I took photos of the kids and printed them in black and white. Then we did some "Creative Cropping" on the photo copy. We then drew a grid overlay for the photo and grided off their drawing paper in 2" squares. They then drew themselves, grid by grid. This is an amazing way for placement of eyes, nose, etc. We used a 2B and 3B graphite pencil for shading. They used their finger to lay in areas of dark and then shaded more with their pencil.
I give private art lessons to students of all ages. My goal is to help others tap into the creative spirit which God has given to us all. When we "Create" we "Inspire" others.
SILLY SOCK CREATURES
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I had the children choose three different socks. They were then told to create a Creature. Within minutes they had visualized what their creature was going to look like. This was an amazing process to watch as their creative minds took off. They did all of their own sewing and stuffing. All I did was some cutting of arms, legs and threading of needles. After their creation was finished they were to name it, write a narrative paragraph about it and then draw it. As you can see by the results they had fun!
"STARRY NIGHT" in yarn
I had my students look at Van Gogh's "Starry Night. I gave them each a black "16X20" foam core. They then drew a simple basic outline of the painting with a white prisma color pencil. They looked at a line drawing that I had done of the painting. Each drawing was their own.
Next they put Elmers Glue in a section of their drawing and began laying down the yarn. They matched colors of yarn with the painting.
As you can see the end result is amazing. Each one was different and yet you know it was inspired by Van Gogh's Starry Night.