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! 

   

Collage Challenge

PK-1 CHALLENGE 

Flower Power

Materials:

     * round lid (circle)

     * scissors 

     * glue
     * pencil or marker

     * decorated paper - wrapping paper, scrap booking papers, magazine pages
     or prepare/fill up a paper of your own with watercolor and set aside to dry
     * one piece of white paper

Directions:

* set aside the white paper
* start by tracing the circle lid onto a piece of decorated paper
* trace your hand (with help) at least four times - use a marker if it's easier to see the lines
* cut out each of the traced hands
* on the white piece of paper, glue the first hand - fingers pointing upward
* glue down the second hand - fingers pointing downward
* glue the third and fourth - fingers pointing right and left

Bonus: if you'd like more petals for your flower: trace, cut out and glue more hands

* cut out the traced circle
* glue the circle in the middle, where the palms of your hands overlap

2-5 CHALLENGE 

Mythical Creatures

Mythical creatures are imaginary images that stories (like legends) can be written about

Materials:

     * magazine images of figures (whole bodies of people, animals, robots, etc)

        - choose at least ten or more 

     * scissors

     * glue

     * a few sheets of paper (decorated or white)

     

Directions:

There are a couple ways you can do this:
1.
* once you have found your figure images, cut them apart: legs, arms, body, head, etc
* mix and match your figure parts until you have some that you like
* glue them down onto a piece of paper

2.
* once you have found your images, keep one or two of the figures whole
* cut the others apart
* arrange the parts around the whole figure
* once you are happy, glue the pieces down

Bonus: make up a story to go along with your mythical creatures. What do they do? Are they heroes? Where do they live?

6-8 CHALLENGE 

Fantasy World

Materials:

     * magazine images of nouns (people, places, things)

          - choose at least ten different items

     * scissors

     * glue

     * one sheet of paper (or thin cardboard surface)

Directions:

* once you have found the images you'd like to use, cut them out neatly
* on the piece of paper or thin cardboard, arrange your images so that they interact with each other
* try to cover and use the whole paper - you may need more images to do this
* once you are happy with your arrangement, glue down all of your pieces and smooth them down with your hand before leaving to dry

Bonus: add cut out words to your pictures, to give your images a deeper message.