Summer Art Adventures - Fireworks!

2012 is here! Why not make this fireworks artwork to celebrate :)

Glitter fireworks art
What you need:
*A few colours of glitter
*Black paper or cardboard
*PVA/craft glue
*A straw (optional)
*Old newspapers

Click here for the instructions!

If you want to show your art to the world, email me a photo of your art at: noliver@bmcc.nsw.gov.au and I'll feature it on the blog! Please include your name and age, and any info about the work you'd like to share.

Happy New Year Everyone!

Summer Art Adventures: Art Competitions

Art competitions are a fun way to get your artwork seen and you might even win a prize! Here are a couple of Summer art comps you may like to enter:

*Comic Strip Competition (click here for more info and the entry forms)

Entries due: 31st Jan 2012

Above comic is by: momo81

*Waste To Art Competition - making art from recycled materials. (Click here for more info, and visit your nearest Blue Mountains library branch for an entry form)

Entries due: 10th Febuary 2012

The Above sculpture was made by Millbank Primary School

If you want to show your art to the world, email me a photo of your art at: noliver@bmcc.nsw.gov.au and I'll feature it on the blog! Please include your name and age, and any info about the work you'd like to share.

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Art Adventures - Summer Holidays

During the holidays, each week I'll post an art activity that you might like to try.

For the first Summer Art Adventure, how about making your own snow globe?

What you'll need:

A jar with a lid (it could small, like a baby food jar, or large like a peanut butter jar)
A plastic figurine / plastic greenery etc. to put inside your snowdome scene
Glitter
Water
Modelling clay (optional)
Hot glue gun (and an adult to help!)

Check out instructions here - and remember, only put waterproof materials in your globe! For a waterless version, click here.

If you want to show your art to the world, email me a photo of your art at: noliver@bmcc.nsw.gov.au and I'll feature it on the blog! Please include your name and age, and any info about the work you'd like to share.

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Art Adventures - Where's Wally

Where's Wally 

I hope you get to have a go at doing this one, or maybe we'll do it in a future art class when I get back. Inspired by the 'Where's Wally' books by Martin Handford, this Art Adventure is about making your own 'Where's (insert your name here!)' artwork.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:

*Paper

*Lead pencil

*Eraser

*Colour pencils

*Felt-tip black pen for outlines (optional)

Tips on how to draw your own 'Where's (insert you name here!)':

- first, think of the setting. Here's some ideas: a museum, train station, beach, your school

- fill the WHOLE page up with action, people, buildings, animals, hidden items

- hide yourself in the picture, wearing red and white stripes if you want!

- trick the people looking for you by putting other characters in red and white stripes here and there

- what are some other hidden items you can scatter in your picture for people to find? Martin Handford hides things like a scroll or a key. 

Here’s a weird one I did, based on geeky things:

Remember:

If you want to show your art to the world, email me a photo of your art at: daisiesn@yahoo.com.au and I might feature it on the blog! Please include your name and age, and any info about the work you'd like to share.

Art Adventures - Planes

I've been on a lot of planes lately! Planes are great to practice drawing. They may look very hard to draw (so detailed!), but remember: the best way to tackle a difficult drawing is to break the image into shapes and add bits one by one.

Drawing Planes

WHAT YOU NEED:
*Lead pencil
*Paper
*Eraser

Click here for a great step-by-step tutorial about drawing a plane by breaking it into shapes first and adding the details later.

If you want to show your art to the world, email me a photo of your art at: daisiesn@yahoo.com.au and I might feature it on the blog! Please include your name and age, and any info about the work you'd like to share.

Art Adventures - Marimekko

Art idea for today: Marimekko designs
Marimekko is a Finnish company that has been around since the 1950s, and is famous for bright, eye-catching designs like the ones here.

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
Paper or cardboard for the base
Coloured paper or crepe paper
Glue

1. Cut out big, bold flower shapes in one or two colours and paste them all over the base page. Don't be afraid to go over the edges, it looks great! Just cut off any extra bits.

2. Cut out circle shapes in a different colour and paste those in the centre of the flowers, and then do the same with smaller circles (in another colour still).

3. Add some small cutouts here and there for the stems, and - voilà!

Remember:

If you want to show your art to the world, email me a photo of your art at: daisiesn@yahoo.com.au and I might feature it on the blog! Please include your name and age, and any info about the work you'd like to share.

Art Adventures - Hong Kong

Welcome to week 2! This Art Adventure is inspired by Hong Kong, where I stayed for two days on my way to Finland.  

WHAT YOU'LL NEED:
Dark-coloured paper (black, blue, purple etc)
White or coloured chalk - or - chalk pastels 

Using dots and lines only, no colouring-in, can you make a scene of Hong Kong at night (like the photo above)? Think about adding lines or swiggles for reflections in the water, the outlines of boats and all of the different-shaped lights of the city skyline.

If you want to show your art to the world, email me a photo of your art at: daisiesn@yahoo.com.au and I might feature it on the blog! Please include your name and age, and any info about the work you'd like to share.

Art Adventures - Name Designs

While I'm overseas I'm going to post some ideas for art projects each week - have a look, and if it sounds fun to you, you might like to have a go at it. This is the first one!

TEXTA NAME DESIGNS
What you need:
*Textas/coloured pencils
*paper

Swirling, bubble-writing, patterns and perspective - the ideas are endless. What about making each letter of your name into a picture of something else? Here are some examples:

^^MIRROR-IMAGE

- Remember our class on symmetry? Can you see how the pic above is symmetrical?

LINE ART^^

^^PSYCHADELIC! - Swirling, wild patterns and colours.

3D^^ - Add shadow to add dimension to your letters. 

            ^^DRAW THE THINGS YOU LOVE,

AS PART OF YOUR NAME - Do you have a favorite hobbie, sport, book, pet?

Try and fit them into the letters of your name.

If you want to show your art to the world, email me a photo of your art at: daisiesn@yahoo.com.au and I might feature it on the blog! Please include your name and age, and any info about the work you'd like to share.