animal and object drawing practice

Art Challenges

 

young artist statement challenge

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Character challenge

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collage challenge

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Classification Challenge

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eco art/ earth art challenge

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Shadow challenge

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portrait and figure Drawing practice

Elements of Design

Elements of Design

Line                     Space           

Color                   Value

Shape                   Form

Texture                 Principles of Design 

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Principal's Choice 2020

This school year may have come to an end, rather abruptly, but there are MANY accomplishments for you to celebrate!

I'd like to congratulate ALL of the art room leaders this year, whose attention to detail, earned them the honor of being displayed on my art wall. 

EV Art Leaders  (click the link)

Andrew Art Leaders  (click the link)

Of these many students, each principal was encouraged to choose their favorite piece, to be framed and displayed at our school, modeling leadership in the art room. This year's winners are featured below, along with a short video, compiling highlights from the year. Congratulations!!!

EV: Ayden Small, sixth grade

Andrew: Ayden Stark,  fifth grade

Here's a video link, compilation of some of the year's highlights:

EV Art 2020  (click the link)

Andrew Art 2020   (click the link)

Statement Challenge

Young Artist Statement Challenge

PK-8 Challenge

This challenge is pretty simple and applies to ALL artists when they want to describe their work to others. 

Materials:

     * ANYTHING you want to use: paint it, build it, create it

Directions:

     * spend some time creating artwork that has meaning to you (time yourself for at least an hour +)

     * submit your artwork and answer the following:

Name: (your name)       Date:__________

1. This is my: (painting/ collage/ sculpture/ drawing?) It is called (title)

2. I made it using (materials used)

3. One thing that was challenging was

_______________________________________

4. I would like you to notice ______________

5. This artwork was inspired by (what made you come up with the idea?)

***Here's mine

Name: Ms.Houzenga    Date: May 2020

1. This is my: collage. It is called Live the Dream

2. I made it using a tin serving tray,  magazine images and words

3. One thing that was challenging was getting the pictures to line up with each other.

4. I would like you to notice the sleeping/ dreaming clown, with his head resting on golden eggs.

5. This artwork was inspired by my dream of always wanting to be a real artist. 

Character Challenge

Character Challenge

PK-1 CHALLENGE

Creating a character and giving them a voice

Materials:

     * your favorite stuffed animal, book, cartoon or action figure

     * paper

     * pencil

     * crayons, colored pencils or markers
     * an older person (for assistance with spelling)

Directions:
     * pick out your character
     * draw a picture of that character
        - look at them closely: what do they look like? what makes them special? what are they
          wearing?
     * give them a voice (ask for help with your letters and spelling)
        - what is their name? What are they known for? What do they have to say?
     * color your character

2-5 CHALLENGE 

Giving your character a story

Materials:

     * your favorite stuffed animal, book, cartoon or action figure character

     * 2 pieces of white paper

     * pencil

     * crayons, colored pencils or markers
     * an older person (for assistance with spelling)

Directions:

Follow the directions from the PK-1 section, but let's take it a step further! If you would rather make up your own (made up) character, please do so!

     * Decide who your character is going to be
     * think about a story that they could be the hero of  (there's a picture below to help you map it out)
        Include:
        - Character
        - Setting
        - Problem
        - Hero (your character)
        - Solution
     * take your two pieces of paper, together and fold them in half, like a book
     * the front of your book will be your Cover
        Include:
        - a Title for your story
        - written and illustrated by (your name)
        - a large picture of your character
     * open to the first page
        - fill in your story, using both the left and right pages (look at the guide below)
Congratulations! You've made yourself a book!

6-8 CHALLENGE 

Turning your character's story into a Graphic Novel

Materials:

     * 4 or 5 pieces of white paper

     * pencil

     * crayons, colored pencils or markers
     * Dictionary for spelling 

Directions:

Follow the same directions for PK-1 and 2-5, for thinking about and creating a character and a story to go along with your character.

Graphic Novels are picture books with a little bit different layout design and as many pages as you'd like. To begin:

     * use a full sheet of paper.
     * create the cover of your Graphic Novel
        Include:
        - a drawn picture of your character
        - Title
        - written and illustrated by (your name)
     * use another full sheet of paper
     * map out your story grid, by drawing one vertical line, down the middle, and one horizontal
        line, across the middle, creating four boxes
     * start your story (use the helpful hints I provided for the 2-5 lesson)
        - each box only requires a little bit of written information
        - be sure to leave room within each box for your drawing, to go along with your words
Below is a sample of the middle of my story, if I were writing a graphic novel
     * add more paper as you go, and prepare it in the same way
     * color your cover and illustrations
Congratulations! You've created your very own Graphic Novel!