Ms. Robin Visual Arts
Visual Art with Ms. Robin
Kindergarten - 6th Grade
Hello Artists!
Making art is a wonderful way to express yourself, problem solve creatively, and spend time together as a family. There are countless materials that you can use to make art: pencils, colored pencils, crayons, chalk, pastels, a dry erase board, pens, markers, food coloring, stamps and ink pads, stickers, highlighters, paints, paintbrushes, Legos, K'nex, Magna-tiles, play dough, yarn, clay, felt, a sewing kit, fabric, scissors, a hole punch, paper, glue sticks, tape, magazines, newspaper, cardboard boxes, egg cartons, a camera, aluminum foil, beads, popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners, toilet paper tubes, drawing apps, and anything else around the house that you find. Below are some ideas to spark your creativity while at home.
Please take photos or videos to capture what you create at home and share with me via email for our Online Art Show (wix site) and MountPenn.Art Instagram feed. In addition, feel free to reach out to me with any comments, questions, or concerns. My office hours are Tuesday 11:30 - 12:30 and Thursday 12:30 - 1:30. Please e-mail me for the Zoom room code and password. I look forward to hearing from you!
Lindsey Robin
Visual Arts Educator
Creative Community Advisor
LRobin@antietamsd.org
Online Art Show (< link to website)
To be a part of our Online Art Show send a photo of your artwork to Ms. Robin at LRobin@antietamsd.org . Please note that photos sent to me will be featured on our Online Art Show (Wix site) and our MountPenn.Art Instagram which are all public sites. Consider whether or not you would like your artist's name or face to be included in the photo.
Make a zine (< link to website)
The link above takes you to a Youtube video that explains step-by-step how to make a zine. A zine is a miniature books with eight pages made from only one sheet of paper. You could use printer paper, scrap paper, newspaper, junk mail, an old worksheet, or construction paper to make your zine. The great thing about zines is that the possibilities are endless! You could fill them with your sketches, make a comic, write a story, or even use them to document your day. The only materials you will need to complete this project is a sheet of paper and a pair of scissors.
Color Wheel Challenge
Using items found around your home assemble your own color wheel. Please, take a picture of your color wheel and share it with Ms. Robin at LRobin@antietamsd.org
For an added challenge try:
1. Construct a color wheel with all 12 colors (primary, secondary, & tertiary colors) instead of just 6 colors (primary & secondary colors).
2. Time how long it takes you to find and arrange your color wheel.
3. Compete with an opponent to arrange your color wheel the quickest.
4. Color in this blank color wheel. (< click link for PDF)
Collagraph Rubbing
You will need liquid glue, scissors, cardboard, paper, and crayons (without the wrapper). I used oil pastels because I did not have crayons, and that worked too! Cut shapes out of the cardboard and glue them onto your larger background piece. Let the glue dry. Lay a sheet of paper over top of the cardboard design and rub your crayons on top to create the rubbing. Make sure you hold the paper and the cardboard tight or tape the cardboard to the table top so they don’t wiggle while you work. Then simply sign your work of art! Please, take a picture of your artwork and share it with Ms. Robin at LRobin@antietamsd.org
Art Hub for Kids (< link to website)
Art Hub for Kids features step-by-step drawing tutorials for kids on Youtube. There are videos for all ages, interests, and experience levels. Rob draws alongside his four kids: Jack, Hadley, Austin, and Olivia. Artists please make sure you have permission from your parent or guardian to go on Art Hub for Kids. Please, take a picture of your drawing and share it with Ms. Robin at LRobin@antietamsd.org
Muffalo Potato (< link to website)
Learn to draw in minutes the Muffalo Potato way! Grab your crayons, markers, pencils, or pens and follow along with John as he teaches you how to draw a wide variety of cartoons by using only numbers and letters. And remember, “It doesn’t have to be perfect. It just has to be fun!” Artists please make sure you have permission from your parent or guardian to go on Muffalo Potato. Please, take a picture of your drawing and share it with Ms. Robin at LRobin@antietamsd.org
Sketchbook prompts - These handouts accompany my 4th, 5th, & 6th Grade artists sketchbooks. They feature a variety of drawing prompts and our sketchbook guidelines. These are great ideas to fill your zine, sketch on a whiteboard, or draw on the sidewalk with chalk! Please, take a picture of your drawing and share it with Ms. Robin at LRobin@antietamsd.org
Fourth Grade Sketchbook Handout (< click link for PDF)
Fifth Grade Sketchbook Handout (< click link for PDF)
Sixth Grade Sketchbook Handout (< click link for PDF)
100 Silly Drawing Prompts (< click link for PDF)
A list of 100 silly ideas to inspire your art. Think outside the box! How might you turn this into a game? Which ideas will you combine to create a totally hilarious sketch? Who will you work with to create some unique art? What art materials will you use to make your masterpiece? This resource is from the Art of Education. Please, take a picture of your drawing and share it with Ms. Robin at LRobin@antietamsd.org
What is it??? (< click link for PDF)
Use your creative brain to finish this picture in an interesting way! Here are an assortment of activity pages to print out or redraw onto a sheet of scrap paper, a paper grocery bag, or the inside of a cardboard box. Each page has different shapes or lines on it and it is up to the artist to finish the drawing. The difficulty of each sheet is marked in the lower right hand corner. This resource is from the Art of Education. Please, take a picture of your drawing and share it with Ms. Robin at LRobin@antietamsd.org
Lights, camera, action!
Make some sock puppets, build a set, make some props, and put on a show. Can’t think of an original show? Do a parody of an existing one. Please, record a video of your production and share it with Ms. Robin via email at LRobin@antietamsd.org or perform for a live audience at your home.
Alphabet Photography challenge
Use a camera to take close-up photos of everyday objects that just happen to form the letters of the alphabet. Can you find ways to photograph all 26 letters? Can you assemble your photo letters to make a word or phrase? Please, share your images with Ms. Robin at LRobin@antietamsd.org
Coffee painting
Ask your parent or guardian to brew a small pot of really strong coffee, allow it to cool, and use it like you would use watercolor paints. Dilute with water for lighter values, use full strength for dark values. Apply the “paint” to the paper in layers starting with the lighter values first, and build up layers to achieve rich dark values. Please, take a picture of your painting and share it with Ms. Robin at LRobin@antietamsd.org
Homemade play dough
You can use it to make a sculpture or to create stop-motion animation using the free app “Stop Motion Studio”. Artists please make sure you have permission and assistance from your parent or guardian to make your own play dough. Please, share a photo of your sculpture or your stop motion video with Ms. Robin at LRobin@antietamsd.org
Playdough ingredients:
2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup salt
4 teaspoons cream of tartar
2 cups lukewarm water
2 Tablespoons of vegetable oil (coconut oil works too)
Food coloring, optional
Quart sized bags or airtight take-out containers
wax paper
Stir together the flour, salt and cream of tartar in a large pot. Next add the water and oil. If you’re only making one color, add in the color now as well. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly. Continue stirring until the dough has thickened and begins to form into a ball. Remove from heat and then place inside a gallon sized bag or onto wax paper. Allow to cool slightly and then knead until smooth. If you’re adding colors after, divide the dough into balls (for how many colors you want) and then add the dough into the quart sized bags. Start with about 5 drops of color and add more to brighten it. Knead the dough, while inside the bag so it doesn’t stain your hands. Once it’s all mixed together you’re ready to PLAY.
Store the play dough inside the bags once done to keep soft. Keeps for up to 3 months.
Zentangle
“There are no mistakes in Zentangle, so there is no need for an eraser. If you do not like the look of a stroke you have made, it then becomes only an opportunity to create a new tangle, or transform it using an old trusty pattern. A Zentangle tile is meant to be a surprise that unfolds before the creator's eyes, one stroke at a time.” - Beckah Krahula
Using the attached Zentangle Idea Sheet create your own artwork. Zentangle design can fill any shape and is made of simple lines and shapes that are repeated to make a pattern. What shapes will you start with? A landscape? Bubble Letters? An animal? A portrait? A house? Please, take a picture of your drawing and share it with Ms. Robin at LRobin@antietamsd.org
Observational drawing
Collect a few interesting objects and group them together in a still life on the table in front of you. Carefully observe the shapes and details and make a drawing of what you see. Take this even further by shining a strong light on your still life from the side and adding shadows. Please, take a picture of your drawing and share it with Ms. Robin at LRobin@antietamsd.org
Tableau Vivant
This is the French term for “Living Picture”. Find a famous work of art and reproduce it in real life as accurately as you can by posing yourself and/or family members exactly like the people in the artwork, and recreating the costumes and scene as closely as you can. Check out Google Cultural Institute with permission from your parent or guardian to find images of art from galleries all over the world. Please, take a picture of your Tableau Vivant and share it with Ms. Robin at LRobin@antietamsd.org
PBS Learning (< link to website)
Explore the many forms of visual art, from basket weaving to painting, and glasswork to furniture, with resources that encourage analysis, research, and practice. Preschoolers can practice their colors and discover how colors change when mixed with a lesson from the Abracadabra series. Middle and high school students can design self-logos and write descriptions of them after watching "The Art of Logo Design" from Off Book. The Math + Arts collection provides cross-curricular lessons that combine math with visual arts topics such as Shapes & Patterns, Perspective Drawing, and Totem Poles. Filmmaking, photography, and architecture, in addition to careers in art, the history of visual arts, and art institution, are all also explored. Artists please make sure you have permission from your parent or guardian to go on PBS Learning.
