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

Stay at Home Lesson #17: Collage with Newspaper and Magazines

Collage is a great way to get creating with materials that you have at home. You will need glue, scissors, and an assortment of papers. Use whatever you have: newspapers, magazines, and recycled papers such as food boxes work great as well. 

For my collages, I created imaginary places and fantasy lands.

                  A house with a stormy sky, raining            Working on my collage
                  strawberries.                                               

                  A fish in a green sky                                  Working on my collage

                  A flower and a sun                                     Materials needed

Stay at Home Lesson #16: Paper Sculptures: How to Create L-Brace and Flange

In this YouTube video, you will learn the construction technique: flange and l-brace, which lets you make walls and cylinders very sturdy. Try making a house and a tree. You can construct any type of building you'd like.