SPECTRUM, Art Lesson Plans April 14, 2011

SPECTRUM HOMESCHOOL COMMUNITY

Art Lesson Plans April 14, 2011

PRE CLASS: Did any one draw during this last week? (Such as skill builders, long term, other).  What can they show the class?  Positive constructive peer reactions are encouraged.

WARM UPS: 1. Jagged rough lines like sharp rocks using alternately the tip and the side of the pencil. 2. Cubes with out drawing lines use gradation and negative space to draw some cubes. (I know- boring- but an important skill they are everywhere). 3 Intersecting circles like making a daisy without lifting the pencil. 4. Shading with the side of the pencil in a vertical direction like the side of a tower or lighthouse.

QUICK DRAW CHALLENGE: very simple today- a creamer; students are given 5 minutes to draw it.

CLASS PROJECTS: 1. Last week we ended up sketching outdoors so this week we return to last week’s primary project- will be sketching a light houses attention to composition, including demonstration of selective composition using a photo, showing what to leave in and what to leave out.  2. Second project will be to sketch a face from an advertisement.

TAKE HOME SKILLBUILDERS: This week we have how to draw a daffodil, a dancer’s face in profile and drawing an open book. (Good if you need to decorate a book report). Again I was working on these until 1 am and I hope the kids enjoy drawing them. See the blog for additional helpful notes.

LONG TERM PROJECT: Continue to read the Book of Acts and illustrate each chapter. Keep these illustrations in a folder to mount later on. One illustration must be a person.

OUR INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Pride only breeds quarrels, but wisdom is found in those who take advice.” Proverbs 13:10, NIV. There is a good kind of pride that a person may take in their work. It is the celebration of or satisfaction in a job well done or in our case a picture well drawn. There is a pride that is bad, it is the type that at is defensive and self assertive.  No one wants to be criticized and told what is wrong with our projects so my approach is to offer advice in love and gentleness, but others may not have a gift of tact. If you get told something needs correction and you get defensive and argue about it no one improves. If you realize that taking advice can make you better as an artist, or what ever you are doing, you are wise. If someone criticizes your work put your hurt feelings behind you and say, “Thank you for that observation I’ll give it thought.” (You may have to practice this in front of the mirror!) You will be amazed at what a high opinion people have of you when you are humble and willing to take advice. And sometimes their advice is right and you actually get better at what you are doing.

Let me know if you are interested in joining The Summer Sketchbook Club meeting once a week for 2 hours to sketch outdoors during summer. Let me know which day is better Wednesday or Thursday. Club size is limited, cost is 10.00 per week, and siblings are discounted. (It is a great excuse to get outdoors!)

I am always happy to do a make up lesson at your home. Just get in touch.

(c)Adron Dozat\

SPECTRUM HOMESCHOOL COMMUNITY Lesson Plans March 31, 2011

SPECTRUM HOMESCHOOL COMMUNITY

Art Lesson Plans March 31, 2011

PRE CLASS: Did any one draw during this last week? (Such as skill builders, long term, other).  What can they show the class?  Positive constructive peer reactions are encouraged.

WARM UPS: 1. Texture practice, shading practice with side of pencil making patterns in rough bars like bark on a tree. 2. Short wavy lines like scales or underside of tree leaves. 3. Diamonds. 4. Drawing a face in scribble. First drawing with a hard light pencil and then switching to a darker pencil for the finish.

QUICK DRAW CHALLENGE:  Woody, our model of the human figure.   Students draw him in 5 minutes time.

CLASS PROJECTS: 1. Our primary project will be sketching a landscape with a farm scene and road. Giving attention to composition, fore, middle, and back ground and points of interest. 2. Drawing a radio boom box.

TAKE HOME SKILLBUILDERS: Our take home skill builders this week are a portrait of a Raccoon, Trees in silhouette, and a fantasy sea serpent.  I was working on these until 1 am and I hope the kids enjoy drawing them. I will post these on the blog with additional helpful notes.

LONG TERM PROJECT: Continue to read the Book of Acts and illustrate each chapter. Keep these illustrations in a folder to mount later on. One illustration must be a person.

OUR INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “I will lift up my eyes to the hills- where does my help come from? My help comes from the Lord, the maker of the heavens and the earth.” Psalm 121:1, 2. NIV. Artist and many creative types look within for a lot of inspiration. Many people who are disciplined hard workers hyper focus on their task. We must remember to look not down at our work or inside for guidance but we must “Lift up our eyes” and look up to the Lord. If he made heaven and earth is there any thing you can bring to him that is too big for him to fix?

I am always happy to do a make up lesson at your home. Just get in touch.

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(c)Adron Dozat

Art Lesson Plans March 24, 2011

SPECTRUM HOMESCHOOL COMMUNITY

Art Lesson Plans March 24, 2011

WARM UPS: 1. Texture practice, shading practice with side of pencil making patterns like “Zs” “Ws”, “Ns”, and “Ms”  2. Choppy short lines. 3. Boxes. 4. Circles and ovals..

QUICK DRAW CHALLENGE:  A short stack of old books at different angles.  students choose one to draw in 5 minutes time.

CLASS PROJECTS: Last week we sketched outdoors but it is raining so we will have some choices 1. Sketch animals from some library books. 2. Sketch dancers from ballet posters. Unless it is nice outside we may sketch scenes at the back of the church.

TAKE HOME SKILLBUILDERS: These skill builders are a little more challenging: An ancient roman tower, a mile marker covered in ivy, an old mission bell in a wall. 

LONG TERM PROJECT: Continue to read the Book of Acts and illustrate each chapter. Keep these illustrations in a folder to mount later on. One illustration must be a person.

OUR INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “Lazy hands make a man poor, but diligent hands bring wealth” Proverbs 10:4, NIV.

 It may seem pretty obvious but today we have a culture of laziness and spending time in amusements and entertainment.  I always say “Save the fun stuff for last.” Do the hard work first not just to get it over with but so you are giving your best energy and freshness to the task. To be diligent is to not give up, or quit. Our God is on our side and he wants to bless us he has given us this life principle to bless us with. If you are struggling with laziness pray for the holy spirit to give you the power of victory. I know you will have success.

(c)Adron Dozat

Spectrum Homeschool Art Lessons Feb 17

Spectrum Homeschool Art Lessons Feb 17

WARMS UPS:  1. Gradation practice with vertical pillars light at the top and dark at the bottom. 2.   Rolling circles like springs. 3. Cones giving attention to shadow to make forms. 

QUICK SKETCH CHALLENGE:  A plastic garden watering jug. Students must do a quick sketch in 4 minutes.

CLASS PROJECTS: Last week we did not get to do the vase with tulips so we will work on that this week. We will focus on symmetry of form. Kitchen items were arranged in several still lives for alternative projects.

TAKE HOME SKILL BUILDERS: I had hoped to have more this week’s skill builder were a portrait of King Arthur as an old man, and a portrait of a smirf or pixie in a fantasy style.

LONG TERM PROJECT: Read acts chapter 3 and draw 2 illustrations in any style and medium you wish to use. However one of the illustrations must include be a person Title your illustrations and keep them together.

OUR INSPIRATION FOR TODAY: “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me” Philippians 4:13. This does not mean God will give us super powers but more like he will give us super patience, and super perseverance. If you have a project or a job that is too hard pray and ask God to give you what you need, it will not get you out of a stinky job but maybe you won't smell it so much!

(c)Adron Dozat

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Specrum Homeschool Community Art Lesson 2/10/11

WARM UPS: Three dimensional squares, holding pencil in the common position. 2. Double "S" swirls, holding pencil in the over position 3. Balls using shading techniques. Holding pencil in the eraser end position. 4. A "timed quick draw challenge." drawing an old shoe, the students sketch quickly. It is only a warm up and no need to be perfect. Time 4 minutes.

CLASS PROJECTS: 1. Vase with tulips emphasizing summitry of form

2. Graphic art and design project Valentines Day Greeting card with Hearts. Introducing basics of calligraphy and layout. 

TAKE HOME SKILLBUILDERS: Drawing smiley flowers, heart, and seagull. Students who need confidence are encouraged to do these.

LONG TERM PROJECT: Read acts chapter 2 and draw 1 people picture and 1 illustration of something from the chapter. The illustration can be any subject found in the chapter.

OUR INSPIRATION FOR TODAY... "Whoever loves discipline loves knowledge, but he who hates correction is stupid." Proverbs 12:1. NIV. A good artist needs the self discipline to work his craft every day.  So also we need self discipline in our lives. There is the discipline that comes from the teacher or master or God we must know that we need that kind of discipline to develop and mature. If we are resentful when someone attempts to correct us we are making a foolish choice.