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Strange Days Drawing Journal
Hi Kiddos! Strange Days indeed! With everything the way it is these days I just hope you all are staying creative and active. Summer time is coming and its play time. It's a strange an interesting time we're in now. If, in between playing and being outside, you think of it, take a note book and start writing and drawing pictures in it. Describe what your days this summer are like and what youre thinking and feeling. This is a very unusual time in that people are living in. It will be cool for you to look back and remind yourself of what this time was like as you lived it. Make sure to draw lots of pictures, even if you don't draw to well.
While youre at it, take a look at this video and get some ideas how to use your journal to make really cool art. You don't have to be able to draw to do the activities.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2vt_TPKQbZpkNMPOy156-29A5sJnBXZ7
Make Fun and Good Luck, Little People!
Mr. Knapp
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(3-5th grades) Drawing The Bugatti Chiron (sh'ron)
Auto design is an art form.
Fast cars are cool and being able to draw one of the fastest is even cooler. Take a look at these videos to learn a little something about this awesome hypercar and how its made.
See a full scale Lego Chiron...then draw a Chiron yourself. Try to remember some things you learned about shading and volume.
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=how+the+Chiron+is+made
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(K-2) Intro To Vincent Van Gogh and "The Sunflowers"
Vincent Van Gogh is one of the most famous painters of all time. His chunky, bright paintings are loved by people all over the world. The funny thing is that during his time, no one even really new who he was. His paintings did not become famous until after he died.
Watch these videos to learn a little bit about the artist. Watch the last videos and try making a picture of sunflowers, or any flowers, on your own.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lGEvm1Lve0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0nBIRFLzJw
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(5th Grade) Drawing Volume
Learn how to describe Volume in you drawings by mastering shading techniques. Take a look at this video and try to use the techniques described to draw and shade a simple object like a ball.
Have fun.
Mr. Knapp.
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(4th Grade) Schoolhouse Rocks!
School House Rocks was a series of cartoons that taught kids about all kinds of things like language, history, health, and government. They were mostly shown in between cartoons on Saturday morings.
Watch the attached cartoons, take note of the way they use a song to tell the story, notice how very simple the drawings are, and look for anything that makes you laugh as you watch.
These two cartoons are classics that taught kids about the American Revolutionary War.
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(3rd Grade) Draw Rome's Colosseum
While your learning about ancient Rome, you can learn a very simple way to draw one of the most famous building from those days, The Colosseum!
Watch the atched video and give it a shot.
Have fun!
Mr. Knapp
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(2nd Grade) Pointillism Butterfly
Pointilism is painting or coloring using small dots. Watch the attched cartoon to learn about Pointilism and the artist who invented it and then make your own pointilism butterfly drawing using markers or crayons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SObJCsu3UVg&t=46s
Have fun
Mr. Knapp
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(1st Grade) Draw Rainforest Animals
Take a look at these videos and draw 5 of your favorites! Be sure to color them thoroughly.
Enjoy,
Mr. Knapp
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(1st Grade) Fossil Making!
Fossil are the remains of ancient living things that have been turned to stone over time! Watch these two videos to see how its done. If you have the supllies or can get the supplies try making your own "fossil" using either of these two videos as a guide.
Substitues for supplies are;
Canvas board=Cardboard
Wire=Pipe cleaners, twigs,leaves,etc.
Pastels=Chalk
Fixatif=hairspray
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NnkMCcN07cU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NimNfy-rX1k
You are not required to make a fossil. You can just watch the videos.
Make fun!
Mr. Knapp
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(Kindergarten) Picnic Blanket Collage
You read your short story 'The Picnic". Now follow these simple instructions with an adult and make your own picninc blanket collage.
Have fun!
Mr.Knapp
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(5th Grade) "Zero-Gravity" Art
Hey Guys and Gals!
Space Art? Eyal Gever is an artist who makes amazing sculptures using computers and 3D printers. And now he wants to make sculpture in space. Watch the video link below and then make you own "Zero-Gravity" art.
Find something light weight like a balloon, piece of paper, bed sheet, feathers...anything. Throw it up in the air and take a picture of it in mid air if you can. Take that picture and run it through your phone's editing app, cropping it, changing its colors, or rotating it to turn it into your own art
Just play around and have fun with it.
Best!
Mr. Knapp
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(4th Grade) Bunker Hill Bunny
!Parents! Watch the cartoon first and give it your approval. Students are not required to watch the cartoon if you do not approve.
Looney Tunes and Bugs Bunny are an important part of the American cultural fabric. The cartoons played regularly on Saturday mornings up into the 1980s-90s and in many ways educated generations in cultrally literacy.
Bunker Hill Bunny plays on the theme of the American Revolution. As you watch this cartoon, try to pay attention to the sound effects, the orchestral music, and the voices of the characters, who were both done by the same person. Look up Mel Blanc, the voice actor who did many of the voices for Loney Tunes cartoons, including Yosemite Sam and Bugs Bunny.
Hhave fun!
Mr. Knapp
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(3rd Grade) Roman Mosaics
Mosaics were a very important form of art in Ancient Rome. Many houses and public building were decorated this way. Watch these short videos, part 1 and 2 of "Oceano", and then follw the link below to see how tomake a simple mosaic yourself. Just play around and have fun.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLODl-TGReY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K8-FxafACuo
Best!
Mr. Knapp
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(2nd Grade) Go Fly a Kite!
Follow these instructions to make a cool kite. Then get outside and try it out!
Make sure you decorate it awesomely!
Watch this little video for the history of kite's.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oM2vSWuVGHg
Have fun!
Mr. Knapp
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(1st Grade) African Animals!
Animals of afirca are amazing and beautiful. Its fun to draw them too!
Watch the attched videos, draw the animals in them as best as you can, then take what you learned and draw a picture with all of the animals together.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNYKInpJua0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0G5L3WuHaY
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRNpohX5pjc
Have fun,
Mr. Knapp
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(Kinderarten) Pulled String Art
Make your own "Abstract" painting. This is a simple techinques with really cool results.
When youre all done,write your name in the lower right or lefthand corner and put it on the 'fridge.
Have fun!
Mr. Knapp
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(5th Grade) Make a Mandala
Make a Mandala. Don't know what a Mandala is? Check the link for a description and use you imagination to create you own!
Students will draw a mandala focusing on creating balance in their artwork. Students will view the gallery for instructions and examples. Students may use any drawing materials they have access to.
1. Watch the video tutorial.
2. Using a pencil to draw 3-4 circles (plates, bowls and cups would work great to trace).
3. Draw a dot in the center of your smallest circle.
4. Draw a horizontal and vertical line creating a "t" shape
5. Draw an x. This will create 8 equal pieces of your circle.
6. Start designing your mandala. Work from the center out. Add shapes, patterns, words, or different imagery to your design
7. Complete and color in your design using craftsmanship. -
(4th Grade) Nature Art/Phtography
Take a walk outside. Take a Camera or a device that has a Camera with you. Look around as you walk, noticing the plants, grass, flowers, sticks, rocks, etc. Think of what you like to make a picture of; a face, a building, an animal, etc. Decide what Natural items will work to create the image you decided on. Gather the items you need. Find a place to make your picture out of the Nature items. Make your picture. Use the Camera or other device to take a picture of your Creation.
Watch te short videos below for a few tips on taking better pictures before you go out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Bvfqwq22jI
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(3rd Grade) Make Your Own "I Spy" scene and Take a Picture of It
Watch this short video on Walter Wic, the photographer who makes the "I Spy" books. Make your own "I Spy" picture. Grab some of you favorite belongings, organize them in a way that looks good to you, hide a couple of objects in your scene, and then take a photos with you phone to show others. Make sure you list the objects you've hidden and where you put them in the picture.
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(2nd Grade) Hands!
Explore paterrning and warm and cool color combinations with this simple but fun drawing exercise.
You draw your hands and create swirls for the background. You will break the coloring up into warm and cool colors -
(1st Grade) Hello Spring!
Watch te video in the link below and get to makin' some art!Students will create a drawing inspired by nature and bugs. Please watch the video and view that gallery for supporting materials. Students may use any drawing materials they have access to.materials:Paper
Drawing Utensil (pen, pencil, marker, colored pencils, crayons or oil pastels)procedure:
1. Watch the video attached with the lesson about how to create the project.
2. View the gallery or look up images of different types of bugs.
3. Select a bug you want to use and observe the different shapes and colors in the bug.
4. Draw the magnifying glass somewhere one your page. Make sure it is big enough to fit your bug you selected.
5. Outline your magnifying glass with a dark drawing utensil.
6. Draw your bug inside the lens of your magnifying glass and color it in.
7. Draw the flowers, leaves and patterns in the background. Be careful not to go over your bug or your magnifying glass.
8. Take a picture of your artwork and upload it to the Artsonia. Answer the questions that are required after upload. -
(Kindergarten) Apple Prints!
Making apple stamp trees is just one idea for using apple prints. Use your imagination and play around with this fun activity. Have an adult cut the apples for you, put some paint in a paper plate, layout some paper, dip the apple half into the paint and start stamping. Once the paint is dry, take a marker and draw on top of the apple print.
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(5th Grade) Watch an elephant draw. Then draw an elephant.
If an elephant can do it, you most certainly can. Watch Suda, The Painting Elephant, make a drawing with paint then draw an elephant yourself using the tutorial in this link.
Change how hard you pess as you draw to make the lines of your drawing fatter and thinner. It makes you drawing look more intereting if the line "weight' changes.
Add some shading too, if you're feeling confident.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSN19-eWQfY
Have fun!
Mr. Knapp
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(3rd Grade) Origami Modular Crown
Ok. Use this step by step video and create a crown using some simple origami. Once you've got that mastered, try some other origami projects below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ijuBZzl8mA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYLU8GpRjSw
Have fun!
Mr. Knapp
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(2nd Grade) Pirate Ship Ahoy! (Cardboard)
Argh, Maties! This simple boat can be made from a small cardboard box with stuff laying around at home. Ask you parents before you start cutting things with scissors though. Take your time on this one. No rush. No pressure.
Draw and paint all over it when you're finished.
Take a picture when you're done.
Have fun!
Mr. Knapp