I think I like Elle's Spooky House more... the dark colors, the flutter of fall leaves, but here is the tangled/doodled one I did this week!
Tuesday, October 28, 2014
Tangled Haunted House
I think I like Elle's Spooky House more... the dark colors, the flutter of fall leaves, but here is the tangled/doodled one I did this week!
Monday, October 27, 2014
Toddler Spooky House
Tonight, my very serious artist painted her background, stuck leaves to it, let it dry, cut out her house silhouette, painted it black, and helped me glue it on the page with white squares for windows. Easy Peasy! Proud Mama!Spooky Houses
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| Jamestown Elementary Art Blog |
What I love about drawing architecture is that it can be as simple or as detailed as you like! Messy watercolor or acrylic swirls create a great background for a Sharpie-drawn or black-painted silhouette of a spooky house, black cat, ghost, or pumpkin! Add some doodles/tangles or other details with your white gel pen or some white chalk, and what a neat, creepy scene you have!
Want to customize this activity for your toddler? Have them paint the background for your scene and use a stencil to create silhouetted shapes!
I found this amazing creation on the Jamestown Elementary Art Blog. These kids are SO, SUPER talented! And kudos to these teachers for leading some incredible art adventures!
For more ideas about how to draw spooky scenes, check out our Halloween Art Board on Pinterest.
Want to share your art with us? Use #kasvtgallery to be featured on Our Gallery page!
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Silly Monsters
Mateo Dineen is one of my favorite creature illustrators! Check out more of his artwork on his site (here). Just a little parental disclaimer: some of his monsters are doing some not-so-kid-appropriate things, like smoking.
But most of them are just... lost on our planet, taking photos, or stuck with their head in a sock... doing very human things, which is hilarious.
Also, his monsters aren't that more detailed than our creature blobs. They have some more detailed eyes, shaded limbs, and FUR. I've posted some how-to pins on our Halloween Board showing how you can draw fur if you'd like to create some furrier creatures for your Halloween artwork!
BONUS: Mateo has a blog where he actually shares the process photos he takes as he creates his artwork, and you can follow him on Facebook (here)!
But most of them are just... lost on our planet, taking photos, or stuck with their head in a sock... doing very human things, which is hilarious.
Also, his monsters aren't that more detailed than our creature blobs. They have some more detailed eyes, shaded limbs, and FUR. I've posted some how-to pins on our Halloween Board showing how you can draw fur if you'd like to create some furrier creatures for your Halloween artwork!
BONUS: Mateo has a blog where he actually shares the process photos he takes as he creates his artwork, and you can follow him on Facebook (here)!
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| Mateo Dineen |
Monday, October 20, 2014
Ghouls, Monsters, and Creatures
This week, we are making creatures! I first discovered the art of imaginary creatures when I stumbled upon Carla Sonheim's blog, The Art of Silliness.
Then I took an "Unlock Your Inner Creature" class at Artists' Mediums, over the summer, with Kristin Richland. It was wonderful, and I highly recommend checking out her future creature classes! It went beyond the basics I've described below, to get your brain thinking more creatively! I loved it and have been inspired to make more creatures ever since!
Essentially, you draw any-old shape you want. You can draw it with your eyes closed, or trace the shape of an object you like. Then you add a few basic facial features, maybe some shading, and voila! A creature! Or, in honor of Halloween -- a few spiky teeth or lines for hair would make a pretty neat ghoul or monster!
Another way I love doing this is by painting (using your acrylic spray-paints or just making swishes on the page). Then, I look for animal- or people-like shapes in the blobs of dark and light paint patches. I trace them in black, then draw in simple shapes for facial features. I've been enjoying using my white gel pen (Uniball Signo) and a black artist pen (Staedtler Triplus Fineliner) (or any ol' Sharpie will do!) to add details and highlights on top of the watercolors I used below.
Here's one I did this week! There are more imaginary-creature examples on our Halloween Art Board on Pinterest, and I'll post more drawings and tutorials throughout the week!
Want to customize this activity for your toddler? Help them to draw or make shapes on paper. If they can draw dots for eyes, a line for a mouth, lines for hair, they'll have a page of creatures in no-time! If they're not quite ready to draw, cut out blobs of paper for creature bodies, and circles or other fun shapes that they can paste on their blobs, for creature facial features.
Want to share your artwork with us? Use #kasvtgallery on Instagram to be featured in Our Gallery!
Then I took an "Unlock Your Inner Creature" class at Artists' Mediums, over the summer, with Kristin Richland. It was wonderful, and I highly recommend checking out her future creature classes! It went beyond the basics I've described below, to get your brain thinking more creatively! I loved it and have been inspired to make more creatures ever since!
Essentially, you draw any-old shape you want. You can draw it with your eyes closed, or trace the shape of an object you like. Then you add a few basic facial features, maybe some shading, and voila! A creature! Or, in honor of Halloween -- a few spiky teeth or lines for hair would make a pretty neat ghoul or monster!
Here's one I did this week! There are more imaginary-creature examples on our Halloween Art Board on Pinterest, and I'll post more drawings and tutorials throughout the week!
Want to customize this activity for your toddler? Help them to draw or make shapes on paper. If they can draw dots for eyes, a line for a mouth, lines for hair, they'll have a page of creatures in no-time! If they're not quite ready to draw, cut out blobs of paper for creature bodies, and circles or other fun shapes that they can paste on their blobs, for creature facial features.
Want to share your artwork with us? Use #kasvtgallery on Instagram to be featured in Our Gallery!
Toddler Time Art Classes
Meets Mondays & Wednesdays, 9am-12pm.
Parents can drop in, enjoy free coffee, and relax while toddlers cut loose and create! One Arts provides the art supplies and guidance.
Pre-register through Eventbrite, or just drop in!
Cost: $8 per visit
OR buy a punch card: 10 visits for $60
One Arts Center
72 North Champlain St.
Burlington, VT
Thursday, October 16, 2014
DIY Acrylic Spraypaints
OMG yoo guyz!! ..... So, even though it's mid-Halloween-candy-art week, I had to share this! I found this idea while browsing the web and the wonderful world of art journaling!
DIY acrylic spray-paints! I grabbed a couple of old spray bottles -- the ones that our optometrist gives away with glasses cleaner in them (or an old perfume bottle would work). And:
*This can easily be adapted to a toddler art project, with supervision. I'd just recommend using age-appropriate non-toxic paints, of course. You also may want to do this activity outside or with a lot of newspaper on your art table. The spray gets everywhere.
You can spray stencils, cut out your own shapes to put on the page, etc.! Today, I also picked up some supplies at The Art Store. I talked to the woman working there, and she recommended 2 new pens: a white gel pen (Uniball Signo) and a black artist pen (Staedtler Triplus Fineliner) for doodling/tangling on top of watercolors/watered-down acrylics. Both are working fabulously so far, though the Staedtler takes a little while to dry. I recommend propping up your finished pages in front of a fan while working on other pages. I love my Micron pens and will continue to use them for basic doodling, but the Staedtler is the first pen I've found that lets me draw over dried watercolor without picking up any of the pigment.
DIY acrylic spray-paints! I grabbed a couple of old spray bottles -- the ones that our optometrist gives away with glasses cleaner in them (or an old perfume bottle would work). And:
- Rinse them out.
- Spray the sprayer a few times using only water, to rinse it.
- Fill the bottle with about 1 part acrylic paint to 5 parts water.
Or experiment with the ratio. Too much paint may gunk up the sprayer. - Add warm water, and shake to mix!
- Spray away. Warning, it is messy!*
- Add stamps, like I did with the "G" below, or doodles/tangles.
*This can easily be adapted to a toddler art project, with supervision. I'd just recommend using age-appropriate non-toxic paints, of course. You also may want to do this activity outside or with a lot of newspaper on your art table. The spray gets everywhere.
You can spray stencils, cut out your own shapes to put on the page, etc.! Today, I also picked up some supplies at The Art Store. I talked to the woman working there, and she recommended 2 new pens: a white gel pen (Uniball Signo) and a black artist pen (Staedtler Triplus Fineliner) for doodling/tangling on top of watercolors/watered-down acrylics. Both are working fabulously so far, though the Staedtler takes a little while to dry. I recommend propping up your finished pages in front of a fan while working on other pages. I love my Micron pens and will continue to use them for basic doodling, but the Staedtler is the first pen I've found that lets me draw over dried watercolor without picking up any of the pigment.
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