One Point Perspective

 One Point Perspective is one way artists show space in a picture. You will need a pencil and ruler or straight edge.  One Point Perspective 

Zentangle

Zentangle

 A fun mindful way to create beautiful designs and patterns. The possibilities are endless.

Here's a little video of how to do four easy patterns. 

How to Zentangle
Don't forget to post your creations at Fox Creek Creates or email them to me.

Portrait

A Portrait is a painting, drawing, photograph or engraving of a person especially one depicting the face or head and shoulders. 

Lots of artists create portraits and self-portraits. You could look in the mirror and draw  yourself or look at a family member and draw a portrait of them.

Here's an old video I made showing the facial proportions.

Portrait Video

Here are some examples of drawing the facial features

Portrait features Handout

The Mona Lisa by Leonardo Da Vinci is the worlds most famous portrait it was painted in the year 1503

James Rizzi

 James Rizzi is a  fun whimsical artist. He creates these wonderful cityscapes and uses overlapping and fun facial expressions. I've created a video that breaks down how to draw your own cityscape in the style of James Rizzi. Don't forget to add what you've created to Fox Creek Creates

George Rodrigue The Blue Dog

George Rodrigue is an artist from Louisiana.  He is most famous for his fun paintings of the Blue Dog he paints is dog in all different locations and with some fun colors. I've created a video that breaks down the steps to draw your own blue dog. I can't wait to see how Creative your backgrounds are goin to be! Don't forget to add them to Fox Creek Creates

Earth Day Art

Today is Earth Day! Create something that represents the earth to you and put it in your window or on your side walk. I know some neighbor hoods are having and Earth Day Chalk Art Challenge. 

Don't forget to share what you've created! Either send me an email with your picture or add it to the shared album Fox Creek Creates A big thank you to everyone who has already contributed to the album it's growing and there's some super creative stuff!

Modular Origami

Todays origami lesson is so cool! I have a huge thank you to one of our Kindergarten parents Chad McCann! He saw that I was posting a lot of origami on this blog and shared these amazing booklets and instructions with me.

This booklet has some great history of Origami as well as some awesome instructions to create your own Modular Origami.   

Origami Sonobe Booklet

Equilateral Flat Tutorial

Origami Tatsujin

 Here is a Flickr project page for an advanced model built with Square & Triangle units.

Rotunda-drilled-great-rhombicosidodecahedron

Album for Rotunda Drilled Truncated Icosidodecahedron