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Moonlit Night Monochromatic Painting Sticky post
art education, art tutorials, long form lesson plan

Moonlit Night Monochromatic Painting

Have a paint night at home! This step by step acrylic painting tutorial will help you create a moonlit night monochromatic painting. This is an art tutorial for beginners, intermediate or even advanced painters. You can adapt this lesson for many party or group environments and this would make a great high school or middle school painting lesson. I’ve even taught this to fifth graders! … Continue reading Moonlit Night Monochromatic Painting

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Monochromatic Pet Portraits Sticky post
art education, long form lesson plan

Monochromatic Pet Portrait

Monochromatic pet portraits teach the basics of painting while giving students ownership of their subject matter.  Pets are a subject matter that consistently bring happiness to students and allow them to focus on realism and blending value and color.  We started by practicing blending shades and tints using a set of primary base colors.  I like to start with grayscale so they can see how … Continue reading Monochromatic Pet Portrait

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Full lesson plan and complete video tutorials! Great for teaching beginners how to use acrylic paint.
long form lesson plan

Monochromatic Night Landscape Painting

This video will walk your students through every step. There are also some of my older videos linked that break that steps up. I used to be scared to give acrylic paint to my 5th graders. ACRYLIC PAINT STAINS FOREVER would flash through my mind any time I imagined my youngest artists. They still fall out of their chairs! They still rocket puke without warning! … Continue reading Monochromatic Night Landscape Painting

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