Hi Everyone, I'm glad you're back to try a few morning drawings/art lessons. I miss you very much and while its great to see pictures and videos of your work, its just not the same as seeing you in person. I hope you're doing well and are taking some time to do some art! I kept the video of the shark fin challenge bellow just in case you didn't get a chance to try it.
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Hi Students, I hope you make some super fun drawings. Remember, each drawing in unique and special. Don’t be discouraged if your drawing is different than the examples. Also here are some general guidelines for good art:
Draw BIG
Draw lightly (you can go back and make it darker when you like your lines)
Add Detail
Overlap Shapes
K-2 Cartoon Sloth Since its 10:00 and I'm still in my pajamas I thought it might be fun to draw a sloth. (Get it? Because I'm super lazy today!!) Also sloths are just cute. Try to think of things you can do to make your sloth special. Like maybe he's got a baseball cap or sunglasses. Or maybe he's hanging from a swing set instead of a branch. I added a few pictures of real sloths below.
3-5 Create a Thaumatrope We're continuing to explore animation by making a Thaumatope. A Thaumatrope is a disk with a picture on each side attached with two pieces of string. When the strings are twirled quickly between the fingers the two pictures appear to blend together due to the persistence of vision.
A THAUMATROPE is an optical illusion toy that was popular in the 19th century. It was invented in 1825 by John A. Paris a physician. Dr. Paris’s BIG IDEA was that “Learning” could happen even while playing with toys.
Scientifically, the THAUMATROPE was the first instrument used to prove that the retina of your eye can maintain a persistent image. In other words, a THAUMATROPE has two images, one on the front of a circle another on the back. When you spin the THAUMATROPE the two images appear to move. This is also called an optical Illusion. If you want to know more about Animation – the art of moving pictures you can read about it here… http://www.mhs.ox.ac.uk/exhibits/fancy-names-and-fun-toys/ This website has A LOT of big, fat, long words that are just fancy names for moving pictures.
To create a THAUMATROPE you need these supplies: 1. Paper (thicker is better- a paper plate with the ripples cut off works well.) 2. A round object that you can trace for a circle. (a cup, lid, tape roll, etc.) 3. A hole puncher 4. Pencil 5. Coloring tools (marker, colored pencils, watercolor, crayons, etc.) 6. AN IDEA! (Try to come up with YOUR OWN IDEA besides a fish in a bowl.) (Important! one image must be upside down for it to work!) I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE WHAT YOU CREATE!