Assignment #1

Happy Earth Day

GET OUTSIDE AND MAKE ART!!

This week, we will be using natural materials to create art. Choose 1 of the assignments from the menu. Please feel free to do as many as you would like.

The following assignments will require that you gather up grasses, rocks, sticks, leaves, and other natural things from around your home. Please check with a grownup before you start to make sure you are gathering something that can be used for these art activities.

Nature Designer

Collect rocks, grasses, sticks and rocks and create a picture or a design using only the natural things you find in your yard. Take a photo of your design if you can or draw a picture of your design.

Ancient way to PAINT and DRAW

Find a stick and some grasses and build your own paintbrush. Try it out by painting on paper - using mud!

Show your brush and mud painting to someone.

SIDEWALK ARTIST

Do you have Sidewalk Chalk?

ASK permission and then use your chalk to draw a picture on the sidewalk or driveway that makes you happy.

Nature Mandala

Create a mandala using only that you can find from nature. Draw a picture of it.

Mini TREE HOUSE

Gather up lots of small sticks and strong stems. Look for a bush or sturdy plant growing close to the ground. Use your sticks to make a mini tree house or tree fort in the branches of the bush.

You will have to solve the problem of how to keep the sticks together. You can use string or yarn to help. If you don’t have bush you can build a fort on the ground. Draw a picture of your tree house sculpture.

Assignment Week #2

Carousel Horse Escaped

Illustration Drawing Prompt

A carousel horse has escaped from the amusement park. Where will it go? What will it do? Create a drawing or a painting about the horse’s adventure. This drawing prompt should give you lots of questions to answer. What does a carousel horse look like? What does the amusement park look like? What part of the adventure will you illustrate? .

Remember that drawing takes practice and draw it light until you get it right.

Directions

1. Research what a carousel horse looks like. These sculptures can be decorated in many different ways. Have fun decorating it.
2. Decide what the amusement park looks like? Is it an old-fashioned one or a modern type. It will help you decide about the adventure.
3. Notice how the legs of a running horse look compared to one standing still.
4. Draw a scene from the horse’s adventure.

If you use Seesaw

Click the add response

Choose from the tools provided to share an image of what you created.

Other Share Options

Take a photo of your work and email it to Mrs. Spencer laspencer@u32.org

Assignment #3

Complete those Comics!!

This week we will finish the comics we were working on before we left school. Your comics were how to solve a problem in a funny way.

Step 1.

• Remember the cartoon is about a kid with a funny problem If you can’t remember, NO WORRIES! You can always make up a new story. It might be about a fun way you spend your time being at home.

Step 2.

• Complete a 1 Page Comic. Have your character use speech bubbles to explain the story.

Materials you will need for this lesson

Paper - - any kind will do, copy paper, notebook paper or a sheet of recycled paper.

Drawing tools of your choice. Pencils, Makers, Pens.

Remember the Vocabulary.

Panel- the rectangle or square that surrounds individual drawings.

Gutter - The spaces between the panels.

Speech Bubbles- The words of the characters are written in this shape. Remember to write the words first, then draw the shape around them.

Sound effect words can help make the cartoon more exciting or funny.

Bang! Screech! BOING!!! Squeak! Roar!!

Step 3.

Share your comic with someone when you have finished.

You might want to continue to make comics or cartoons during the time you are at home. It is a great way to journal what you are doing now.

Please send an image of your comic to me so I can see your work.

My email is laspencer@u32.org. IF you have any questions PLEASE email me. I’m here to help!!

Art Assignment May 21- May 27

Can’t Think of Anything to Draw?

Try these Silly Drawing Prompts

It can be a challenge to think of subjects to draw. Here are two pages of silly ideas that will hopefully tickle your funny bone.

• Read or have someone read the list or part of the list to you. Pick a few and draw some.You can expand your drawings by combining some of them together.
• Send a picture of your favorite to me by email or post on the response on Seesaw.

Animals

1. Draw a llama surfing.
2. Draw a fish swimming in something other than water.
3. Combine two animals to create a new one.
4. Draw a shark eating a cupcake.
5. Draw a crab at a birthday party.
6. Draw a dinosaur crying.
7. Draw an animal with arms for legs and legs for arms.
8. Draw a pug on a treadmill.
9. Draw a horse throwing a horseshoe.
10. Draw a shark waterskiing.
11. Draw a circus elephant standing on a ball.
12. Draw a lizard putting on lipstick.
13. Draw a squirrel roasting a marshmallow.
14. Draw a mouse riding a motorcycle.
15. Draw a flamingo doing ballet.
16. Draw a cat chasing a dog.
17. Draw a lobster dancing.
18. Draw a cat playing a sport.
19. Draw a chicken skydiving.

Food

1. Draw a piece of fruit in outer space.
2. Draw a Pop Tart lifting weights.
3. Draw a loaf of bread at a disco.
4. Draw a rainstorm of sprinkles.
5. Draw french fries on a rollercoaster.
6. Draw a food eating another food.
7. Draw a walking taco.
8. Draw chicken wings flying.
9. Draw a banana slipping on banana peels.
10. Draw a cookie with googly eyes instead of chocolate chips.
11. Draw a pineapple rollerblading.
12. Draw an annoying orange.
13. Draw a donut riding a skateboard.
14. Draw a cheeseburger wearing a dress.
15. Draw a banana in pajamas.
16. Draw a peanut butter and jelly sandwich on vacation.
17. Draw a hot dog flying.
18. Draw a garden of lollipops.

People

1. Draw a teacher eating a pizza while dancing.
2. Draw a person with fruit for hair.
3. Draw a basketball player dunking a chicken.
4. Draw a pirate in a hammock.
5. Draw your teacher as a zombie.
6. Draw yourself with a super power.
7. Draw yourself as a fairy.

Make Believe

1. Draw something other than a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
2. Draw a troll riding a unicorn.
3. Draw what your imaginary friend would look like if we could see them.
4. Draw a dragon breathing rainbows.
5. Draw an alien driving a car.
6. Draw an elf jumping on a trampoline.

Objects/Place

1. Draw the strangest pair of glasses you can imagine.
2. Draw a design for a $3 bill.
3. Draw a sweater made out of candy.
4. Draw a pair of shoes made out of flowers.
5. Draw a cabin on top of a cloud.
6. Draw your own version of Mount Rushmore.
7. Draw a pair of scissors running.
8. Draw a mountain topped with glitter.
9. Draw the Statue of Liberty eating pizza.
10. Draw a treasure chest in an underground cave.

Other

1. Draw a snowman sailing.
2. Combine two holidays to make a new one.
3. Draw a plant with a face.
4. Draw a stick figure falling.
5. Reinvent your favorite team’s logo.
6. Draw an emoji in real life.
7. Draw the moon howling at a wolf.
8. Draw a can of soda pouring out rainbows.
9. Draw your name as an animal.

Ready for a drawing challenge? Try drawing one a day, everyday until the last day of school.