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Junk yard treasures
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] "What's wrong with old cars?" I asked. "They're old!" my students replied. "So?" I answered...
Arts & Activities, 04/01/09 by Len Mathes · More from publication -
Trash to treasures
What fun it is to have my advanced art students first recognize an ordinary, mundane object and then make them responsible for transforming this...
Arts & Activities, 11/01/07 by Len Mathes · More from publication -
Me, myself & I
OK, I'm guilty! I use technology to various extents in my art instruction. Historically, this has not always sat well with colleagues who prefer...
Arts & Activities, 09/01/07 by Len Mathes · More from publication -
Shadow paintings
MATERIALS MATERIALS * 18" x 24" Masonite[R] board * Digital camera(s) * Computer with Adobe[R] Photoshop[R] (or other photo program) * Laser...
Arts & Activities, 04/01/07 by Len Mathes · More from publication -
Cutting-edge portraits
Whenever I introduce a new art project to my advanced art students, I know there will be a period of anxious discovery for both teacher and...
Arts & Activities, 10/01/05 by Len Mathes · More from publication -
Great portraits out of the blue
This multi-media project began as a whim to gel my students "out of the box" (my classroom), and into an environment that might not be considered...
Arts & Activities, 04/01/05 by Len Mathes · More from publication -
Like snowflakes, no two portraits are the same
OBJECTIVES OBJECTIVES Students will ... * learn a nontraditional method of portrailure based on observation of historical portraits by...
Arts & Activities, 09/01/04 by Len Mathes · More from publication -
Dazzling acrylic portraits - Acrylic
I am always attempting to challenge my advanced art students to creative new ways of dealing with traditional subject matter: in this case, the...
Arts & Activities, 04/01/04 by Len Mathes · More from publication -
Foil weavings
I am always trying to investigate how those familiar, simple art projects that I grew up with lend themselves to new, undiscovered treatments that...
Arts & Activities, 12/01/03 by Len Mathes · More from publication -
Showstopping scratchboards - Cover Story - art projects
As part of my curriculum each year, my advanced art students are offered the opportunity to create a scratchboard rendering of various subject...
Arts & Activities, 11/01/02 by Len Mathes · More from publication
