The Blooming Palette of High School Art

A Bounty of Lessons, Units and More for High School Art Educators

Monday, October 31, 2011

YouTube Video: Acrylic Painting Demo--Artist's Mannequin

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In this 21 minute video, I demonstrate how to paint an artist's mannequin in acrylic. Emphasis is on mixing, establishing, and applying ...
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You Tube Video: Acrylic Painting Demo--Children's Building Blocks

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In this short video, I demonstrate how to paint 3 geometric solids in acrylic. Emphasis is on creating, applying, and blending values with ...
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Thursday, August 19, 2010

Encaustic Workshop with the Fab Five

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When food, friends and fine art combine, the results are sure to be memorable. Indeed, on August 9, my close artist friend, Karen Eide gi...
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Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Dodge Virginia Beach Rock 'n' Roll Half Marathon 2010 Poster Art

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For all but the first year in 1990, I have been chosen as the volunteer "Official Artist" for the Virginia Beach Rock 'n' ...
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Sunday, July 25, 2010

Virginia Summer Residential Governor's School for the Arts

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Last school year, I encouraged Erin Edwards, a rising senior, to apply for a month-long summer residential program called the Summer Residen...
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Tuesday, January 26, 2010

You're An Idiom!: Ceramic Portrait Busts (High School Art Unit)

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The Art Problem: This Creative Challenge invites students to interpret the idiom of their choice through the creation of clay sculptural bus...
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Friday, January 22, 2010

Surrealism and One- and Two-Point Persepctive (High School Art Unit)

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Looking through some computer files, I stumbled across this unit from 2005-2006 that I created and taught to beginning students when I was ...
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Betsy DiJulio, M.A., Ed.S., is a full-time National Board Certified art teacher at Princess Anne High School where she was chosen as the 2009-2010 Teacher of the Year before going on to be chosen as the 2009-2010 citywide Teacher of the Year for the Virginia Beach City Public Schools district. This "official artist" for the Rock-n-Roll Half Marathon in Virginia Beach teaches beginning through advanced placement courses to both general education and International Baccalaureate Middle Years and Diploma Program students. A part-time freelance writer and photo stylist--who has won some national recipe contests--she focuses on topics of food, art, home and garden design, "green" initiatives and small businesses. Her work in the field of art education is published at the national level in SchoolArts Magazine. This longtime vegetarian turned vegan is an animal lover, animal rights supporter and SPCA volunteer. DiJulio and her husband, Joe, have been married since 1990 and share their home with a pack of beloved canines.
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