Art Every Day Month (Nov 11, 2009): When Pigs Fly
My school holiday camp for Veterans Cay was Called Dreams of Flying.
To celebrate Veterans Day, I told my campers about Beulah Fee, my grandmother who taught second grade for forty years.
When I was a girl, she taught me a few drawing tricks like how to draw hills with a road going into the distance.
I had flying pigs on my mind because my friend is trying to launch a business this week. (And it might just be a big success!)
Also, I needed some holiday art for an exhibit on Starbucks on Park St. in Alameda.
So, we added clear white glitter to the pigs and gold to the hills.
In San Francsico, we decorate with pink flamingos with scarves in our yards.
I figured pink pigs are cute too.
Peek at more Pigs Flying and their creators on artyowza flickr.
Art Every Day Month (Nov 10): People as Pets
We made videos when my After-School Class finished their Caring for Pets pictures. Each one made a serious and funny video.
I asked them to pretend they were in the picture. Of course, they liked their funny ones better and gave themselves the giggles.
What a Chore! (13 seconds )
Settle Down! (8 seconds)
Leave it for you! (17 seconds) >Student with Assistant
The Caring for Pets artwork can seen bigger and better on the artyowza flickr site.
Art Every Day Month (Nov 8 & 9): Silly Girl and Space Bull
I created these little digital painting doodles with an easy online tool at
www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/yourstudio/pai nting/yourstudio.htm
Art Every Day Month (Nov 7): Drawing Challenge
Most days, the way I’m creative is being the art director of my camps and classes.
After we are all cleaned up and it’s almost ready to go home, the kids love to play a game I invented called the Drawing Contest.
Everyone gets a black pen and a big piece of paper.
I tell them…
1. It’s fun!
2. You’ll be surprised!
3. You have to listen and draw what I say. After a couple of minutes, I’ll give you the next suggestion.
Ready to play?
Here’s an example:
First, draw a rocket in the middle of the page
Make sure your rocket has three windows.
Attached to the rocket by a rope is an astronaut
The astronaut is holding hands with a monkey
With the other hand the astronaut is holding a three scoop ice cream cone
On the ground is a jumpy house with three girls inside
On top of the jumpy house is King Kong
A bird eating a snake is sitting on King Kong’s shoulder
Also on the ground draw a rectangle
Inside the rectangle make two mountains joined by a bridge
A man is bungee jumping off the bridge
Put two different fruits on the mountaintops
Actually, the rectangle is a fishtank! Add two sharks and a turtle
In the air somewhere, draw three hearts that fit inside each other
Make the heart fly by adding wings
Put high heeled shoes on the flying heart
Finally, add three things to your picture to surprise me and see if I can figure it out!
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Thanks Dirty Footprints Studio for writing a fun post about Scrappers.
….. it made me look in my scrap bin and remember to share the Art Yowza Drawing Contest
Art Every Day Month (Nov 5): Funny Faces
I made these out of foamy stickers to show my campers how a variety of shapes can be made into faces. We then pasted the faces on finger puppets.
Look around. You can see faces in everyday objects.
Art Every Day Month (Nov 4): Still Polkdadot
“Art is the achievement of stillness in the midst of chaos.” ~ Saul Bellow
When my campers are playing in the Park, I sit on a bench with this tree behind me.
After-School Class: Caring for Pets
Caring for Pets!
I’d love for this show to hang at an animal shelter.
Art Every Day Month: Nov 1, 2009 : Balloon Moon
( Eating at the new Indian Restaurant on Park St. / Taken with my iphone)
November is the Art Every Day Month Challenge. Thanks Leah!
