Happy Friday, my most amazing Artists! Without question, my favorite part of this week's art emails was seeing so many of you making art together with different members of your families or awesome care-givers. This week's gallery includes items from the past two Art Menus (last week I shared the BCA Art Show!).
I have posted next week's menu a bit early, but check back Monday for more exciting ideas!
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Hello Art Friends! One of the Art Menu Activities this week is going for an "Art Walk" around your area and looking at, and hopefully, drawing, some buildings or other architecture! Perhaps some of you cannot go for a walk, or it would be easier to tackle this activity inside! So, today I thought I would share a few videos with you from my friend, Mr. Hub at "Art for Kids Hub" about how to draw houses, buildings, or other structures! My challenge to you, would be to make them your own, once you gain the drawing confidence to put the pieces together! Here are the links: *How to Draw a Tree House *How to Draw a House Emoji *How to Draw the White House Hope you will share your results with me once you are finished! Remember to email me: emitchel<at>bdsvt.org C.P. Smith Artists- I am super excited for this week's Art menu (click here) activity, because it involves making and talking about art with your family! Find someone in your life - a parent, or a grandparent or aunt/uncle, a cousin or a good family friend - who is a "maker". Perhaps they sew clothing or costumes, or maybe they build or construct things. Maybe they knit, or paint, or draw. Perhaps they make jewelry from recycled materials or create scrapbooks. Whatever it is, this is the week to learn more about it! Spend time with someone learning about or making art! We are all creators and we are surrounded by art! The choice of activity is completely open! It can be as simple as making a card for an essential worker, or making another rainbow sign. Take an "art walk" together and draw some local buildings! You can ask someone to teach you how to finger knit or maybe you can yarn bomb something for your yard? Or, keep it simple - you can watch a, Art for Kids Hub as a family and draw something together! Whatever you decide to do - email me a photo of your project for the art gallery on Friday! Hello Everyone ! This week we have a special treat! The hard-working staff at Burlington City Arts found a way to celebrate the students who have art exhibited in the 2020 City Hall Art Show. The Art Show has gone digital, and you can see all of the wonderful work by CP Smith Artists! Click the image ! Also, special kudos to 5th graders Caris and Adler for being this year's Bentley Davis Seiffer Award recipients! I am so very proud of your hard work, dedication and excitement about art! Congratulations! Hi Everyone! I thought I would share this FUN, EASY way to weave string or yarn/embroidery floss (or even PLASTIC BAGS!!!!!!) into a cord or bracelet! This technique or craft is called Kumihimo (pronounced: Koo-me-hee-mo). Kumihimo is an ancient Japanese braiding technique. Originally used to build armor it’s a type of weaved braid that creates a very durable and strong length of yarn/thread. Today we (generally) use a disc to create our items but in ancient times the women would use wooden holders that sat on a table. Perhaps your parents learned this braiding technique as a way to make friendship bracelets! I REALLY like how my art teacher friend, Mrs. Stephens, uses a small piece of paper (or a cereal box) to create a cord - helper. This "compass loom" is a super helpful way to keep your strings organized while you make a cord. Click on the photo of the cord to watch Mrs. Stephens set up and make her circle and begin the weaving steps! But the super cool thing about this technique - is you can do this with just about ANY material you can find that you can turn into long strips! I LOVE this technique for doing this with plastic bags, and a slightly different "loom", which Darlene made from a yogurt top! Art Friends, this is something we would have done at school this month, and it is DEFINITELY going to be a field day station in the future! This is a great activity to keep your hands busy while you are on a walk, or just chilling outside with your family - I hope you enjoy it! It is SUPER FUN and, honestly, super addicting!!! Once you get the flow of the weaving/braiding, you will really enjoy it so much! Hello and Happy Monday my most amazing Artists! I am super excited to share with you this week's FUN art activity! Once again, we are using items you can find around the house. The ONLY other art supply you need are SCISSORS! Please, if you do not have access to scissors, email me ASAP and I will be certain to get a pair in your hands right away! Using your amazing finger muscles, practice cutting or tearing strips of magazines or catalogues, cereal boxes, plastic bags (colorful) or paper. You could use old fabric, dried grasses, straws - even dental floss! Create straight, zig zag, curved, wavy, bumpy Be creative - cut and tear different lengths and widths! Be sure to ask your adult BEFORE you cut something up into strips. Play and explore what you can do with the strips:
Need some Inspiration? Watch this cool video about Weaving Plastic Bags! :https://www.creativereusecommunity.com/activities. There are also some other super cool weaving and drawing ideas on this week's ART MENU - the link is located on the right side of this webpage, under the heading Art Menu! I cannot wait to see what you create! Remember to EMAIL ME your photos! Hello and Happy Friday, C.P. Smith Artists! I know there was much new learning this week, and I hope things went smoothly for you all. In addition to folks who did a weekly activity from the art Menu, I also received a few rainbow signs that folks did over vacation! I've included everything in the gallery. I will be posting the Art Menu on the right side of the blog in the Art Menu Archive for folks to check out as they wish. This is the same as the hard copy that is available at the school pack pick up. I will continue the format of posting the week's activity on Mondays- and then some additional ideas on Wednesdays and the Friday Art Gallery! Have a great weekend! Ms. Mitchell Before I share this week's video with you, I wanted to introduce you to a few artists, all of whom use collage in their work, in completely different ways. First, meet Jane Davies, a Vermont artist who uses collage and handmade papers to create amazing abstract visual images. Jane paints many of her own papers, and then cuts them up to make her collage paintings. Also, my third grade artists will remember the Eric Carle Collage project we did in January! You can "visit" his Children's Book Art Museum here. Romare Bearden was a renowned artist who lived in Harlem and documented the life of Black Americans in the 1960's. What is most notable about his collages is how large they were, making the art bold and the issues presented large and powerful. You can look at his work and learn about him here. Finally, a few years ago, I took a really cool collage / painting class with Karen Olah, an artist from North Carolina. Ms. Olah uses fabric and painted paper in her collage work. I love the tactile quality the fabric gives her pieces. Now, you an watch me create a collage. To help me focus, I decided to make my collage based on the word WATER. If you are having trouble thinking of what to make your collage about, picking a word that makes you happy is a great place to start. I really miss being in the water right now, so I thought that making a collage about that would help! Enjoy and be well! Can't wait to see what you make with your collages and drawings! Remember to email me your collages! An Introduction to the NEW Visual Art Weekly Menu! |
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