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Ask the Experts - Organizing the Palette

There are lots of other ways to lay out a palette, depending on the mixing system the artist uses, the color scheme of the artwork, and the pictorial goals. Whatever organizational scheme is used should satisfy several needs:

  • Efficient movement between colors for mixtures
  • Sufficient supply of each color, with plenty of clean reserve
  • Room for intermediate mixtures, as well as a main mixing area

Faux Stained Glass Suncatcher

Use dried acrylic paint, called paint skins, and Pebeo Self-Adhesive Lead Strips to create a piece that mimics the appearance and visual aesthetic of stained-glass compositions —without using glass! Just like Tiffany experimented with a variety of methods to color glass, students will experiment with a variety of paint viscosities and transparencies to create a wide range of effects.

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Stencil Skyline

A city skyline is a great place to look for shapes and positive/negative spaces between the buildings. Tempera paint won’t stick to stencil paper, so a spritz of water makes it slide right off and run down the paper.

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Curtain of Leaves Monoprint

Many artists have used trees as an inspiration for their work. Pressed leaves and texture tools are used to make one-of-a-kind, double-sided monoprints. Using a flexible printing block as a plate makes it easy!

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Architectural Letters

In this lesson plan, students design and construct a 3-dimensional letter using one of their initials. The surface can be decorated with descriptive words and images that are personally meaningful and unique to the student's identity. Instead of wet, messy adhesive, this process uses paper packing tape to create papier mâché. This tape is inexpensive, easy, and tidy to use, and the finished letters are hard and durable.

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Blow up a Butterfly

Create an O'Keeffe-like butterfly wing in close detail using Plike (plastic-like) paper. Next, add pastels along with iridescent and pearlescent mixing mediums to capture the affect of a butterfly's wing in close-up.

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Toolbox Plaster Painting

“Paint” with plaster and tools to create a fresh, new Buon Fresco! Working with wet plaster is a fun and spontaneous act. When small batches of plaster are combined with textural elements and pigments, fresh and unique works of art are the result!

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Matisse Prints du Soleil

Featured with updated content! Henri Matisse survived cancer to find a renewed energy and expressionism in artworks he called “scissor paintings.” Inspired by his cut-paper shapes, students can use sunlight or an artificial source to create color-saturated prints on fabric or paper.

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