Art

1. Get a small sketchbook (A4, A5, or A6) and do something in it EVERY DAY.

2. It could just be a word, a small sketch, a collage, or a printed photo. But it is important to get into the habit of making art every day.  Think of it as a visual diary. Record your thoughts and experiences this summer.

3. Ideally you should switch between drawing types: imaginative, narrative, observational line art, and observational shading. But the main goal is to build the habit of daily drawing.

4. Write with your art -- put down a short sentence explaining your drawing/thought/process after you draw. Help me understand your thinking.

5. If you do not know what to draw:

A) Observational drawing (lines or shades). Some ideas are: Fork, Flower, Spoon, Sunglasses, Seed or nuts, Pencil, Scissors, Paper clip, Hair accessory, Cup, Hat, Toothbrush, Candy, Key, Twig, Corner of your room, Book or magazine, Watch or clock, Vase, Pair of socks, Paper airplane, Plug, Tap , Lamp or torch, Wallet, Chair, Houseplant, Piece of fruit, Crumpled up piece of paper, Your hand, etc.

B) Imaginative drawing. Some ideas are: Turn a circle into a picture of something else, like a circle dog or a circle city. Combine two different animals. Combine two different foods. Combine two fruits, two desserts, two main courses. Put an aspect of one thing onto another, like a banana with tiger stripes or a planet with sunset colors. Combine two totally different ideas, like baseball and tea or a lizard that is also an airplane. Scribble or splash some watercolor, then turn it into something else. Draw a silhouette or something like a face or insect with a picture of something else inside, like a landscape.

C) Narrative drawing. Some ideas are: Make a small comic about something that happened today. Draw a picture that combines a random adjective & noun, preposition, and action, like "A crying pig escaping from jail on the moon." Draw a picture that shows a problem about to happen. Draw a character whose clothes tell a story about who they are. Create an alien/animal and show how its adaptations let it survive in its environment. Try to make a funny 3-panel comic by making the last panel an unexpected event, like: 1) A girl happily receives a box in the mail 2) She opens the box 3) She is shocked! Inside is (unexpected). Make themed art -- draw only 4 red things, only 4 foods, only 4 toys, only 4 animals, only 4 jewelry, only 4 clothes, only 4 houses, only 4 etc!