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Congrats to the class of 2020! This week's (optional) challenge is Leave Your Legacy!

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What makes you YOU? Make some art to reflect on that very question.

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an artist who overcame learning and physical disabilities to create incredible portraits.

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CBS This Morning - Artist Chuck Close writes note to younger self

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In the latest installment of "Note to Self," famed portrait artist Chuck Close writes a letter to himself at age 14, offering himself advice on how to overcome his learning disabilities and his problem with face blindness.

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an artist who uses textiles and fabric to create work about identity.

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Textile Artist Sews Story of Race in America | KQED Arts

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How can you create a next-level selfie?

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3 MUST Try Self-Portrait Photography At Home!

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How to Cartoon Yourself with Adobe Illustrator

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How to Cartoon Yourself with Adobe Illustrator

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A time lapse/tutorial on how to use Adobe Illustrator to "cartoon" a photo of a person. (Remember, we currently have access to Adobe Illustrator for free in Adobe Creative Cloud when you log in with your FRSD.us google account)

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How To Cartoon Yourself !- Step By Step /RiceGum Tutorial ( ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR )

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Tips for improving your acrylic portraits.

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How to paint a realistic portrait using acrylic paint

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Learn how to create cardboard animals.

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Wendy Maruyama's recent work, The WildLife Project, was inspired by the harm being done to African elephants. Informed by the issues and problems of poaching and its impact on wildlife, her wood sculptures of elephants bring new life to the animal. Each knot representing a desire to repair the damage done to these beautiful creatures, Maruyama connects ideals of conservation to the art of craft.

In this at-home activity, we will connect another aspect of conservation to craft: recycling! Watch the video clip from our IDENTITY episode below to learn all about Maruyama's work, while keeping an eye out for the treasure hunt clues. Then, using recyclable materials like cardboard, create your own elephant sculpture with these simple steps!

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Craft at Home: Cardboard Animal Sculpture - IDENTITY

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Learning how to use the gridding technique to improve accuracy and proportions of drawings based on reference photos.

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How to use the Grid Method with a Drawing of Chuck Close as an Example

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This week's challenge is Identity!

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Claes Oldenburg is know for his large scale sculptures of everyday objects, especially food!

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Several tips from a pro on how to take professional food photos.

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Tips for Stunning Food Photography with TopWithCinnamon

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Sew some tiny cute food scultpures!

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20 tips for drawing and painting food from leading illustrators

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Top food illustrators reveal how they produce fresh and mouth-watering artworks.

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Turning a favorite family recipe into a painting.

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How to Watercolor x Guacamole! | Food Illustration

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We had so much fun making these Fruit & Vegetable Bug Snacks for Envirokidz! Aren't they cute!? Our first attempts looked so silly, we'd start laughing every time we made "eye contact" with them 😛
Want the recipe to make your own Fruit & Vegetable Bug Snacks? Check it out on www.naturespath.com!

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Fruit & Vegetable Bug Snacks for Envirokidz " I LOVE VEGAN

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We had so much fun making these Fruit & Vegetable Bug Snacks for Envirokidz! Aren't they cute!? Our first attempts looked so silly, we'd start laughing every time we made "eye contact" with them 😛 Want the recipe to make your own Fruit & Vegetable Bug Snacks? Check it out on www.naturespath.com!

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How to draw a still life.

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Create some artwork about, out of, or inspired by food!

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From lush forests made of broccoli to minions composed of rice, food art reminds us that we don't have to sacrifice our childhood imagination for great art.

Although their parents warned them not to play with their food, the following five artists never listened to that piece of advice. And surprisingly, we're thankful for that. Using rice, chocolate, salmon and grains as their mediums of choice, these "childlike" individuals create incredibly complex pieces of art. Here are the world's coolest food artists.

Cool Food Art No.1: Mother of the Year

Samantha Lee may be the world's coolest mom. The Malaysian mother of two, who works as a kids' party planner, first began making bento in 2008. For those who do not know, bento is a balanced, visually appealing meal packed into a box. Lee initially created the Japanese bento for her eldest daughter, around the time when Lee's second daughter was born.

What was once an act of intimate, maternal creativity on behalf of Lee quickly became a global phenomenon. Lee publishes photographs and how-to instructions for interested individuals on her personal blog. From minions to Korean animated characters Pucca and Garu, her works of food art are always cheerful and fresh.

Cool Food Art No. 2: Sara Asnaghi's Food for Thought

Everyone knows what it is like to daydream about a particularly tasty meal. Artist Sara Asnaghi literally creates brain food. For her two part series called, "What Have You Got in Your Head?", the Italian artist constructed human brain-shaped sculptures using a variety of grains, candy and other tasty treats.

Asnaghi was inspired by philosopher Feuerbach's famous quote, "We are what we eat," along with her idea of a fantastical world in which people are actually transformed by the food they eat. Using bread crumbs, polenta, salt and more, Asnaghi's sculptures are playful and unique. Viewers particularly love her "brain sandwich".

Cool Food Art No. 3: Carl Warner's Foodscapes

While these landscapes seem to mimic reality, a closer look will reveal that grassy knolls are made by broccoli florets, not grass. London-based Carl Warner, an advertising photographer, is the man behind these incredible "foodscapes". Inspiration for Warner's first foodscape came in the late nineties, when he saw some Portobello mushrooms that looked to him like trees from an alien universe. He quickly created the foodscape titled "Mushroom Savanna," which was the first of many to come.

From salmon seas to leafy, green broccoli trees, these whimsical foodscapes take the viewer back to their childhoods, when forks were not utensils but plows for vast mashed potato farms. To create these dreamy, edible environments, Warner first builds the scene with food, and then captures the perfect picture with his camera. Warner documents the behind-the-scenes creation on his personal webpage. Since creating his first foodscape more than a decade ago, various companies have requested that Warner create similar art for their campaigns.

Cool Food Art No. 4: Modeling Hunger

Photographer Ted Sabarese is known for his ambitiously conceived photographs and artistic, creative vision. For his "Hunger Pains" photo shoot, Sabarese worked with a number of talented, well-known clothing designers to create a line of apparel crafted solely from foods that a troupe of 15 models craved. Sabarese then shot models wearing the custom-made food-clothing, successfully blending the high-class and the bizarre in a provocative commentary on an individual's relationship with food.

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Although their parents warned them not to play with their food, the following five artists never listened to that piece of advice. And surprisingly, we're thankful for that. Using rice, chocolate, salmon and grains as their mediums of choice, these "childlike" individuals create incredibly complex pieces of art.

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All about this week's challenge: FOOD!

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Follow the tutorial to make an easy tote bag!

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DIY Tote Bag - Beginner's Sewing Tutorial

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One of THE MOST important skills to have if you want to draw realistically.

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Paper Quilling for Beginners | Paper Crafts

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Taking sports art to a whole new level.

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Another step-by-step guide to painting trees

The beauty of watercolors is truly in the impressionistic effect that they create. The paint goes on quickly - this is how to get the best out of watercolor - and so the hand and eye can work in happy unison.

For this painting I used:

640gsm cotton rag paper: This is a fairly heavy paper that doesn't crinkle when wet. That's my preference. Anything above 300gsm should be good.

3 brushes of varying size (see photo below)

Watercolor paints: chromium green, yellow ochre, ultramarine blue, burnt umber brown.

One of the most important aspects of watercolour is in deciding where the areas of light and dark will fall within the painting. A simple rule-of-thumb is to paint the lightest areas first, gradually moving to the darker zones as your color palette deepens. Painting over watercolor is only really possible with shades that are darker than those already on the paper, so it makes sense to begin light and go darker.

With this tree, I lightly sketched the outline of the subject in pencil before painting in the outermost areas of the tree foliage, blending several colors as I went to create a more varied surface.

The more I use watercolor paints, the more I am convinced of benefits of painting briskly. That is, of not worrying too much about details but working towards a more general feel of shape and color tones.

In this way, I've painted this tree with a purposefully loose brush, picking up different colors and letting them blend together: greens into browns, blues into yellows.

As the form of the tree is gradually painted in, the colors should naturally darken and grow heavier to develop shade at the lower reaches of the foliage.

Details should still be minimal at this point: spend your energies on painting in the array of colors, letting your brush fill with paint and committing it to the paper with a generous spirit. Don't be afraid to let the paint "spill" out from your brush a little, since happy-accidents can add life to a painting.

Only in the final stages should the finer details be added. I painted the tree trunk first, then worked up to the visible branches that slowly taper as they reach upwards.

Add a few hints of branches within the foliage too, whilst resisting the temptation to overwork the image with too many fiddly elements.

Work in some leaf details beneath the main body of the tree and add a few areas of darker paint to the foliage to suggest depth. Keep it simple and don't overwork the painting. The elegance of an effective watercolor is knowing when to stop, so the final image has space to breathe.

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The beauty of watercolors is truly in the impressionistic effect that they create. The paint goes on quickly - this is how to get the best out of watercolor - and so the hand and eye can work in happy unison. For this painting I used:

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Work with someone else to create some artwork! It can be anything you and your collaborators like. If you're not working with someone you live with consider the USPS Art Project of starting an artwork and mailing it to someone else to finish it. www.instagram.com/uspsartproject

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All about this week's challenge: Collaboration!

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Want to create realistic depth in your drawings? Try using 2 point perspective. Once you learn the formula its fun and addicting!

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Drawing & Painting - The Virtual Instructor

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There is something incredibly satisfying and soothing about these narrated videos of an art conservationist carefully restoring old paintings. Get comfy and just relax while you watch him transform this old painting. Seriously... it's so satisfying.

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Blue Skies Smilin' At Me; Conserving A Henry Ranger Seascape

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A watercolor tutorial

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'Layered Petals' Watercolor Painting Technique #338

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Here's one for my amigurumi fans! (Side note: I saw a suggestions to crochet with embroidery thread to create super tiny amigurumi)

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Surely you are in our super cool Facebook group by now, right? If not click here to join!

I NEED THIS! He is is Claude the Octopus, and he is absolutely adorable!

Claude is available as an instant PDF pattern download on the Patchwork Moose on Etsy.

He, UNFORTUNATELY is not a complete project to purchase, but that's kinda better - you can make him YOURSELF. Talk about feeling accomplished!!

He is a GIANT Octopus! When completed, he is 9 inches tall and 45 inches wide from tentacle to tentacle.

Courtesy of Leilani Mataalii on Etsy Reviews

This pattern isn't for the faint of heart, but it is totally doable if you know how to do these stitches:

* Slip Stitch
* Chain Stitch
* Double Crochet (UK) Single Crochet (US)
* Half Treble Crochet (UK) Half Double Crochet (US)
* Treble Crochet (UK) Double Crochet (US)
* Increasing
* Decreasing
* Treble Cluster (UK) Double Cluster (US)
Patchwork Moose on Etsy

If you DON'T know how to do them, there is ALWAYS YouTube, AMIRITE?!?

The pattern for Claude is $6.15, and you get to download it immediately! No waiting for Snail Mail - which seems to take FOREVER sometimes.

When he is finished - GAH!! Cuteness Overload! He would make such a wonderful birthday gift, or gift for the holidays.

Courtesy of Rebecca O'Bryan on Etsy Reviews

I even LOVE the idea of rainbow tentacles. So cool, right?

Want to try something else to crochet that's super cool? Check out these adorable Cat Doorstops. If you can crochet Claude the Octopus, you can TOTALLY create these cuties!

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You Can Crochet Your Own Adorable Giant Octopus and I Need One

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DISCLAIMER: This post may contain affiliate links. Surely you are in our super cool Facebook group by now, right? If not click here to join! I NEED THIS! He is is Claude the Octopus, and he is absolutely adorable! Claude is available as an instant PDF pattern download on the Patchwork Moose on Etsy.

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This compositional trick can make some very surreal shots!

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Love sculpting, but don't have any clay at home? Try creating paper clay!

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Log in with your Google FRSD.us account for free access to all of the amazing Adobe programs!

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Adobe Creative Cloud | Details and products | Adobe

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Enjoy the collection of creative desktop and mobile tools in Adobe Creative Cloud including Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Premiere Pro, and more.

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Everyday objects can come to life with they star in a stop motion animation video!

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Make the most of your free access to Adobe programs with some beginner tutorials.

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Photoshop 101 For Beginners - How To Use Photoshop

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Learn how to draw a 3D letter

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Very Easy!! How To Drawing 3D Floating Letter "A" #2  - Anamorphic Illusion - 3D Trick Art on paper

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Thousands of vintage sewing pattern (25 years or older) were compiled into a huge digital database. And they are available to anyone!

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McCall's, Butterick, Simplicity. If you were into sewing, or simply spent time as a child rummaging through patterns with your mother at the fabric store, these names will bring on a wave of nostalgia. And now, thanks to a fantastic online collection of vintage sewing patterns, it's time to dust off your sewing machine.

The Vintage Patterns Wiki boasts more than 83,500 patterns that are at least 25 years old, which makes for a fascinating look back at fashion history. As a collaborative effort, the database is constantly being updated and organized, with any newly uploaded patterns dating prior to 1992. Just click on the cover and browse the list of pattern vendors who have the look.

Whether you just want to ogle the fashion illustrations or get your hands dirty and make a new look, it's worth browsing the well-organized site. Arranged by decade, garment type, designer, and more, you might just be inspired to whip up a dashiki for your next costume party or try out a Mad Men chic outfit at the office with a skirt suit from the 1960s.

High fashion names like Dior and Givenchy, as well as looks modeled off costumes from movie stars like Audrey Hepburn remind us how pervasive patterns and creating fashions from scratch once were. And with a whole new era of young women going retro, it might be worth giving up vintage shops in favor of creating new pieces based on these vintage patterns.

Update: For clarification, this database is a resource for those interested in fashion design and its history. It features historical, visual guides with sample images of vintage sewing patterns. They can be used by enthusiasts and professional designers to see garment varieties, silhouettes, styles, and colors of different eras. The site's images also point you in the right direction, if you're looking to accurately recreate a vintage look.

The Vintage Patterns Wiki has over 83,500 sewing patterns dating until 1992. Browsing by decade, it's fascinating the see how fashion evolves over time.

It's also possible to peruse by garment type. You'll find everything from lingerie to raincoats, wedding dresses to maternity wear, all with vintage flair.

Even rapper MC Hammer makes an appearance, with his famous harem pants.

Vintage Patterns Wiki: Website
h/t: [ Open Culture]

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Over 83,500 Vintage Sewing Patterns Are Now Available Online

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McCall's, Butterick, Simplicity. If you were into sewing, or simply spent time as a child rummaging through patterns with your mother at the fabric store, these names will bring on a wave of nostalgia. And now, thanks to a fantastic online collection of vintage sewing patterns, it's time to dust off your sewing machine.

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Many of you have shown interest in learning how to use the app Procreate for iPad. Here is a great series of video lessons to get you started!

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In this class, you'll learn how to use Procreate on the iPad Pro with ease.By the time class is over, creating digital illustrations will feel intuitive and natural as drawing with pencil and paper. Class covers all the hidden tools and gestures you need to make creating digital illustrations easy and fun. Plus you'll learn how to make and share a cool time lapse video of your art!

As a full-time illustrator, Procreate has changed the way I work. It's my favorite tool for creating art. I can draw anywhere: from my own couch to an airplane. I can undo a mistake with a simple double tap and I have all the colors I could want, with just the tap of a button (and without the hassle of cleaning up all my paints).

You can find art I've created in Procreate on greeting cards in your favorite grocery stores, in popular home decor stores, magazines, and if you have babies, they might be wearing art I drew in Procreate. Want to see what I'm working on now? Follow me on instagram.

Special thanks to Daniel Berg-Johnsen of TheYoungerBrother.com for help filming.

I also share my favorite art tips, tutorials, and other resources for artists via e-mail. Y ou join in here.

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In this class, you'll learn how to use Procreate on the iPad Pro with ease.By the time class is over, creating digital illustrations will feel intuitive and natural as drawing with pencil and paper. Class covers all the hidden tools and gestures you need to make creating digital illustrations easy and fun.

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10 Beginner Level Sewing Seams! How to use a sewing machine tutorial - Brother ST150HDH

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Find some inspiration in these award winning nature photographs.

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A photograph of a hare bathed in glowing warm light won the GDT Nature Photographer of the Year contest for German photographer Peter Lindel. The competition, which is open to members of the Society for Nature Photography, was forced to hold their voting online this year due to the coronavirus; but, nevertheless, members turned out en masse to vote for the winners.

Over 5,000 images were submitted to the contest, which were then narrowed down to the top ten photographs across seven categories during a pre-jury selection process. After that, the 307 members of the society, who are spread across 11 countries, voted for their top images in the categories of Birds, Mammals, Other Animals, Plants & Fungi, Landscapes, Nature's Studio, and this year's special category-Water.

Lindel's victory is a testament to his perseverance. The Dortmund native took the photo in his hometown, which isn't particularly known for its abundance of wildlife. "The European hare, once a common inhabitant of open countryside all over Germany, has become a rare sight," Lindel shares. "While the large number of hares that I used to spot every morning on my way to work in the fields and meadows north of Dortmund, prompted me twelve years ago to explore this area with my camera, it has now become increasingly time-consuming to find hares and present them in an appealing photograph.

"This photo, A hare's dream, was taken in July of 2019 when months of searching a suitable location led me to a dirt road, which offered the most beautiful morning light, lovely vegetation, and three hares. Dreamy, curious, careful, anxious. These are the adjectives that I find to describe the expression of 'my hare' best."

By eschewing traditional hotspots for wildlife photography, Lindel proves that award-winning photography can be taken anywhere-one just needs to be patient. For his victory, Lindel will take home a cash prize and an Olympus OM-D E-M1 Mark III 12-40mm kit, which will certainly serve him well on his continued photography adventures.

Check out more award-winning photography from the GDT Nature Photographer of the Year contest.

My Modern Met granted permission to feature photos by the Society for Nature Photography (GDT).

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A photograph of a hare bathed in glowing warm light won the GDT Nature Photographer of the Year contest for German photographer Peter Lindel. The competition, which is open to members of the Society for Nature Photography, was forced to hold their voting online this year due to the coronavirus; but, nevertheless, members turned out en masse to vote for the winners.

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You don't need gouache paint to follow along. You could use watercolor, watered down acrylics, or even tempera paint with these techniques.

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How to make a lantern out of cardboard or paper.

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How to make a cardboard lantern (part one)

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Week 4: Postcard Art in the Time of COVID19

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Week 4: Postcard Art in the Time of COVID19

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Create a postcard inspired by your COVID experience and send it to our Postcard Art PO Box!
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All about this week's challenge: Postcard Art! Plus some times on creating a great background and a review of how to take great photos of your work.

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All about this week's challenge: Stop Motion Animation! Plus a link to Ms. Sewall's radio interview airing this Tuesday and a link to get access to Adobe Create Cloud for free!

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Follow these tutorials on how to make your Mom a beautiful 3D card she'll love. Also great for birthdays or any other card requiring occasion!

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Using paint and a small piece of paper or mini canvas no larger than 3” squared, recreate a famous work of art as closely as possible, paying special attention to colors, details, and proportions. How many can you do?

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I'm Ilaria Lafronza and I'm a paintress. I've always had an unconditional love for art. Since 2016 I've been trying to "conquer the world" with mini canvases, which are very small paintings (5x7 cm in size) that you can always carry with you, no matter where you go. You may be wondering why I'm doing this. Well, as a child I used to give little drawings as a gift, just to put a smile on someone's face.

I liked the idea of people taking care of my little doodle and making it a part of them. This will of always being with someone has then become a real project that is slowly reaching many countries all around the world.

More info: Etsy

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I Create Miniature Versions Of Iconic Paintings

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All about this week's challenge (Chicken Challenge!) and where to post your work and why.

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Can you create a chicken... out of anything?

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College campuses may have shut down, but school continues. And it has forced educators to make do with a lot less. More than their liberal arts colleagues, art instructors face an uphill battle without access to studios or materials - resources their students depend on.

From "chicken challenges" to homemade metal molds, teachers and students at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design have gotten especially creative. Here are some of their inventions.

When MassArt sculpture and drawing professor Chuck Stigliano found out campus would be closed for the rest of the spring semester due to the coronavirus, he emailed an (optional) assignment to his students. Their task? Make a chicken out of whatever materials they could find, and send a photo of it to the rest of the group. He called it "The Chicken Challenge."

"The real purpose was getting the students to communicate with each other and with me," Stigliano says. "And I knew there was a lot of unease, because I was feeling a lot of unease. And I thought, 'you could sculpt with anything.'"

MassArt sculpture major Ellen Adams was sick in bed with symptoms of COVID-19 when Stigliano issued his challenge. From her bed, she tried to draw a chicken every day, and took delight in her classmates' whimsical creations.

"The humor about it was really great, and it was just a welcome distraction from the chaos that was happening at that time," Adams says.

Jason Loik, who teaches mold-making at MassArt, decided it would be easier to demonstrate techniques by making videos. In his first instructional video, he taught his students how to make a mold using tinfoil and bake a cake in it.

"This has really shaken it up," Loik says of teaching during the shutdown. "It has been stressful, but it's also been helpful. I think, you know, sometimes we, as educators, we get stuck in a rut. We go to our comfort zone. And I'd say a bit of that silver lining is, we had to adapt, and we had to adapt fast."

Marjee Levine, an adjunct professor at MassArt, teaches metal casting - not a process you can easily duplicate in your home. Normally at this point in the semester, her students would be starting their final projects. Instead, she issued them a challenge: find something in your house that will melt, and cast it into a mold.

"It's all about problem-solving, it's all about ingenuity, it's all about working with what you've got," Levine says. "So that's what I'm trying to impress upon the students - and myself, too."

Since then, Levine has actually figured out a way for her students to cast metal at home, by melting a pewter-like material on the stove and casting it into a mold made out of cuttlefish bone. Cuttlefish spines, it turns out, are heat resistant and sold at most pet stores. Levine was able to get the college to ship the supplies to her students.

"It's not something that I normally would incorporate in a semester where we have full access to the shop," she says. "So in some ways, these kids are actually learning more than what they would have if we were at school."

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Without Access To Studios, MassArt Professors (And Students) Get Creative

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Can you turn the shadow of an everyday object into a drawing?

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Artist Creates Art From Shadows Of Everyday Objects

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It's not just for little kids! Take your finger painting to the next level with inspiration from artist Iris Scott.

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Advanced digital portraits using Google Drawings.

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Step-By-Step Google Drawings Vector Portraits Lesson

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Use a light source and your smartphone camera to create amazing light paintings.

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Introduction: Light Painting With an IPhone

Light painting has long been a fun trick for regular cameras. By opening the shutter for seconds at a time and moving some lights around you can get some fantastically colorful effects.

Thanks to an app you can do the same thing on an iPhone. Colorful light trails and eerie effects can be made with the camera you already carry around with you all the time. Even cooler, there a couple of key areas where using the iPhone is much BETTER than a regular camera.

Step 1: What You Need

iPhone

Slow Shutter Cam app ($1.99)

Smartphone tripod

Bluetooth camera remote for iPhone

Lights!

You can find lots of tripod/remote combos online. I got this one for $20, but I have no reason to believe it's better or worse than any other out there. It's been working fine for me. Cheaper ones are good, too. Some sites have similar sets for as low as $7.
Note: nothing against Android phones. I just don't have one.

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Step 2: More About Lights

If you're just getting into light painting for the first time, don't worry too much about getting a lot of lights yet. You likely already have a few lights that you can use already.

In fact, if you really want to start slow, then just get the app at first. Here are some things that you can use:

flashlights

bike lights

lighter

another smartphone (it's like a free glowstick)

When you want to step it up a bit, I'd recommend:

more flashlights

finger lights like these

lasers in different colors (I got a red/green/blue set on eBay)

anything else that makes light that you'd like to wave around

Step 3: App Settings

Here are the settings I've been using for these shots

Capture Mode - Light Trail

Sensitivity - Full sensitivity

Shutter speed - Bulb mode for full control. Tap once to start and a second time to stop.

ISO - 200

Step 4: What's So Cool About This, Pt. 1

I'll be honest, the images you get out of this app are small by normal camera standards. I'm getting 1080x1440 on the back camera and 1280x960 on the front with my iPhone SE. So you won't be printing them out.

Still, there are two reasons that I prefer using this to a regular camera.
Reason #1: You can see the image in progress.
The phone's screen shows the current view of the camera, which is wonderful. It also shows the cumulative effect of the light painting so far. That's awesome!

You know what a normal camera shows you?

Nothing.

And we liked it.

But now this is better, so use this. Getting instant feedback means you know if you can add more or need to stop.

Step 5: What's So Cool About This, Pt. 2

OK, this second reason doesn't jump out at first, but it's wonderful and it is...
Reason #2: multiple exposures
If you keep taking pictures without clearing the screen, the new pictures are added to the current picture. So you can create a light painting on the spot that uses 2, 3 , 4, 10, or however many pictures you want AND you can take breaks in between.

If you wanted to create a more elaborate effect with a regular camera you'd have a group of lights arranged on a table or the floor and you'd be frantically swapping one after the other.

Now you can shoot a few seconds, take time to swap the light and get it placed in the right spot thanks to the preview screen (again, fantastic), and start the next shot when you're ready.

If you're just getting started this may not seem like a big deal, but it is HUGE.

The picture above is a very simple example of this. The light I used is a bike light that doesn't turn off right away. Instead, I used three separate shots and kept the light on the whole time.

Step 6: Direct Vs. Indirect Lighting

Just a quick note about light painting. The most common technique is with direct lighting. That's when the lights are shining at the iPhone. This is what you do with the finger lights or glow sticks (or smartphone filling in for a glow stick). It's great fun.

I'd also like to promote indirect lighting. That's when you're shining a light on an object to get it to show up in the picture. This takes more time to do and can be more finicky, but it can look great.

Then you can mix both types of light in a shot for more complex effects. Like the goofy shot here.

Step 7: Using a Phone As a Glowstick

1. Google "color picker" (pic 1)

2. Zoom in on the color swatch (pic 2)

3. Take a screenshot

4. Open up the photo

5. Zoom in on the photo (pic 3)

Now you have a colorful light to paint with!

Step 8: Play With It

It's dark, you have your iPhone ready to go and some lights to use.

Now go! Play! Don't take it seriously at all. Draw silly things in the air.

If you get stuck, look in Google images for inspiration. There's a ton out there.

Have fun!

Thank you for reading. If you liked this, please hit that Vote button in the top right. I could use some new camera gear :)

And did you see the video? Check it out for more examples.

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Light Painting With an IPhone: Light painting has long been a fun trick for regular cameras. By opening the shutter for seconds at a time and moving some lights around you can get some fantastically colorful effects. Thanks to an app you can do the same thing on an iPhone.

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Engage your theater and photography skills with this art history challenge!

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Like many cultural institutions, the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles is closed due to the spread of the coronavirus. But during this challenging time, the Getty has found a way to keep people engaged with their art-even though they can't see it in person. They've challenged their social media followers to " recreate a work of art with objects (and people)" from the comfort of their own homes. And the internet did not disappoint.

After the museum shared some examples of this art challenge with its own staff, Twitter users began replying to the Getty with their artistic recreations. Some used their pets as stand-ins for the human subjects in art history, and everyone had to get creative about how they saw everyday items. One person used a dustpan to represent a blue house found in a Chagall painting, while another used half a dozen rolls of toilet paper to mimic the poofy shape of a powdered wig in an 18th-century Parisian painting. These types of recreations will make you laugh, and then they'll have you looking around your own home to see what you could conjure up for a masterpiece from history.

The Getty isn't the only account that's promoting this type of creative challenge, but it has become so popular that it's now known as the " Getty Museum Challenge." The institution, however, got the idea from Tussen Kunst & Quarantaine, a Dutch Instagram whose name means "between art and quarantine." They have been sharing homemade recreations for months now, as has Covid Classics-a popular Instagram featuring "four roommates who love art... and are indefinitely quarantined." The Getty Challenge has even found its way into wildly popular Facebook groups in Russia and Spain where people are continuing to share themselves as famous paintings.

Scroll down to see what people have come up with while in their homes.

A unique art history project, known as the "Getty Museum Challenge" has people recreating iconic paintings with anything they can find at home while self-isolating.

My son enters the Getty Museum Challenge with his take on a popular one from r/pics

You'll be surprised at how faithful these recreations are-especially as people work with limited (and often precious) resources.

The Getty Museum, while not the first to think of this project, helped it grow in popularity by posing the creative challenge to their followers.

We challenge you to recreate a work of art with objects (and people) in your home.

Choose your favorite artwork
Find three things lying around your house⠀
Recreate the artwork with those items

And share with us. pic.twitter.com/9BNq35HY2V

- Getty (@GettyMuseum) March 25, 2020

"Triple Self Portrait" by Norman Rockwell pic.twitter.com/LEr2e2bl7x

- Robert Etheredge (@BobEtheredge) March 28, 2020

Chagall's "Blue House" pic.twitter.com/5HO8js8Kus

- Embee (@Embee355) March 29, 2020

Anyone can do the art history challenge; these four roommates have been keeping themselves busy by recreating artworks and sharing them as Covid Classics.

This article has been edited and updated.

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Before photography, botanical illustration was used to document the form, color, and details of plant life, but today, many contemporary artists and illustrators still strive to showcase the beauty of flowers through their art. One of those artists is Kate Kyehyun Park, who paints beautiful blooms in watercolor.

The Korean illustrator's ever growing portfolio showcases her talent for creating beautiful botanical watercolor illustrations, but she doesn't keep her skills to herself. Instead, she shares her drawing tips on Instagram, detailing the various steps to rendering different kinds of botanicals with pencil and paper. From poppies to cosmos flowers, her instructive sketches show how you too can achieve perfect proportions and realistic details in just 3 steps.

First, Park breaks the flower down into simple shapes. For example, her hand-drawn tulips start out as a line for the stem and a simple oval shape for where petals are. She then adds details, refining the petal shapes and how they overlap each other. The third step involves refining the shapes further and adding smaller details like petal veins and textured centers. Now that you know the secret to drawing flowers, you can sketch entire gardens of blooms!

Scroll down to learn how to draw flowers and check out more of Park's work on Instagram.

Korean illustrator Kate Kyehyun Park shares her drawing tips on how to draw a flower in 3 easy steps.

Not sure how to add color? Watch how Park builds up delicate watercolor washes.
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My Modern Met granted permission to feature photos by Kate Kyehyun Park.

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Photography is one of the most popular electives in my school. I think a big reason for this is because students think it's so easy to take pictures. These days, students can snap selfies and photos anytime, with little planning or thought. However, when they try to translate their social media skills to photography class, many of them realize their skills aren't quite as sharp as they thought.

It's important to show students taking a good photo involves more than a click of a button. In addition, we must help students discover a new way of looking and learn to see all of the details they've been missing. Starting off with projects to build these skills is crucial!

Here are 2 engaging projects I use with my beginning middle school photography students.

1. Photo Scavenger Hunts

Being able to leave the confines of the classroom is a big draw of photography classes, especially for middle schoolers. Scavenger hunts are a great way to help them focus during these periods of newfound freedom. Below are two ideas to try.

The Digital "Photo-bet"

The very first project we do in my middle school photography class involves locating the twenty-six letters of the alphabet in our surroundings. This Digital Photo-bet project takes time and hones students' patience along with their observational and organizational skills. For this project, I typically have students use iPads to take the photos. This way, they stay focused on looking for the letters instead of playing with the camera.

Students must look for objects and shapes that resemble letters. They may not take photos of actual letters.

Students cannot stage their photos or retouch their findings. They must capture the "letters" as-is.

The letters do not have to be captured in order. However, students should keep track of which letters they've captured as they go along.

When finished, students must create a sentence or series of phrases that use all of the letters in a single composition. Students love to discuss these pieces and discuss the "letters" they see.

During the project, students quickly begin collaborating to find images and compare their letters with each other. There are usually a few students who insist the sticks they discovered had fallen exactly in the shape of an "N." I trust them unless proven otherwise.

After the project is complete, I often notice students talking with each other about how they see their surroundings differently. They're paying more attention, which is the goal.

Elements and Principles

Another early project involves photographing the elements and principles of art. It's a good way to assess students' background knowledge and introduce them to the capabilities of a Digital SLR camera.

For lots of students, this is one of their first exposures to a Digital SLR camera, and the features and capabilities of the camera are a bit overwhelming. Therefore, it's a good idea to present and demonstrate a few basic concepts and techniques.

1. Focus
Taking pictures in focus is a continual struggle because middle school students always seem to be in a rush to get things done quickly. They also have a tough time remembering their cameras might be set to Manual Focus instead of Auto. The main idea here is encouraging them to slow down and check the focus instead of snapping the picture and moving on.

2. Composition and Lighting
I encourage my students to try and shoot with the goal of as little post-production editing as possible. Therefore, we talk a lot about using the viewfinder to compose a good image to start with. I teach them to look for distracting backgrounds or poor lighting from the get-go. Thinking in this way will save time in the long run.

3. Digital means you can take lots of photos!
I often have students go out to shoot only to return with a handful of images. They haven't grasped the idea that they can take a large number of photo and choose the best shot from the group afterward. Many of them believe one shot is all they'll need. Inevitably, students end up wishing they could have taken more images to capture a specific subject or moment.

Once students have gotten to know their cameras a bit and have reviewed the elements and principles, they head out to photograph them around our school. They really try to outdo each other with their images. I've had students look for textures no one can guess or use their peers to represent motion.

2. Light Painting

I usually do light painting with my students toward the end of the semester. It's a fun way for them to learn how to manipulate images through the science of photography and light rather than software.

At this point, they've learned how time and light are the most important factors in creating a strong photograph. Now, they get to play with the concepts.

Setting up in a dark or virtually pitch black space is best, though not a necessity. Have students set up the camera and tripod and adjust the shutter speed to a setting upward of a second. On most cameras, you do this with the TV (Time Variable) setting on the dial. Students may have to play with the actual shutter speed setting to find the ideal shutter speed length for their image, so encourage them to try out multiple variations.

After the shutter is opened, students move the flashlight around in either a shape or letter and the light is captured in trails until the shutter closes. They can write messages, create effects, and just generally play with light. I often end up with students spending multiple class periods trying to capture the perfect photo.

These engaging projects are a surefire way to get your students comfortable with their cameras and the basics of photography. As your students gain skills and confidence, you can let them explore and play a little more.
What are your favorite introductory photography projects? With which camera features do your students encounter the most challenges when they begin working with photography?

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Anyone who has been a teenager or raised one knows that self-expression is core to creative development. For families looking for outlets for their stuck-at-home teen, Getty's Unshuttered tutorials explore the fundamentals of photography.

Unshuttered is a dynamic online community that connects teenagers online and IRL using the medium of photography.

Even if you can't go out, you can still learn about perspective, composition, shot size, lighting, and portraiture. All you need is your phone camera and a little bit of time to practice.

Check out some lessons below, and use your creativity to do these exercises at home.

Shoot Low to Look Tall

Perspective in photography is defined as the sense of depth or spatial relationship between objects in a photo, along with their dimensions with respect to what the viewer of the image sees. By changing perspective, subjects can appear much smaller or larger than normal, lines can converge differently, and much more.

Framing

In photography, composition refers to paying attention to what will be photographed, how it is placed in relationship to other objects in the image, and how well the subject matter is expressed.

The Close-Up

Shot size means how much of the scene is included in the picture, and whether it mainly shows the setting, people in the setting, or details of faces and things.

Natural Light

Photographic lighting is the illumination of scenes to be photographed. A photograph simply records patterns of light, color, and shade; lighting is all-important in controlling the image.

Portraiture

Portrait photography or portraiture in photography is a photograph of a person or group of people that captures the personality of the subject by using effective lighting, backdrops, and poses.

Check out additional Unshuttered tutorials here, and download the app here.
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