Each week I will try to post a new art lesson and project idea!
Each week I will try to post a new art lesson and project idea!
Feel free to do this week's lesson or any lesson you want to from the past!
Feel free to do this week's lesson or any lesson you want to from the past!
Keep being creative! -Mrs Byrnes
Keep being creative! -Mrs Byrnes
May 18-23. Sketchbooks
May 18-23. Sketchbooks
Summer is on it's way here! Get ready to keep practicing and having fun with art all Summer by finding a notebook or making one by stapling sheets of paper together!
Summer is on it's way here! Get ready to keep practicing and having fun with art all Summer by finding a notebook or making one by stapling sheets of paper together!
You can try some of these fun ideas or think of your own!
You can try some of these fun ideas or think of your own!
If you really want to improve your drawing skills, try making a goal to draw something every day~even if it is simple and quick some days! -Mrs Byrnes
If you really want to improve your drawing skills, try making a goal to draw something every day~even if it is simple and quick some days! -Mrs Byrnes
May 11-16
May 11-16
Student Art to Stop the Spread of Covid Challenge!
Student Art to Stop the Spread of Covid Challenge!
#StudentArtToStopCovid
#StudentArtToStopCovid
Our school district invited us to participate in a challenge to create art that will help stop the spread of Covid-19
Our school district invited us to participate in a challenge to create art that will help stop the spread of Covid-19
You can make a difference by learning about, and helping to remind people of the ways to help stop Covid-19 from spreading!
You can make a difference by learning about, and helping to remind people of the ways to help stop Covid-19 from spreading!
#1. Brainstorm the reasons why we want to stop the spread of the virus! You could research how to stop the spread at coronavirus.gov.
#1. Brainstorm the reasons why we want to stop the spread of the virus! You could research how to stop the spread at coronavirus.gov.
#2. Create a work of art showing your ideas!
#2. Create a work of art showing your ideas!
#3. If your parent would like to, you could share your art on social media using the hashtags:
#3. If your parent would like to, you could share your art on social media using the hashtags:
#StudentArtToStopCovid
#StudentArtToStopCovid
and
and
#CreateToEradicate!
#CreateToEradicate!
How you can kindly remind others to follow the guidelines
Why you want to stop the spread of COVID-19
How you can stay safe and help others stay safe
How you can show appreciation to others for committing to follow the guidelines.
May 4-9 Sidewalk Chalk ideas!
May 4-9 Sidewalk Chalk ideas!
A lot of great sidewalk chalk art has been made lately! Maybe you've already had a lot of fun making chalk art~ here are some fun ideas and techniques you could try!
A lot of great sidewalk chalk art has been made lately! Maybe you've already had a lot of fun making chalk art~ here are some fun ideas and techniques you could try!
Try taping or drawing sections or shapes for a cool, geometric design!
Try taping or drawing sections or shapes for a cool, geometric design!
Pattern: Try different patterns in a row! Copy a famous painting!
Pattern: Try different patterns in a row! Copy a famous painting!
Try shading by using more chalk for the darker areas and less for the lighter areas! Try mixing colors!
Try shading by using more chalk for the darker areas and less for the lighter areas! Try mixing colors!
Create something in which you can be part of the art!
Create something in which you can be part of the art!
April 27 - May 2
April 27 - May 2
Illustraton:
Illustraton:
Try a doodle with the illustrator,
Try a doodle with the illustrator,
Mo Williams!
Mo Williams!
You can choose this episode:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmzjCPQv3y8
Or any other "Lunch doodles with Mo".
Learn about Illustrations and ~Have fun!
Learn about Illustrations and ~Have fun!
April 20-25
April 20-25
Painted Rock Art!
Painted Rock Art!
All you need are some rocks and paint or markers and you can make some really fun art!
All you need are some rocks and paint or markers and you can make some really fun art!
You could leave them in your yard or garden for friends and neighbors to enjoy when they pass by!
You could leave them in your yard or garden for friends and neighbors to enjoy when they pass by!
Here are some examples for inspiration!
Here are some examples for inspiration!
Here are some tips to get started!
Here are some tips to get started!
Wash your rocks in the sink!
Let them dry!
This will allow the paint to stick better
Draw your ideas on paper first so you are ready once you start to paint!
Be sure to put paper or paper towels under your rocks so you don't get paint on the area you are working!
HAVE FUN!
April 13-18
April 13-18
How has COVID 19 affected you and your family?
How has COVID 19 affected you and your family?
*What has it taught you?
*What has it taught you?
*What will you always remember about this time?
*What will you always remember about this time?
How can you show this in Artwork?
How can you show this in Artwork?
The Springville Museum of Art is having a special online exhibition of student artwork! I'd love to invite you to participate! The deadline is April 20th so try to work on it soon if you can!
The Springville Museum of Art is having a special online exhibition of student artwork! I'd love to invite you to participate! The deadline is April 20th so try to work on it soon if you can!
If you do not want to enter, try making a work of art on this theme just for your own experience.
If you do not want to enter, try making a work of art on this theme just for your own experience.
Art can help us express our feelings and learn about them, so I think this is an important activity for all of us to try!
Art can help us express our feelings and learn about them, so I think this is an important activity for all of us to try!
Here are the links!
Here are the links!
https://www.smaexhibition-upcloseandfaraway.org/
https://www.smaexhibition-upcloseandfaraway.org/call-for-entries.html
Below are some prompts the museum has given to think about for your artwork!
Below are some prompts the museum has given to think about for your artwork!
You can also think of your own idea of what you would like to show!
You can also think of your own idea of what you would like to show!
The images are just for fun or inspiration ideas with different artwork that shows feeling.
The images are just for fun or inspiration ideas with different artwork that shows feeling.
Prompt 1: Consider how social distancing has affected you. How has it put you into closer proximity to people, environments, feelings, or things? How has the distance from your typical everyday experiences impacted you?
Prompt 2: As you have distanced yourself from your normal everyday activities, what have you discovered about yourself? About your surroundings? About those around you?
Prompt 3: How has your experience during the pandemic highlighted contradictions or opposites? Consider how your pandemic experience highlights some of the following:​
Alone and Altogether
Isolation and Connection
Peace and Panic
Distance and Proximity
​Cancellations and
Opportunities
Prompt 4: How have you found happiness or peace during this time of insecurity?
There are millions of different ways you could show these things!
There are millions of different ways you could show these things!
Think about your own feelings! Be creative and have fun!
Think about your own feelings! Be creative and have fun!
March 31-April 4. Peeps Characters!
March 31-April 4. Peeps Characters!
Get CREATIVE with this fun activity this week or next week! Try to make peeps bunnies or chicks into characters or a fun diorama scene! You could use clay, paper or toys or anything you can think of! Have fun!
Get CREATIVE with this fun activity this week or next week! Try to make peeps bunnies or chicks into characters or a fun diorama scene! You could use clay, paper or toys or anything you can think of! Have fun!
**If you don't have peeps at home try drawing a peeps bunny or chick in a fun design!
**If you don't have peeps at home try drawing a peeps bunny or chick in a fun design!
Here are some fun examples!
Here are some fun examples!
March 23-28
March 23-28
American History and Culture
American History and Culture
You can take a free Virtual Tour of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum by clicking the link below!
You can take a free Virtual Tour of the National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum by clicking the link below!
What Utah landforms do you see in the artwork?
What landforms remind you of Utah and where you live?
How did Utah geography effect the people who have lived in Utah in past times?
How does this museum make you feel?
Do you think you would have liked to live in the time when the western part of our country was being settled?
Activity!
Activity!
Try drawing or painting a Utah landform you can see from your house!
Try drawing or painting a Utah landform you can see from your house!
OR
OR
Try imagining you were a cowgirl or cowboy settling the western United States! After looking at the examples from the museum draw an illustration of what you think you'd like to do in that time.
Try imagining you were a cowgirl or cowboy settling the western United States! After looking at the examples from the museum draw an illustration of what you think you'd like to do in that time.
HAVE A GREAT DAY AND KEEP BEING CREATIVE! -Mrs Byrnes!
HAVE A GREAT DAY AND KEEP BEING CREATIVE! -Mrs Byrnes!
Standard 4.V.P.3: Compare and contrast purposes of art museums, art galleries, and other venues, as well as the types of personal experiences they provide.
Standard 4. Social Studies .1 Students will understand the relationship between the physical geography in Utah and human life.
Standard 4. Social Studies .1 Students will understand the relationship between the physical geography in Utah and human life.
March 16-21. Symmetry
March 16-21. Symmetry
Symmetry in Art
Symmetry in Art
Symmetry is when things are the same on both sides of a line. Like the middle line is a mirror! Look at some examples of famous symmetrical art then try to make your own!
Symmetry is when things are the same on both sides of a line. Like the middle line is a mirror! Look at some examples of famous symmetrical art then try to make your own!
Famous Examples
Famous Examples
Make your own!
Make your own!
Fold a piece of paper in half
Draw something on the first half and then make the lines dark! Go over your lines with a marker if possible
Fold your paper in the opposite way from how you started (inside out). Hold your folded page against the light of a window so you can trace your first half onto. your second half.
Open your paper and complete your symmetrical drawing by adding color if you can!
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