Complete Requirements 1-3. Requirement 4 is optional.

1. Visit an art museum, gallery, or exhibit. Discuss with an adult the art you saw. What did you like?

2. Create two self-portraits using two different techniques, such as drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture, and computer illustration.

3. Do two of the following:

4. Choose one of the following methods to show your artwork:

Complete Materials List

Tour some of the museums you can find on Google Arts & Culture - https://artsandculture.google.com/

If not, plan a visit to a museum or gallery or take the opportunity to explore outdoor art in Houston

Check out our map of Outdoor Art around Houston - take a walk, drive or Google Street view to check out Houston’s outdoor art scene

Directions: Press the Wikki Stix on to paper to create a self-portrait. Get out your crayons, markers, stamps, etc. to embellish yourself even more! Tip: You can cut them with scissors for different sizes

Your self portrait can be made out of anything so dig through the art box, pull out the Play-Doh, or get crazy with your recyclables! Have fun!

For most origami folds you need a square paper. You can buy this fairly inexpensively or fold and cut a standard sheet. This is the style we bought for C.U.B.S., BUBU Origami Paper.

Create a Comic in 8 Easy Steps

Directions:

1. The Story: Decide what your comic will be about. It does not have to be detailed, just a basic idea is great.

2. Panels: Panels are the boxes or frames that comics are drawn in. Now that you have an idea for a story decide what will be drawn in each panel. You need at least four but feel free to add as many more as you need to tell your story. Remember, keep it simple. You need to know:

• Which characters are in the panel

• What words will be included

3. Text: The little circles with tails that you often see in comics is called a speech bubble. Put your text inside them when a character has something to say. Use the tail when they are talking or use little circles leading up to the bubble to indicate they are thinking.

   • Too much text can be hard to read in a comic. Keep it short. Try to limit your speech bubbles to two or three (if one of the other bubbles is only a one or two word bubble).

   • A word count of less than 20 is preferred.

   • For regular speech make sure your text is all the same size - no matter how much of it there is. If you make your text small it indicates whispering and large indicates shouting.

4. Characters: Your characters should be real. They have likes and dislikes and should not be perfect. You don’t have to include any of it but it helps the author (that’s you!) to know who they are writing about.

5. Sketch the Panel: Lightly draw your panel to make sure you have room for your characters and text. Add the text

6. Add the Details: Once you know where everything will go and have the right spacing add your details.

7. Line Work: Go over your comic in a dark pen or think lined marker. It will look clean and professional. You can erase sketch marks when you are done.

8. Color: If you want to add color now is the time!

Feel free to make as many copies of the panels below to tell your story!