Instructional/Demonstration

Optical Illusions: How to Create Them – DVD

Crystal Productions. 24 minutes. Grades K-8. Optical illusions play tricks with the eye and is an abstract art based on mathematics. This program will show students how to make optical illusions by demonstrating “moving lines”, sh... More.

Peggy Flores DVDs – Set of 10

Grade K to adult. Peggy Flores has taught art for 16 years and has been a presenter at numerous art education conferences. These videos present projects that encourage experimentation to maintain a high level of craftsmanship. Set includes Tis... More.

Tessellations: How to Create Them – DVD

20 minutes. Grade 6 to adult. Jim McNeill introduces basic tessellation concepts and examples of historic tessellations as well as examples of his own work. He then presents a step-by-step demonstration creating simple tessellations with ... More.

Paper Mosaics – DVD

Crystal Productions. 24 minutes. Grades K-8. Peggy Flores is the host of this great introduction to the art of creating mosaics with cut paper shapes. She demonstrates how to make a mosaic portrait by selecting different colored papers for th... More.

Sculpting with Paper – DVD

Crystal Productions. 24 minutes. Grades K-8. Inspire students to create innovative sculptures with basic materials. Peggy Flores demonstrates the sculpting processes of scoring, cutting, folding, and curling paper. She then shows how students... More.

Mobiles: How to Create Them – DVD

Crystal Productions. 34 minutes. Grades 7-12. Demonstrates how to create mobiles with easily obtained materials. Introduces the history of mobiles developed by Alexander Calder. Shows construction of three types of mobiles: articulated, tree,... More.

Animation in the Classroom – DVD

Crystal Productions. 14 minutes. Grades K-12. Explores simple ways to create animation without a camera. Shows how to make basic devices to illustrate “persistence of vision,” which allows the eye to blend images and create an ill... More.

Elements and Principles of Design – DVD

Crystal Productions. 46 minutes. Grade 7 to adult. Artist and educator Tony Couch graphically explains how the elements of design including line, shape, value, color, texture, and direction are used to build a design. He shows how each of the pri... More.