Nature's Creatures - Expressive tempera paintings

 

AMIX Day Lesson- Drawing Spring

 Drawing Spring

In the Spring, the Earth seems to be waking up from a deep sleep.
The grass starts growing again, and leaves come out of the trees. There are so many colors! 

We start to notice baby animals... bunnies, deer and birds are some I've seen. Also, some things I don't love happen in Spring, like I start to notice bugs again, but I know that bugs help our ecosystem too.

As an artist all these are very inspiring to me. Are they inspiring to you?

This week can you think about some of the changes you have noticed that happen in Spring?

This video can help you with ideas...

What do you like best about Earth?

When you watch the video, notice all the different supplies they used to create their drawings. I bet you have some of these things around your house.

Pencils    Crayons    Pens     Markers     Chalk    Oil Pastels     Colored Pencils


I think this would be a good idea for me to draw, a mama bird built a nest in my gutter. I've been watching her for weeks carefully building, and now she sits on the eggs all day and all night.

Music helps me with my art too. Here are some songs about birds you might like to listen to while you draw.

Ziggy Marley-wings of an eagle

Elizabeth Mitchell-Little Bird Little Bird

Nature's Creatures-Animal Outline Collage

 Thinking and working as artists and designers, we get can get ideas from animals. Today we are creating a collage of an animal using paper. 

Nature's Creatures - Insect Collage

 Today we will explore the small world of nature, the teeny tiny things, that we don't often notice or appreciate, the fascinating world of insects.

Nature's Creatures - Adding Texture to animal drawings- 1st

 Texture is how something feels. Today we are adding texture to our animals, and coloring them. 

Nature's Creatures - Drawing Animals Using Shapes - 1st

You can draw many different kinds of animals easily, using basic shapes. 

Watch the video lesson, complete a "Drawing Animals" worksheet, and then draw an animal in pencil on a 9x12 drawing paper. Trace in Sharpie when finished, erase pencil marks and save for next week. 

 

Metal Tooling-Pendant Day 2