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Hello Falls-Lenox Artists!
Hello Falls-Lenox Artists!
This website is a place to find cool art stuff you can do at home until we can finally go to school!
This website is a place to find cool art stuff you can do at home until we can finally go to school!
Below are some activity ideas. There is so much you can do using things you probably already have at right there in your house. All you really need is your imagination!
Below are some activity ideas. There is so much you can do using things you probably already have at right there in your house. All you really need is your imagination!
PTA Reflections
PTA Reflections
2020-2021 Theme: “I Matter Because…”
2020-2021 Theme: “I Matter Because…”
Please email Michelle Smith with questions or submissions: mr182313@gmail.com.
You will be clicking on Mrs. Canacci in The Bulldog Cafe below when your rotation is on Art.
You will be clicking on Mrs. Canacci in The Bulldog Cafe below when your rotation is on Art.
The Bulldog Cafe will be used for all Specials virtual learning activities, including Distance eLearning, Remote eLearning Day (Wednesdays), and At-Home Learning Days (2 days at home).
The Bulldog Cafe will be used for all Specials virtual learning activities, including Distance eLearning, Remote eLearning Day (Wednesdays), and At-Home Learning Days (2 days at home).
See below for expectations.
See below for expectations.
Please contact Mrs. Canacci if you have any questions about this class!!
Please contact Mrs. Canacci if you have any questions about this class!!
Wednesday's Specials
Wednesday's Specials
at the Bulldog Cafe!
at the Bulldog Cafe!
Come and get it!!!
Come and get it!!!
Click on the bitmoji of your Specials Teacher below to see this week's activities and choices!
Click on the bitmoji of your Specials Teacher below to see this week's activities and choices!
Instructions:
Instructions:
1.) Click on the special in your current rotation or schedule.
1.) Click on the special in your current rotation or schedule.
2.) Do the activity on the link.
2.) Do the activity on the link.
3.) Take a picture of your activity and turn it using the google form linked on the choice board!
3.) Take a picture of your activity and turn it using the google form linked on the choice board!
You may do more than one choice and/or special.
You may do more than one choice and/or special.
A Note to Parents:
How The Bulldog Cafe works:
The Bulldog Cafe is for all students enrolled at Falls-Lenox. Specials activities and choice links are updated every Wednesday by 2:00. The activity is linked to what the classes are doing in school, but can be done before being in class, after being in class, or virtually. The expectation is that all students can watch/do the activity, and then choose an activity from the choice board for their virtual learn days. Please feel free to reach out with any questions.
Social Media
Twitter: @keymaster18
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/artbjencan
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFWNbqe8Z4SLPKxRLjZpueA?view_as=subscriber
Website: http://canart123.weebly.com/
Note: Except for Twitter, I have made new accounts for this new position, so there won't be much there yet :).
I-Spy Game
(can be around the house or in the neighborhood)
Play a game together helping to better identify colors and shapes around your home or neighborhood! For example, you can find 3 objects that are the shape of a square, or two items that are yellow. Take pictures of what you find and upload them to our Google Slides for this week to share with your friends
*Additional challenge:
Look through an I-Spy book or a Where’s Waldo Book if you have one.
Marker/foil print making
Draw a picture using black crayon. Then, using washable markers, draw a color filled design on a piece of aluminum foil. When finished, spray the foil/marker lightly with water and lay your drawing on top of the wet color. Rub the back to give the paper time to soak in the color.
*Additional challenge:
Can you try this method on an old hand mirror? Can you try this with an old CD or DVD?
Build a playing card castle or domino design
Try carefully building a playing card (cup) castle or a long track of dominoes to knock over.
See a color wheel made from falling dominoes here
*Additional Challenge:
How tall of a building can you make before the cards or cups fall? How long of a domino chain can you make? Does the domino train have spirals or multiple arms. Look up videos of dominos for ideas of building. Could you make your own video time lapse or slow motion video?
Make your own puzzle out of a found picture or one you create.
Take a page out of a magazine (with your parents permission), a photo (again, parent permission first), or your own drawing, and draw puzzle piece shapes on the back side. Cut it out. Have fun putting it back together. Puzzle piece shapes can be as simple as squares or rectangles, or the traditional puzzle piece shape with the “interlocking” design.
*Additional Challenge:
Glue two images together (back-to-back), let dry, then cut apart. Now you have a double sided puzzle for an extra level of difficulty!
Fun Drawing Prompts
Choose one, (or more) Draw your image with pencil and color/paint with whatever you have on hand. If you have something to outline with, that is preferable. If you do not have coloring items, simply shade in with your pencil or use your pencil to create pattern designs in your images.
Draw a llama surfing.
Combine two animals to create a new one.
Draw a shark eating a cupcake.
Draw a crab at a birthday party.
Draw a seahorse in a blizzard.
Draw a shark waterskiing.
Draw a squirrel roasting a marshmallow.
Draw an octopus with spoons for legs.
Draw a flamingo doing ballet.
Draw a cat playing a sport.
Draw a chicken skydiving.
Draw a food eating another food.
Draw an annoying orange.
Draw a donut riding a skateboard.
Draw a cheeseburger wearing a dress.
Draw a hot dog flying.
Typography
Typography is the art and technique of arranging type to make written language readable, and appealing when displayed. Students can choose from a number of activities, utilizing materials they already have at home. For those who enjoy photography, they can draw inspiration from letters and words found in their in their home. For others, you may choose to design your own typeface, drawing inspiration from text found around you.
white design, or you may introduce color. Focusing on pattern and shape, try to make your letters as imaginative and creative as possible.
If you are creating a chart to place all 26 letters in, you may want to measure/draw up 4 lines (2 of those lines will have 6 boxes and the other 2 will have 7 boxes).
You may also choose to present your alphabet differently. Please feel free to be as creative and innovative as you want.
Take inspiration for the lettering which surrounds you. There are exciting fonts available to you everywhere. In the kitchen, food packaging offers some interesting options.....
Creature Interacting Real Object Assignment
Project Goal: Illustrate a drawing on paper interacting with a 3D object from life.
Your Project Needs:
1. 3D Object (at least one) (ex. toothbrush, flower, food, other small object(s) around your home)
2. Drawing: draw your creature or active object on notebook or white paper
3. Value: Your drawing should have value created with regular pencils, or colored with markers, colored pencils, crayons, or other materials *No stick people/5-second doodles 😊
Art Project Ideas
Choose any activity. Use whatever materials you have at home. Submit with a picture on Google Slides or email to Mrs. Canacci at jcanacci@ofcs.net. If unable to submit a picture, please save your project and bring it to school when we return. Write your name and activity letter on your project. PLEASE DO THESE ACTIVITIES WITH THE SUPERVISION OF AN ADULT. I hope you have fun. I can’t wait to see your creations!
Remember to give attention to all areas of your work. Use good craftsmanship. If you are drawing or painting, use the entire paper!
A) 3D Shape Construction: Build a sculpture using empty boxes and other empty containers. Draw a diagram of what your sculpture looks like. Add designs, details and accents to your drawing. Or, tape or glue your sculpture together. Color and decorate your sculpture with markers or paints if you have them available. Take a photograph of your 3D sculpture.
B) Hybrid Creature: Combine at least 3 different animals to create a new Hybrid creature (ex. head of an elephant, body of a snake, legs of a spider). Draw your creature large enough to fill your paper. Color using crayons, colored pencils or markers if you have them available.
C) Castle Drawing: Draw a castle using shapes and place it in an environment. You can add details like dragons, knights, people and animals. Add designs, details and textures to your castle and scenery items. Use your imagination and be creative! Color with crayons, colored pencils or markers if you have them available.
D) Pet Portrait: Draw a picture of a pet. It could be your pet or a pet that you would like to have. Begin by blocking in basic shapes (ex. circle for the head, oval for the body, rectangles or cylinders for legs, triangles or ovals for ears, etc.). Next refine the outside contour, connecting shapes and adjusting the parts. Include details (ex. where is your pet, inside or outside, on a chair, in the yard?). Color using crayons, colored pencils or markers if you have them available.
E) Shadow Pose: Go outside and practice making shadows with your body. Experiment with different poses. Try to make your shadow show action. Have someone take a picture of the shadows your body casts on the ground. The photograph should show as little of your actual body as possible. Or, have someone trace your pose with sidewalk chalk. Color your traced silhouette in an interesting way.
F) Comic Strip: Create a cartoon character and create a comic strip story with a beginning, middle and end. Include dialogue word and thought bubbles. Name your cartoon and add a title for the story. Color using crayons, colored pencils or markers if you have them available.
G) Scene from a Movie or Musical: After watching a G or PG rated movie or musical, illustrate a scene from the show. Who are the main characters? How will you show their importance in your drawing? Where does the scene take place? Add scenery and costume details. Color using crayons, colored pencils or markers if you have them available.
H) Culinary Cuisine Still-Life: The artist Wayne Thiebaud has used cakes as the subject of many of his paintings. Take a look at some of his food paintings on the internet. He often arranges the foods in groups similar to how they would be displayed in a dessert case at a restaurant. Draw a picture of your favorite food or dessert. Decide if you want to draw one large image of your food, or multiple, smaller images across the page. When you finish drawing use colored pencils, crayons, markers or paints to finalize your composition.
I) Funny Face Collage: Cut out faces from magazines, newspapers or sale circulars. Cut parts of the face (eyes, nose, mouth, ears, cheeks, chin, forehead, hair, neck) from each one. Rearrange the pieces on a separate piece of paper to create an abstract portrait.
J) Found Object Printing: Use a water based stamp pad or tempera paints to print designs from found objects. You can use the eraser on the end of a pencil, a paper tube, leggos, etc. Make sure the objects you use are washable or can be thrown away. Press objects onto the stamp pad or into the paint. Print the ink or paint from the end of the object by pressing onto a piece of paper. Make an abstract design or a realistic picture.
K) Found Object Color Wheel: Find colored objects around your house for the colors on an advanced color wheel (Red, Red-Orange, Orange, Yellow-Orange, Yellow, Yellow-Green, Green, Blue-Green, Blue, Blue-Violet, Violet, Red-Violet). Place the objects on your floor to form a circle. You can use more than one object for each color if you want to fill your color wheel more. Draw and color your final arrangement or take a photograph to send to me.
L) Animal Drawing: Draw an animal in an environment. Is the animal in a zoo, aquarium or in its natural habitat. Make your animal large enough to add descriptive details (patterns, scales, fur, whiskers, horns). What other objects are near your animal. Are there rocks, trees, bushes, water, a cave, etc. If you have crayons, colored pencils or markers available, use them to color your drawing.
M) Vacation Postcard: Choose a place you have been to or one you’d like to visit. Draw a postcard image to show where you are vacationing. Use crayons, colored pencils or markers to color your postcard. Or, glue pictures to create your postcard scene. Include a caption on your postcard (ex. Greetings from Hawaii). On the back of your paper, draw a vertical line to divide the message space (left side) and address side (right side). Write a short note on the message side to someone you’d like to share your postcard with. Write the address (this does not have to be real -you can make it up) of the postcard recipient. Draw a stamp on the upper right hand corner. Color your stamp.
N) Modeling Clay Creations: Use modeling clay you have at home or make your own. Here are some no-cook homemade modeling clay recipes. With permission and assistance of an adult, try making one of the recipes. I have listed the ingredients and added the online links to follow the recipe directions. Make some 2D or 3D clay creations. Add color to your creations when they are dry, if you have paints available. If you can, take a photo of your work to send to me.
Air Dry Clay Recipe from kitchentableclassroom@gmail.com
1 ½ cups cornstarch
1 cup white school glue
1 Tablespoon white vinegar 1 Tablespoon baby oil
Homemade Model Magic
Homemade Model Magic
https://www.growingajeweledrose.com/2013/03/clay-recipe.html 2 cups baking soda
1 cup cornstarch
1 ½ cups cold water
Cloud Clay
Cloud Clay
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1 cup cornstarch
½ cup hair conditioner
O) Drawing Tutorials and Programs: If you have internet access, look at a link for drawing animals, cartoons, etc. Choose one to draw and color.
Here are some links to try:
https://brightercraft.com/2018/10/28/10-cartoon-animal-how-to-drawings/
https://artprojectsforkids.org/my-drawing-tutorial-portfolio/drawing/
https://www.artforkidshub.com/how-to-draw/
Lunch Doodles Drawing Sessions with Mo Willem's at 1 pm from his link on the Kennedy Art Center website https://www.kennedy-center.org/education/mo-willems/
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