New Link: Sketchpad Online
This is a fantastic online drawing app that has all the goodies. My kids love this. Just click on the plus
sign on the left of the screen to get started. Try it out!
Art At Home
Quick Draw is a great speed doodling site. Adds your doodles to the worlds largest doodle data set.
The Artists Toolkit is a great site for learning about the elements and principles of art
The Mondrian Squares Challenge site is based on the classic "dots" game.
Make Beliefs Comics is a comic making site. Super fun!
AutoDraw is another free computer drawing site. Works great.
Check out the Just a Line site. This allows you to draw on a phone while filming.
Color is a color matching game site. Fun and hypnotic. I don’t even want to say how long I played this the other day.
Mandala Creator is a wonderfully relaxing way to make beautiful intricate circular patterns
Best Paper Airplane
Finally a how-to paper airplane video that makes sense. Really works! Measure by your foot steps how far it went. Write down your number of steps and keep track of what the shortest and farthest distances your airplane flew.
Doodle Drawing Project
It all begins with a doodle. Click on the picture for an awesome doodle project.
Marble Painting Project
If you’ve got marbles, a box and any kind of paint you’re in luck. Easy and fun!
These guys didn’t paint with marbles but they had a very similar style. They both ended up being very important artists in the 20th century.
Make it Your Own
1. Divide a room into living space and art studio space. Use shelving, a table, or a screen to delineate (or hide!) the art area in a family room or living room.
2. Take over a corner. Place a desk and some shelving with baskets to hold art materials in the corner of any room. Voila! Instant art space.
3. Convert a closet. Squeeze some clothing into another closet, or create a clothing rack in the attic. Use a small desk, chair, and perhaps mini shelving to create your mini art studio.
4. Install a fold-down table with some storage, like this one* somewhere in your home.
5. This table from Ikea folds up very small and also features storage, making it a good option for an art space in a common room, such as an eat-in kitchen or dining room. You might combine that with this inventive solution for storing paint: 28 Ideas for Craft Paint Storage
6. Take over the garage, attic, or basement. Be sure to consider heating, cooling and humidity issues.
7. Make a rolling art cart. This post from ArtBar has some inspiring ideas for using shelving and rolling carts to create an art space at home. You might also like this post from Tinkerlab on how to create space for art making in your home. She is focused on kids, but the same ideas can apply for adults.
8. Repurpose an old piece of furniture as an art table, desk, or storage. You might like the Junquemail Contessa’s repurposing of a changing table for art supplies.
Coffee Filter Color Mixing
All you need are white coffee filters, watercolor markers and a spray bottle of water. Get busy!
Artists Choice Board
Use the art choice board for drawing inspiration and ideas. You can create multiple doodle on one page or create one drawing a day. Remember to start your drawings in pencil first just in case you make a mistake. If you have any way to color from home, color your whole image and upload a picture to share with your classmates. Send a picture to jrathaus@wsps.org
Collage Animal Drawings
Cut out some animals from any magazine (ask your family first) and glue them on your paper. Grab a pencil and add a background. You can also go over your lines with marker or paint the background . Always fun.
