Impressionist Style Painting Art2 - Step by Step

Egyptian Sculpture Step by Step

After looking at Egyptian art, design your sculpture of a historical Egyptian God or recognizable figure. Draw a front view and side view to show it's contour.

Add traditional color and decorations,

Show both the front view and profile in color.

Find the main form or armature that you will be using.

Create the shape that will be used to express your character.

Use newspaper or foil to add detail to your sculpture.

Attach with glue or tape.

Now you can see the Jackal snout and its tail. When you get the form the way you like it, it's time to paper mache.

Using a flour and glue mixture, cover your form with two coats of paper mache.

Let dry. Then, its time to paint. Refer to your color sketch for the finishing touches.

 

Jackal sculpture


Student Work

Tangle Value Picture - Steps

Choose your subject, and draw a simple contour drawing.

Find the cast shadows and shaded areas.

Add Zentangle designs with appropriate value.

After I saw this post, I fixed what looks like an eye in the right hand corner.

Aztec Mask

A visual Step-by-Step tutorial.

Choose photo reference, and draw your design on cardboard.

Draw in symmetrical designs with geometric shapes.

Cut out shapes to be emphasized.

Add texture.

Add glue to the flat surfaces and press down aluminum foil around features carefully.

Continue.

Add extra textures with a blunt pencil.

Add color with permanent markers.

Cover with black acrylic paint.

Rub off carefully leaving some areas with darker paint.

Let paint dry completely.

Rub off more black paint to create shiny areas

Create a back stand

Attach to back of mask.

Giacometti Inspired Figure

After you've got your figure, create the base. Use foam core or cardboard, then stabilize the wire figure with newspaper.

Tape the newspaper down when it holds the wire figure upright.

Cover the base and wire figure with aluminum foil to give it an "easier to work with" surface. 

The foil gives the surface "tooth" for the next step.

When the figure is completely covered you may begin the paper mache process. Use torn newspaper and a half water half glue mixture and apply. I prefer using a flour/water mixture. Trial and error.

I found out that using old gift wrapping tissue worked the best. It's light and much more flexible than newspaper around the small wire areas.

After it's dry, paint. I used a brown spray paint, then I spritzed it with gold and topped it off by rubbing it with black acrylic. It looks like bronze, despite my horrible lighting. You'll just have to take my word.

Giacometti is known for his elongated figures with distorted body proportions. He wanted to express his view of reality - that each person is isolated within his/her own existence. 

Student Work

My clever kids created Y-M-C-A