Explore Art Forms

Curious about a new creative pursuit? Learn about different art forms, their history, techniques, and what to expect when you take your first class.

Visual Arts

Acrylic paint tubes at an artist studio in Lavesum, Germany

Acrylic

Acrylic painting techniques and color mixing.

Hands tying thread while bookbinding

Bookbinding

Hand-binding books, journals, and paper crafts.

The word Calligraphy written in decorative script

Calligraphy

Traditional and modern decorative lettering arts.

Ottoman ceramic plate with floral underglaze painting from Iznik, Turkey

Ceramic Painting

Painting and glazing pre-made ceramic pieces.

Early 20th-century ceramics from Galicia, Beskids region

Ceramics

Clay art, sculpting, and firing processes.

Charcoal sticks used for drawing

Charcoal

Charcoal drawing with dramatic values and expressive marks.

Clay model of Indian traditional village games

Clay

Working with clay for sculpture and functional pottery.

Graphic Design Portfolio Night at COD

College Portfolio Preparation

Building art portfolios for college admissions.

Colored pencil drawing

Colored Pencil

Colored pencil layering and blending techniques.

Left-handed person crocheting

Crocheting

Hook-based yarn crafts and amigurumi.

Mandelbulb 3D digital fractal art

Digital Art

Digital drawing and painting on tablets and computers.

Perspective drawing

Drawing

Sketching, charcoal, pastel, and figure drawing.

Preparation for dyeing fabric at home with ingredients used in cooking, especially various spices

Dyeing

Coloring fabric and yarn with natural and synthetic dyes.

Felt toys, Nativity scene, Kyrgyzstan

Felting

Wet and needle felting techniques with wool.

An assortment of fiber arts created by one teenage artist

Fiber Arts

Textile arts including weaving, knitting, and felting.

The view of flowers decorated in a symmetrical format

Flower Decorating

Floral arrangement and decorative flower arts.

Art glass from Murano Italy

Glass

Glass art techniques including fusing and blowing.

Fused Glass Sculpture

Glass Fusing

Fusing glass pieces in a kiln to create art.

Ceramics toolkit in art school

Hand Building

Coil, slab, and pinch pottery techniques.

Hand lettering artwork

Hand Lettering

Creative hand-drawn letters and typography.

When We All Believe - illustration from the 1903 issue of Puck magazine

Illustration

Drawing for books, magazines, and commercial art.

Silver jewelry findings and components

Jewelry

Jewelry making with beads, wire, and metalwork.

Grandma knits socks

Knitting

Creating fabric with needles and yarn.

Metalwork demonstration at a crafts village in Munich

Metalsmithing

Forging and shaping metal into art and functional objects.

The Warrior, a mixed-media art piece by Ithaka Darin Pappas from the series The Tomasblots

Mixed Media

Combining multiple art materials and techniques.

Kasahara mosaic tile art

Mosaic

Creating art from glass, tile, and stone pieces.

Close-up of needle felting process

Needle Felting

Sculpting wool with barbed needles.

Oil painting brushes, paints, and palette

Oil Painting

Traditional oil painting methods and glazing.

Watercolor paint box with brushes

Painting

Oil, acrylic, watercolor, and mixed media painting.

Pottery wares at Sidi Bousaid

Pottery

Wheel throwing, hand building, and glazing techniques.

Etching of birch trees

Printmaking

Block printing, screen printing, and etching techniques.

Weaving sample on a rigid heddle loom

Rigid Heddle Weaving

Beginner-friendly loom weaving with rigid heddle.

Students in sculpture class

Sculpture

3D art forms in clay, stone, metal, and mixed materials.

Woman sewing with a Singer sewing machine

Sewing

Garment construction, alterations, and textile crafts.

Pencil sketch of Henry Dawson Lowry

Sketching

Quick drawing techniques and observational sketching.

An electric spinning wheel being used to spin yarn

Spinning

Spinning fiber into yarn on a wheel or spindle.

Stained glass window in Nysa cathedral

Stained Glass

Creating decorative windows and panels with colored glass.

Watercolor painting of Hansestadt Lübeck

Watercolor

Transparent watercolor painting techniques and washes.

Weaving with a pin

Weaving

Creating fabric on looms with interlaced threads.

Potter at work on a pottery wheel

Wheel Throwing

Pottery wheel centering and forming techniques.

Performing Arts

Culinary Arts

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