How to Draw a Simple Sandcastle

Week of May 11- 15

Hello My Most Amazing Parents & Artists,

I hope you all enjoyed the story I read that went along with my how to draw a fish video last week. I just love Eric Carle's books; especially his illustrations.

This week's video will be our last art class lesson for this school year. Art grades are due, so I wanted our last project to be a super fun, get ready for summer picture.

Connecting students to science, reading, computer science, and social studies (art history)

Elements of Art: line, shape, color, space, texture

Principles of Design: contrast

Follow along with me for this week's sketchbook art activity:

How to Draw a Simple Sandcastle

K3 & K4

tape your sandcastle drawing to a window, tape your child's paper to the window on top of yours, allow your child to trace the outlines, remove their picture so they can add color & texture to their shapes (skills: tracing, identifying shapes, coloring neatly, fine motor, focus, patience)
use your imagination to draw & color your own sandcastle
make a sculpture of a sandcastle in your backyard sandbox or at the beach
read Little Kippers Sandcastle by Mick Inkpen
read Sisters Are for Making Sand Castles by Harriet Ziefert
read The Sandcastle That Lola Built by Megan Maynor
watch When a Dragon Moves In written by Jodi Moore and read by Mark Duplass on StorylineOnline: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6s7aSNUCkiM&vl=en
read facts about sand art, sand, and beaches:

K5-3rd Grades

choose from the above
read how to CODE a sandcastle by Josh Funk (computer science connection)
read Fancy Nancy: Sand Castles and Sand Palaces by Jane O'Connor & Robin Preiss Glasser
read The Sandcastle Kids: A Mayan Adventure by Sonya Kimble-Ellis (social studies connection)
make a sandcastle picture using only crayons, another in colored pencils, just markers, try oil pastels or paint
use your imagination to add your own colors and/or background details

4th-6th Grades

choose from all of the above
try drawing or painting a beach landscape with a sandcastle in it
look up the following artwork by a famous artist

Sand Castle by Maurice Denis: https://www.wikiart.org/en/maurice-denis/sand-castle

The end of the school year is fast approaching. I know you are busy finishing lessons with your teachers in your core subjects, but please don't forget that I need to enter art grades as well. Email me a picture of your child's artwork from any or all of the six sketchbook art class lessons. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to email me. Have a wonderful week!

Remember You Are An Artist!

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