Stay at Home Lesson #24: How to Draw Bubble Letters

Bubble letters are easy to draw. Follow the steps below to create your own design. You can use your name, a positive message, a favorite team, or pet.

                                          Step 1: Write out the word you want.

                                          Step 2: Draw a "bubble" around it.

                                          Step 3: Erase the lines inside the bubble.

                  Step 4: Shade the letters by putting a darker outline around the outside. Press lighter in                        the center of the letter.

                                          Step 5: Color all the letters.

                                          Step 6: Add an interesting background.

                                       

Stay at Home Lesson # 23: Pop Art Inspired by Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was an artist who took everyday objects that you buy at the grocery store and turned them into art. He was interested in their graphics (the design of the labels) and considered their designs to be art. He recreated the food containers and became famous for taking something ordinary that we look at everyday and seeing it in a new way. Can you see something in your kitchen in a new way?

Stay at Home Lesson #22: I Am An Artist: Outdoor Treasure Hunt

I Am An Artist was written by Pat Lowery Collins and illustrated by Robin Brickman. This is a beautiful story about how art can be found everywhere. Go outside and see if you can find an interesting leaf, flower, or something else and look at it closely and draw it.

                  An interesting leaf and dandelion

                                                                                      Interesting rocks

                                                    A log with cool texture

Stay at Home Lesson #21: Outside My Window I See...

For this project, I spent some time looking out my windows to find an interesting picture to draw. I liked drawing something that I look at everyday. Observe and draw what you see.

                  The view of my neighbor's house.              The view of my driveway and garden.

                                   The view of my deck.

Stay at Home Lesson #20: Draw Harry the Dirty Dog

Harry the Dirty Dog is a classic story with beautiful illustrations. Play the YouTube video to hear the story and look at the illustrations. Then follow the steps below to create Harry and create a background from a part of the story. Have fun!

                  Sketch an oval for Harry's body.                 Make a head.

                  For the ears, legs, and tail make triangular shapes.

                  Add eyes, nose, and mouth.                       I am making Harry dirty, so he has white spots.

                  I finished shading Harry and adding fur.    He is digging up his brush.

                  I added some details of the backyard.        I shaded (darkened) the backyard with pencil.

 I added some more flowers to the backyard.

Stay at Home Lesson #19: How to Draw a Bird

In this YouTube video, you will learn how easy it is to draw a bird. 

I really enjoy painting pictures of birds! One of the ways that I like to work is by finding a picture that I like and copying it. It is very good practice and a great way to improve drawing skills.

                                          My painting (above)

                                          Picture from book (above)

                                          My painting (above)

                                          Picture from book (above)

                                          My painting (above)

                                          Picture from book (above)

                                          My painting (above)

Picture from book (above)              

Stay at Home Lesson #18: 3 Dimensional Shapes: Locate and Draw Them!

Here are some 3 dimensional shapes.  A three-dimensional shape can be defined as a solid figure or an object or shape that has three dimensions – length, width and height. Let's see if we can find some 3 dimensional shapes around our house. These are the shapes that I found:

                  Sphere                                  Cube

                  Cylinder                               Cone

                  Pyramid                                Triangular Prism

                                               Rectangular Prism

             Now we can set them in front of us to draw:

                  Cone and Triangular Prism                         Pyramid and Rectangular Prism

           Sphere and Rectangular Prism            Cylinder