Art for Classrooms, K-6
Here is a well organized, short class on How To Draw the Artabet Space Ship with Ron and some of his students. Moon Mission shows you how to engage your grades 1 to 6 students and Draw a Story. You can add and expect more details and allow more creative input from the older students […]
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. […]
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 […]
Hallowe’en has many traditions that we all love. It’s is a fun night and the week long anticipation is a great time to sharpen our artistic engagement with our students and children with some traditional ‘motifs’ that are child appropriate. Let’s have some Artabet fun with some tried and true Hallowe’en art projects. WARM UPS […]
with Ron Mulvey and The ARTABET Welome to a new ‘Generation’ of Artabet fun and artistic development for your students and for us …the teachers. In this exciting journey, we are dedicated to nurturing creativity and inspiring innovation, ensuring that every student has the opportunity to express themselves artistically. Let’s work together, sharing our ideas […]
How Young Do I Teach My Child Drawing and Painting We now know that our children are always learning. If you are alive you are learning. It is what we all do best if given two things. 1- Encouragement 2- Praise A one to two-year-old is ready to have a great time being a little artist. […]
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 […]
Easy How to Draw and Paint a Dinosaur in Your Classroom with Ron Mulvey Follow along as Ron guides you step by step in this easy draw and paint dinosaur video of a ‘Charming Bronto’ called Thunderfoot. Let’s get stared with the Artabet Welcome and the Artabet Energy Line Warm Ups. Materials / pencil and […]
This is a 3-D exercise that gets your 3-D thinking warmed up and ready to go. Think ‘scroll’ and ‘treasure map’.
Three challenging 3-D drawings for Grades 3 to 7. I have had younger students who get it right away but make sure they have all the basic Artabet exercises done first.
Use your six lines of the Artabet to draw a simple baby dinosaur coming out of it’s egg.
Tell a Story as you Draw a Story. Just saying ‘do this’ and now ‘do that’ will not excite the child’s creativity and they will just end up copying. Artabet is all about ‘expressing’! Make it your own. We get you started and you pick it up. Add your own details and ideas. Let’s get cracking and […]
Warm Up With These Little Art Games Before Draw Your Lady Bug This is Vintage Artabet below, look through our blogs and see if you can find our newest addition called JET BUG More people search out How to draw a Ladybug than you can imagine. I suppose it is the ‘charm’ of this little bug […]
How to Draw a Sun for ages 3-7 sounds like a simple task, and it is if you use the principles of symmetry. We have all seen those cute little first attempts at drawing a Sun where the rays are flying in all directions and of course do not display any understanding of symmetry. Now, by […]
Learn to draw Robo Duck from Ron Mulvey on Vimeo. The Duck Drawing has been popular since the early 80’s when they were splashed onto T-shirts everywhere. Ducks are back and ‘Robo Duck’ is leading the flock!