Artabet Art Games: Exploring the Concept of In Front and Behind

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Art Games That Teach Depth

With the 6 basic lines you have practiced you can virtually draw anything. Of course a little application of some ‘artistic concepts’ will add some spice to your elementary classroom art projects. We start with a simple drawing of the zig zag and the wiggle in an art exercise that develops control and encourages variation. […]


FREE ART RESOURCES FOR TEACHERS: RON MULVEY’S ARTABET

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How To Get Started With The Artabet You can teach the basics of the Artabet system by using the free art resources for teachers included in this post snd those that follow.. lI will demonstrate the six fundamental lines (round and round, up and down, back and forth, zigzag, wiggle, and dot dot dot). I will […]


Draw and Paint Sunshine Bear

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Draw and Paint age appropriate art

Let’s start with some At Home And Online Art: Drawing And Painting For Kids ages 7 to 12 and draw and paint a Sundhine Bear. Check out all the other at home videos and free Teacher and Student PDF’s. Part Two Sunshine Bear: Bringing In The Shine Part Three Sunshine Bear: Final Shine On Glasses


What Do I need To Know To Teach My 3 to 5 to 12 Year Old To Draw

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Let’s start with a Plan Are you going to want their drawing to be a ‘fun’ activity where you spend precious moments with your young ones? Are you going to enjoy watching them develop, get excited and become absorbed in their art activity? Will you show them what they will need to know to feel secure […]


3-D Drawing / Zag Crags

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3-D Drawing is easy if you Pay Attention to the “ITTY BITTY DOT” If you have already seen the  34 Amazing Art Exercises and Games from a previous blog post,this video will demonstrate how to take an imaginative approach to some of the ideas you have learned from that post. It is quite simple once you […]


How To Use a Pencil To Shade and Some Other Pencil Tips

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Ron will show you ‘How To Use a Pencil When You Shade’ and some other ‘Pencil Tips’ that will sharpen your skills in this step by step video. A strong pencil grip is essential to shading.This is only acquired with diligent practice and repetition. Young art students ages 3 to 6 may find these exercises  difficult as their […]


3-D Drawing / Double Easy “E’s

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This is a 3-D exercise that gets your 3-D thinking warmed up and ready to go. Think ‘scroll’ and ‘treasure map’.


How To Draw Baby Dinosaur / Ages 3 to 7

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Use your six lines of the Artabet to draw a simple baby dinosaur coming out of it’s egg.


How To Draw a Sun With Designs

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Learn to draw a sun from Ron Mulvey on Vimeo. Use designs to draw a sun. Encourages creativity for all ages.


34 Amazing Art Exercises for Kids

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Teach art to kids

Today, I want to share my big list of 34 amazing art exercises, ideas, games, holiday drawings and school art projects for students. I’ve taught art in classrooms for 25 years and know that teachers need fun, simple exercises, and art activities to get students going. Don’t forget that you can get my free Teacher […]


UNDER THE SEA / How To Draw a School of Fish

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How to draw: Fish from Ron Mulvey on Vimeo.


THE ARTABET MODEL / How to draw a basic person

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Learn to draw a person from Ron Mulvey on Vimeo.


THE ARTABET

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The Artabet from Ron Mulvey on Vimeo.


Modern Power Drawing For Tablets and Paper

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Learn these simple Modern Power Drawing steps for digital tablet users and traditional paper users, that will power your drawings to a whole new level. Power Drawings are fast, furious, and fun. A perfect way to fire up the creativity of your students. I use this art development  game to sharpen drawing skills and build […]