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6th Grade (City Inspiration ) Pencil Shading Project
Students have been working on pencil shading this week. For their final 3 day project they are to re create a city over water. Including the reflection of the city in the water. This project will allow...
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7th Grade Shading Exercise
Students use shapes and light to discover how to create contrast and shadows. Students are applying their shading skills while creating an image of a old world boat in the ocean. Before students learn...
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Romantic Art Movement {Grade 7} Mister Riggs Art Class
My students re create a Romantic style image emphasis in using pencil shading. Below is a description of Romantic art that I explain to my class. Thanks and enjoy Mister Riggs American Academy Charter...
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Van Gogh Oil Pastel Project {Post Impressionism Study}
Van Gogh Project with Oil Pastels
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DIGITALLY GUIDED ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE LESSON
DIGITALLY GUIDED ONE POINT PERSPECTIVE LESSON Objectives: http://www.olejarz.com/arted/perspective/door.html -Students understands the use of 1 point perspective while designing a room in their...
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How To Draw Clouds (Web Tutorials)
Start by just looking up. Ever since a fellow artist challenged me to include a sky in one of my drawings, I have been keeping my mind in the clouds. I am continually amazed at the beauty of just...
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How to draw FLAMES
Yes, I admit. To draw flames may not be so easy. But after you see and learn some simple techniques I am showing here, you will draw whatever flames you like. We are going to draw 2 simple pictures of...
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Writing & Art
Student begins writing in concentric spirals around the head and paper with a continuous ‘stream of thought’ triggered by a prompt such as “I dream about . . .” or “I am . . . .” Example:
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Letter Project {Creativity & Color}
Letter Project {Creativity & Color } Using a letter that represents the student ora family name I want my students to create using Color Value, Contrast, Art Principles, Art Elements. I am looking...
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Mr. Riggs “POW” Factor
Mr. Riggs “POW” Factor, This method I created to increase the intensity of Color, Value, and light in my students work. “POW”
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The Great Wave Illustration Project w/ Mister Riggs
The Great Wave off Kanagawa ARTIST: Katsushika Hokusai Year: c. 1829–32 Type: color woodcut Dimensions: 25.7 cm × 37.8 cm (10.1 in × 14.9 in) 神奈川沖浪裏 Kanagawa Oki Nami Ura, “In the well of a wave off...
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Mister Riggs First Trimester k-8 Castle Pines Completed Projects Collage Poster
Mister Riggs First Trimester Castle Pines Campus Completed Projects Collage Poster 2014
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1 Point Perspective with Mister Riggs (3rd Grade)
1 Point Perspective with Mister Riggs (3rd Grade) Students will be designing a one point perspective Gold mine / Cabin in the woods using a vanishing point, horizon line, and pen & ink...
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Vincent Van Gogh Sunflower Paintings with Mr. Riggs (3rd)
Sunflowers by Vincent Van Gogh “The public is hardly aware that Van Gogh created a series of paintings of sunflowers,” says Leo Jansen, a curator at the Van Gogh Museum and editor of the artist’s...
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Starry Night Illustration with Mister Riggs (1st Grade)
Vincent van Gogh: Starry Night A Brief Understanding of the Starry Night Paintings. Starry Night by Van Gogh Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh has risen to the peak of artistic achievements. Although...
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8th Grade {Eye} Project
8th Grade {Eye} Project we can all probably draw the human eye, we draw the oval shape with the iris and pupil. I consider that to be a basic sketch of the eye. Before you draw a realistic eye you must...
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How to Draw Realistic Hair
How to Draw Realistic Hair You just might be wondering “I’ve mastered realistic bodies, but gosh! How do I do hair?” These simple steps with help you make your creations have realistic hair Steps...
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