Art
SUmmer resources
Sandspiel
Draw with elements and see how they react together. This site is creative and meditative.
Week of 6/21/21 objects in detail
Close-up drawing!
Drawing objects extremely close up is a great way to notice detail and find artistic inspiration in almost anything.
Directions:
Divide your paper into 4 or 6 sections.
Pick an object from around you, and try to pick an object that looks different from different angles (as opposed to something like a ball).
In pencil, draw close up details from different angles in each box. Try to capture as many details as you see.
Add color.
Week of 6/14/21 summer sunglasses
Pick a shape
Here are a few options you can use as a guide:
DIRECTIONS:
● Start by drawing the outline of your sunglasses in pencil, then outline with a black marker or sharpie.
● Using your pencil, draw small images of things you want to do this summer in the lenses - they can be symbols that represent activities, ex. A beach umbrella for the beach, a campfire for camping, a bike to represent bike riding!
● Outline and color in your small images with whatever supplies you have!
● Using a colored pencil or crayon, shade with grey or black around your small images.
● Decorate your paper any other way you want to, have fun with it!
● If you want to, cut out your sunglasses. You can also put them on a new sheet of paper and draw a self-portrait of you wearing your summer sunglasses!
Week of 6/7/21 Bleezer's Ice Cream
Create your own unique ice cream flavors
First, listen to the poem "Bleezer's Ice Cream.
Main steps:
Draw with pencil, start with the top scoop.
Trace with marker
Imagine some fun new flavors of ice cream and label them in each scoop.
Add color with watercolors or another color medium
Week of 5/31/21 Chalk Birds
Draw a bird using pencil and color it. Some of these examples use chalk pastels, and others use watercolor.
Look at a picture of a beautiful birds and do your best to draw it. You can follow the step by step below if you want to.
Supplies: Pencil, Paper, Watercolors or chalk pastels (or other color medium.)
Step by step
Week of 5/25/21 FLOWER DESIGNS
we will be drawing abstract flowers
Supplies: Paper, pencil/markers. Optional: Construction paper.
START WITH COLOR CIRCLES
You can cut them out or draw them.
Draw different pedal shapes around the circles
Add patterns, stems and leaves.
Feel free to follow along on the video
You can make any shapes and patterns you can imagine.
Week of 5/17/21 Cats on a fence
Cats on a fence.
For this drawing project, we are drawing cats on a fence.
If you would like to change the type of animal, or change what the animals are sitting on, you may.
These artists put the fence colors in rainbow order; can you do that, too?
Material: Paper, pencil, color medium (paint, markers, colored pencils, markers, crayons...)
Week of 5/9/21 Scribble Monsters!
Read/Listen to the book "I'm Not Just A Scribble by Diane Alber
Create your own scribble monsters.
Use different colors to show different feelings.
Week of 5/9/21 Bookmarks!
Week of 5/3/21 Umbrella Drawings
Rainy day umbrella
Here is a step by step tutorial on how to draw the rainy day umbrella. Use your own colors and patterns in the umbrella.
Week of 4/12/21 Nature-Inspired Fashion
Design clothing based on nature!
Instructions: 1. Watch the videos of the 2 young fashion designers.
2. Look at the examples of fashion inspired by things in nature, like animals, plants, the sky and the earth.
3. Decide what animal or thing in nature you want to design your clothing after and find (if you can and want to) on google a picture to help you.
4. Draw your nature-inspired clothing how it would look on a person.
Examples of designs drawn from nature.
Week of 4/12/21 Wild Things
Watch the video and draw your own wild thing
You can follow the tutorial or make your own!
Students examples
Week of 4/5/21 option 1: Basquiat Crown
Watch the video
for instruction on making your Basquiat crown.
Supplies needed: Paper, pencil, color medium, video.
Learn more about Jean Michel Basquiat in this slideshow with more activities!
Week of 4/5/21 Option 2: Letter Drawing
Directions:
Draw letters while illustrating a word that begins with that letter. For example: A letter G giraffe
Materials: Paper, pencil, crayons
Suggested book: Giraffes Can't Dance
Week of 3/29/21 Magnificent Map Making
Artists are explorers!
Supplies: Paper, pencil and a coloring medium.
We can use our art skills to record and create a map to help remember a special place, or share our favorite places with others! Watch the video and become a cartographer!
A cartographer is a person who designs, draws or creates maps!
-What special place do you want to create a map of??
Option: -Make a list of the buildings or destinations that you want to include in your map.
Directions:
1. First mark the spots of where the important buildings or places are.
2. Draw a little picture or icon that represents each place.
3. Place your title in a big open space!
4. Add roads to connect your places.
5. Add special map elements like a compass and legend.
6. Fill with fun details and add color if you wish!
Week of 3/22/21 Caricature
Bobble final 2.mp4Caricature Intro
Caricature example 1
Optional Video to follow along
Will Smill Caricature
Mr. Reynolds' caricature. He likes art and biking, so he included those details. Next, Mr. Reynolds will add color.
Week of 3/15/21 "After" Drawing
2) Create an "After" Drawing
Read The Promise by N. Davies.
In "The Promise", think of the world before the character changes it and think about it after.
In our world now, what would YOU change. Draw that AFTER with all the important details that make it special.
Week of 3/8/21 5 Pixelation.
Pixelation lesson.mp4What is pixelation?
...and how to draw using pixelation!
Materials: paper, drawing tools (ruler, if you want).
1. Fold your paper into fourths
2. In one fourth, create a grid.
3. With pencil, draw on the grid as if there was no grid (using curves, any shape).
4. Color your drawing but only by coloring any squares (pixels) that are inside (even if it's just a bit) of your drawing.
Repeat this in the other 3 sections with different drawings! Have fun!
Week of 3/1/21 5 Senses memory drawing.
Senses drawing.mp45 Senses
Today we will draw from memory using our 5 senses.
1) Think of a place you've been to before that you would like to go back to
2) Imagine yourself in that space, and what you see
3) Go through each of the 5 senses, and think about in that space what you would
a) See
b) Feel
c) Smell
d) Taste
e) Hear
4) Draw the scene, with or without yourself in it, with things to represent what each of the senses is experiencing.
Week of 2/22/21 Create an egyptian Cartouche.
What is a Cartouche?
A cartouche is an oval frame which surrounds the hieroglyphs that make up the name of an Egyptian God or royal person. Our illustrated example is based on the cartouche of Tutankhamun.
A cartouche represents a looped rope which has the magical power to protect the name that is written inside it.
It was meant to protect against evil spirits both in this life and the afterlife.
Cartouches can be arranged both horizontally or vertically depending on the best layout for its design.
There are three components
used to construct a cartouche.
Illustration 1 - shows the three separate components: the oval frame; the stand; and the rope which binds them together.
Illustration 2 - shows the three components combined to form a basic cartouche frame.
Illustration 3 - shows the frame of the cartouche decorated with small hieroglyphs.
The Ancient Egyptians wrote in pictorial symbols called hieroglyphs which represent the images and sounds of their language.
In this cartouche we have enclosed the hieroglyphs that spell out the sounds of the name 'Michael'. Note that although there are seven letters in the name 'Michael', there are only four basic sounds 'M - I - K - L'. Therefore we only need to use the hieroglyphs that represent those sounds.
Hieroglyphs should be arranged to create interesting designs instead of the straight lines that we use to arrange our letters and sentences.
Cartouches are usually positioned vertically (up and down) but they can also be positioned horizontally to make them fit more comfortably into a design.
Once the cartouche and hieroglyphs are drawn, you are ready to apply color. You can also go over the lines with black once you apply color.
Hieroglyph Alphabet
guide
Week of 2/8/21 Design your own album cover
Album Cover final 1.mp4
design the art for a collection of made up songs!
For this project, you get to imagine you are a professional musician and design your own album art. An album is a collection of songs.
Steps:
Decide if you are making up a group, or making an album where you are the star!
Make up a name for that album and draw a picture you imagine. Drawing in a square shape is most like a real album cover
Don't forget to add the musician or musical group's name and the title of the album
On the back, make up some song names for your album, and draw another picture.
Have fun!
For 3rd through 5th grade, you also have the choice to use Sketchpad. You can draw a picture, use clip art, or upload images from the internet.
Week of 2/1/21 Warm-Up Sketches Return!
Sketchbook final 4.mp4
Sketchbook ideas
Today we will be creating fun, quick sketches. These can be fun and silly if you want, or realistic. However you want to draw them is great!
Draw:
A pair of flying shoes
Draw your refrigerator
Draw some plants
Draw what it looks like all snowy outside of your window
Draw an ice cream cone
Draw 5 things that are the same color
Draw your feet
Draw a game controller
Draw a car you'd like to one day own
Invent some new emojis
Draw a poster from your favorite book, TV show or movie
Week of 1/25/21 Mittens
Create your own mitten pattern
Today we will read the book "The Mitten".
The we will draw our own unique mitten patterns.
Supplies: Paper, pencil, coloring material.
Read/Listen to the Mitten
Draw your own mittens, and create your own pattern.
Week of 1/18/21 Superhero Origin
Superhero Origin (Comic book/strip)
Today you will create a new superhero and their origin story.
1. Imagine some cool super powers. Try to create a power no other hero has yet.
2. Create a name for your hero based on their power.
3. Draw your character and design their costume based on the theme of their power.
4. Create a short comic strip or page that tells the story of how they got their power:
A. Decide the story of how they got their powers, and divide the story into the number of panels you'll need.
B. When you draw add the words and pictures, remember to leave room for both.
C. Start with pencil, then add color with colored pencils.
(You can also work by drawing directly onto the templates in Seesaw)
Here are some templates with panels already drawn out as an option.
If you get stuck, write the origin of Mr. Reynolds' character Quickdraw, who can control colors!
Week of 1/11/2021 Favorite things Still Life
This week we are following up our in class theme of still lifes.
Directions:
If you are at home:
Arrange of few of your favorite toys and things on a table or desk. Make sure you have good light, and try to make your objects overlap. Think of it as one big shape.
If you are at school, draw what's on your desk, or click this folder and choose a picture to work from.
Draw out one rough shape that captures everything
Loosely sketch out the shapes with rough, light pencil lines.
Use your eraser to erase extra lines, darken in the ones you want to keep.
Add shading, color, or both!
Week of 1/4/2021 Shape Robots
SHAPE robots
Create a robot using simple shapes. First, watch the video. Next, find some items to trace around you.
Create your own robot drawing using the shapes. Outline your lines with black, then color in the robot.
Snap a pic to share with me!
Week of 12/21 LightBright!
What is lightbright
Lightbright was a toy when I was I kid that let you create pictures with little "glowing" light pegs. It was almost like drawing with pixels!
Make your own lightbright design
Click the picture to go to an app that lets you design your own lightbright picture. You can change the color of the pegs/circles, and create a picture of anything you want! Use the download button to save it and share with Mr. Reynolds
Mr. Reynolds example of his favorite character.
Week of 12/12 snowflakes!
Snowflake final for realz.mp4Play the video and follow along! When you're finished, decorate a window or somewhere else in your house with your snowflake art.
Supplies:
Paper (about 3 sheets, can be recycled)
scissors
pencil
You can also create a snowflake digitally, CLICK HERE!
A few more examples pictures:
Super advanced bonus snowflake:
This is a nice 4th or 5th grade challenge and makes a beautiful decoration. Supplies: 6 sheets of paper, scissors, stapler or tape.
Week of 12/6 Murakami Flowers
Who is Takashi Murakami?
First, learn about Japanese artist Takashi Murakami, then follow the tutorial to draw your own superflat flowers.
Murakami Intro final.mp4Draw your own Murakami flower
Supplies: Pencil, paper, color medium (optional: black marker, oil pastels - they works great for this!)
For grades 3-5 or if you want to take it further:
Draw a whole Page of flowers, or...
This tutorial fills the entire page with flowers.
Make a bunch, Cut them out and make a mural on your wall!
How can you make each flower unique? Feel free to change Murakami's design in any way you would like.
Week of 11/30 Autumn Leaf Art
It’s very simple, here’s what you need:
Colourful Autumn leaves!
Some sheets of card or thick paper (this doesn’t warp as much when you glue leaves to it as regular paper)
A glue stick
A pencil or coloured pencils
A Sharpie or other permanent marker
Draw a picture that uses leaves in some way!
If you can't get any leaves right now, use your imagination and draw some, or look up some leaf shapes to copy.
Week of 11/23 kandinsky
Who is wassily kandinsky?
Watch the first 2 minutes to see how Kandinski connected music and art together. (Watch more if you want!)
See a Kandinski painting come to life
What might have Kandinsky heard when he painted some of his work?
Draw a Kandinski you can hear!
Draw an abstract image in the box below and then play it to see how it sounds. (Hint: draw lines, circles and triangles.)
explore other sound/image connections!
Click on the picture above to explore more ways sound and imagery are connected with the other Chrome Music Lab tools! Have fun and bookmark the page to come back again!
Week of 11/16 Henna (or mehndi)
Diwali & Henna.mp4
Directions
Supplies: Paper, pencil, brown marker (optional)
Watch the video
Trace your hand or hands with pencil.
Begin filling them with pattern designs in pencil. You can look at example patterns here.
Put patterns in the patterns to create lots of detail.
Trace your designs with a brown marker.
Week of 11/9 Make a Board Game
Board green done.mp4Directions
Supplies: 3 sheets of paper, pencil, markers (to make Tic Tac Toe), and/or colored pencil (to make Memory), scissors
Fold the paper in half 4 times
For Tic Tac Toe, unfold and use the boxes to cut out 4 X's and O's for Tic Tac Toe, then color them in with marker. Color one set in warm colors (red/yellow/orange) and one in cool colors (blue, green, purple). Make a board on a new piece of paper and play.
For Memory, pick a theme. Then draw things in that theme, making sure to draw matching pairs. Don't use marker or it will show through on the cards!
Week of 11/27 Nature Art Park
is art you touch, move, climb on, or experience in an active way.
100 Acres.mp4Watch Mr. Reynolds
visit a nature sculpture park, 100 Acres.
Draw a playground in nature
Fill it with fun things that are made with natural materials.
Week of 10/26 Design a memorial
Memorials.mp4Memorial - something made to remind people of a person or event.
Supplies: Pencil, paper, color medium.
Project: Design a memorial about someone you admire. Think of someone from the past you want to honor. What do you think of when you think of this person? Can you draw what that idea might look like as a sculpture?
Week of 10/19 part 2 (Emotion Masks)
Supplies needed:
Paper, pencil, markers or other color medium, scissors, and a few sticks (can be popsicle sticks, twigs from outside, pencils, or even recycled paper rolled up). From Cassie Stephens.
Week of 10/19 cardboard & Paper animals
Folded lizard.mp4K-2nd grade
Supplies: Paper, pencil, coloring medium.
Step 1: Fold your paper long ways (hot dog fold).
Step 2: Draw half an animal against the folded side (or print or copy the lizard template below.)
Step 3: Cut out and decorate your animal.
foldingzooanimals-bear.pdffoldingzooanimals-tigerstripes.pdfCardboard Kitten.mp43rd-5th grade:
Supplies: Cardboard, scissors, pencil. Optional: tape
You can use the templates below or create your own design.
Template for cardboard (or paper) kittycat
Cardboard camel
Cardboard animals
An extra video about cardboard artist Paul Shankman
Week of 10/12 Drawing nature
Leaf Drawing edit 1.mp4Nature Drawing Steps
Go for a walk with an adult or select a leaf image below.
Set one of your natural objects on the table, or click on the picture to make it bigger to draw
Start with the outline in pencil
Try to look closely at the object to add details
Add color
If you want, draw another drawing from another object.
Week of 10/5 Scavenger Hunt
Scavenger Hunt lesson final.mp4Scavenger Hunt steps
Watch the whole video to learn the process.
Make a list of the places you want to hide clues. How many clues you make is your choice.
Write or draw the clues, showing where the next clue is.
Make a prize for the finish.
Hide the clues and the final prize.
Test your scavenger hunt to make sure the clues lead to the right places.
Give someone the first clue to start the hunt!
Hand Tracing Animal Drawings!
Trace your hand in an interesting position, think of what animal it looks like, and turn your tracing into that animal. See Mr. Reynolds create examples in the video above.
Hand Tracing Art Lesson.mp4
DRAWING HAGGERTY
In this first lesson of the school year, Mr. Reynolds visits the school to draw it! Watch him draw it, and then draw your own version of the school using the pictures.
Click below to watch the video.
Cute Characters
In this final video lesson of the school year, we visit a very special place, freestyle a rap, and draw some cute (and cool) characters.
P.S. Here's a more advanced Ninja Turtle tutorial in real time. Cowabunga & Booyakasha!!!
National Gallery of Art
The NGAkids Art Zone app contains eight interactive activities inspired by works in the collection of the National Gallery of Art, plus a sketchbook for freehand drawing and a personal exhibition space where users can save and display art created with the program.
Make a mobile
Modern mobiles, like Alexander Calder's above, are made up of all sorts of objects suspended from a framework in such a manner as to be movable. Follow this link, and think of what objects you want to make a mobile from.
Gesture Drawing
Supplies: Pencil, Paper, Poser
In this lesson, Mr. Reynolds introduces "gesture drawing", a type of figure drawing where the artist tries to turn a model's pose into the simplest form, a line with energy. This is a great way to practice drawing the human figure.
Remember, this is an exercise NOT meant to produce finished pieces of art. This is only practice, so don't worry AT ALL about how they look. That isn't the point. The point is simply to work out your "artist muscles." Doing this drawing exercise regularly WILL make you better at drawing people!!
The time intervals are 5 Mins, 2:30, 1:25, 1:00, 0:45, 0:30, 0:15, 0:10, 0:05, 0:02, 0:01.
SHARE ART ON PADLET
Upload your work to our online bulletin board on padlet.com!
This week, Mr. Reynolds talks about the Black Lives Matter movement, what it means and why it's happening. Then we create social art using iconic imagery.
Contents: Link to Mr. Reynolds video lesson, an animation Mr. Reynolds made inspired by the Black Lives Matter movement, and link to an excellent collection of resources for parents tailored to different age groups.
Zoom in to draw something ordinary in close detail.
Observational drawing is another name for drawing from life. It's all about what you observe. Zoom in on a tiny object or a tiny part of a larger object and draw it larger. Pretend your eyes and drawing are a magnifying glass, and show as much detail as you can see.
If you'd like you can add color and labels to parts. If you don't know the names just make them up!
Recyclebot!
Mr. Reynolds turns a boring chore into an exciting art project by turning recycling into a robot. You should make your own Recyclebot from the what you can find in your house. No two robots will look the same because everyone's recycling is different. Look at what you have, and think about how you can put it together to make a robot of your own, and maybe even have a dance off!
20 Different Ways
How many ways can you show something>
This is a great challenge! Just choose a topic or idea, then write and illustrate 20 different examples of your idea.
You don't need to finish all 20 in one sitting... sometimes ideas take a while to arrive. Here are a few ideas to get you started:
20 Shades of color
20 places to have a picnic
20 ways to describe clouds
20 ways to illustrate a tree
20 animals in the ocean
20 animals that need saving
20 ways to get around without driving
20 songs that make me want to dance
20 kinds of weather events
20 superheroes
Write your list on a scrap paper so you can look at it while you draw. Make the drawings small to fit on one paper.
20 characters from Star Wars or Harry Potter or your favorite series
20 places monsters hide
20 time periods you would like to visit
20 favorite desserts
20 combinations of bills and/or change to make $20
20 ways to name a boat
20 dances
20 delicious ice cream flavors
20 gross ice cream flavors
20 world records no one has set yet
...or anything else you can think of!
Geometric City
In this lesson, Mr. Reynolds draws a geometric landscape, and then goes on an adventure in it, drawing a few things to help him along the way.
Vocab Word for the lesson: Foreshortening: To draw something shorter to it appears at an angle.
Object Color Wheel: What do have in your house that you could form a color wheel out of?
Stuffed animals, blocks, foods, pillows, leaves. You can mix different object together, as well!
Here is a color wheel Haggerty students made last fall after a walk around the block to collect leaves.
Click this link to go to the MADLIB page (and the picture above to see the video lesson), scroll through the topics, and fill in one that sounds good. Do a Madlib stories, then illustrate (draw the story out) one of your favorites. Try to include every detail from the story!
It's a mad, mad life!
In this lesson, Mr. Reynolds annoys himself, but then decides to do some Madlibs and illustrate them for a really fun, and silly, challenge.
Free Jazz & Abstract Art
Jackson Pollock created his own form of abstract art. Abstract just means its not meant to look realistic. Below is a painting by Jackson Pollock. Pollock would listen to abstract music, Free Jazz, while making his abstract art. He interpreted the energy of the music into his movements while painting.
Pollock's work was so connected to Jazz music (the most popular music in the country at that time) that one of his paintings is featured on the cover of a very important album: Free Jazz by Ornette Coleman.
Listen to the Ornette Coleman album and create your own abstract art along with it. You just need any writing tool and a piece (or a few) of paper. Then play the music and move your writing/drawing tool along with it. Try lots of different types of lines and movements!
You can also listen to a calmer type of music. In this link, musician Conor Bourgal has composed music specifically made to create art to. You can work as much or as little on each sheet of paper. When you are done is your choice! (The example about is by CPS teacher Sarah Engle)
TP Tube Characters
In this video Mr. Reynolds visits TP Land, where he recycles toilet paper tubes to make cool characters.
Shadow Drawings
This is a great project for a sunny day (or using a lamp on a cloudy one). Trace the cast shadows of everyday objects and see what drawings they inspire! Check out the video for instructions and inspiration!
Art Lesson 7_ Flip a Famous Painting.mp4Art Video Lesson 7: Flip a famous painting.
Join Mr. Reynolds as he visits the Louvre Museum is France. Then recreate a famous work of art but add yourself or someone you know in it.
A Rainbow in your Window
Children around the world are posting handmade rainbow artwork in the windows of their homes to spread hope and cheer. Make one and upload a picture of it onto Padlet! You can even use recycled materials like cereal boxes and magazine pages!
Two videos this week! The First one is about the incredibly cool art of rock stacking, featuring one of the best in the world, Michael Grab.
In the second video my son Xavier and I teach a simple game that needs only some scrap paper and a pencil. We call it the Box Game.
SHARE ART ON PADLET
Upload your work to our online bulletin board on padlet.com!
Make a Mini-Comic!
Mr. Reynolds show some examples of mini-comics by different artists, and then show you how to make one from scratch. You just need a single sheet of paper.
Draw with the Hubs Family: Watch videos on how to draw all sorts of cool things from a very artistic family. They are sorted by age, and you can jump in anywhere and follow along.
Take a Field Trip: Take your parents on a virtual field trip to one of 12 of the world’s most famous museums.
Life Drawing: Draw your favorite thing to play with! Use observation to notice details, and include them in your drawing.
Make a Map: Listen to this read-aloud of “My Map Book” by Sarah Finelli
Are there any special places you love? Can you choose 1 and make a beautiful map of it? It can be realistic or abstract- you decide!
Drawing an eye.
There are lots of different ways to draw eyes. In this video, Mr. Reynolds shows you one possible technique.
Mud Painting
Mud painting may be one of the earliest art forms. From building shelters to making pottery, mud has made an impact on our world culture.
This STEAM activity for kids will have you investigating different types of mud to create your palette of muddy colors.
Lunch Doodles w/ Mo Williems
Grab some paper and pencils, pens, or crayons. We are going to doodle together and explore ways of writing and making.
Shading Practice & Drawing a Sphere
In this video, Mr. Reynolds helps you practice controlling the tone (darkness) of your shading, and then put that practice to work drawing a sphere (ball).
Starry Night Virtual Tour
Online Exploration: Take a virtual tour inside the world’s most reproduced painting, A Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh. In this interactive, you are immersed in a 3 dimensional world of a Starry Night, where you can look around in every direction. When you finished, draw a picture of what your home, or another place you know well, looks like at night.
Bobble final 2.mp4