Art Studio

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited to all we know and understand, while imagination embraces the entire world, and all there ever will be to know and understand." Albert Einstein

See more of her great YouTube videos, many based on children's picture books.

Let's get inspired for our Art Studio week by looking at Emily Arrow's new book with her Studio Song.

What kind of little ideas will you come up with this week?

Studio: A Place for Art to Start by Emily Arrow and the Little Friends of Printmaking Read-Aloud by Kim King

Art Nook

Let's start by making our own Art Nook. Your nook can be a corner of a room, or can be a box or bin for a mobile art nook. What kinds of items are around your house that you could use to be creative?

Here are some great ideas for some found supplies from Art Nook at Home: Drawing Adventures

You can use an use and under the bed box, a decorated cardboard box, a bin, a basket or a shelf. There are so many possibilities to begin your art nook.

For the wall, you could hang a clipboard to hang your art, making it easy to change up as you design new piece you would like to display.

Art Supplies

In week 1 we scavenged around for art supplies. We can use some of those and find additional items to create the art nook.

Click here to see the list of art supplies to look for.

beads

clothes pins

colored tape

cotton balls

craft sticks

felt

markers

paint

paint brushes

pipe cleaners

scissors

scrap paper

straws

yarn

Decorate the Walls with Inspiration

You can surround yourself with positive inspiration. Create a piece of artwork then add a special poem or quote.

Making Your Own Theater

The two sections below are from the Palmer Public Library's Youth Services channel! In the first section you will see videos to show you how to make a shadow puppet theater, and in the second second you can see how to make a paper puppet theater.

Shadow Puppet Theater

Part 1: David Hyde Costello shows us a few basic shadow puppetry techniques, and begins a story with a new character, Elodie the frog. Where is Elodie going? What is a problem she might encounter along the way?

Part 2

Paper Puppet Theater

Part 1: In the first video for Palmer Public Library’s online children’s programing, author/illustrator David Hyde Costello shares the process of making a table-top puppet show.

Part 2

Part 3

Making Your Own City with Items From Around Your House

In this YouTube video Block City: Waltropolis you can get some great ideas making your own city with items found around your house.

Let's see how these artists create their characters in the stories?

Ready Set Draw! From KidLit TV

SUPPLIES You'll Need

pencil marker eraser paper

Isabella Kung, the author/illustrator of NO FUZZBALL, is here to teach you how to draw the puurrr-fect royal pawtrait — majestic whiskers, luxurious fur coat and all!

SUPPLIES You'll Need

paper markers scissors glue pencils

Illustrator and author Vanessa Brantley-Newton demonstrates what tools we need to make a fun-filled collage! Gather up your supplies and start making your creative collage!

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