The Drawing Tree
Lately, I accept constitute then much inspiration from my cocked friends on Instagram. Out of all social media platforms, I love IG the most considering information technology's but so easy. I love curating my ain photos and so that they look like a magazine spread (I obsess over color schemes merely a niggling likewise much according to my xvi-yr-erstwhile daughter), and I dear being able to click over to a friend's feed and quickly scroll through to run into what they are up to and go some skillful ideas. (I will share a list of some of my fave Instagram feeds at the end of this post. I'll include some good hashtags, too, which is another great way to get ideas.)
The idea for this drawing tree came from a photo I saw on my friend Rachelle's Tinkerlab Instagram feed. Rachelle is the queen of creative invitations and rolls to the beat of collaboration and community. She has this wonderful studio in San Fransisco where she invites families to come and make stuff on the weekends. And she's always thinking of ways to comprise public fine art into her neighborhood. (She too has a wonderful blog and an incredible volume that I love.)
The photo that caught my attention was one where Rachelle and her two daughters ready up a clothesline and a drawing provocation in the centre of a busy public path. Y'all'll have to click over to see what her cartoon prompt was, information technology's and then beautiful. Her photograph led me to setting upwards this drawing tree for art camp. Information technology was a huge hit, as you can imagine. Cheers, Rachelle!
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Supply listing:
~ Index cards, or cut paper into small rectangles
~ Pigsty punch
~ Some cord to tie onto the index cards
~ Handwritten or printed cartoon prompts
~ Two modest containers, one for the notecards and i for the prompts
~ Colored markers
~ Yarn or cord to wrap around a big tree
Setting upwardly:
~ Outset, I wrote some words on little pieces of paper. I chose unproblematic words that the girls could read easily. The older ones helped the younger ones. One of the biggest areas of struggle that I see in my students is what to depict. They often will sit downwards and non know where to begin. 1 word is all they need to help their imagination kick in. These words could easily be brought along in a baggie and used at a restaurant, in a waiting room, or on a machine trip. They don't take to exist part of a drawing tree. Any time a child can draw from their imagination is an exercise in gaining artistic confidence!
~ Next, I cut some cards (or apply index cards), punched holes in the elevation, tied a piece of string on them, and put them in a handbasket.
~ Then I gathered the words, the cards, and some markers and put them out on the picnic tabular array.
~ Lastly, I wrapped a string around the tree. I was able to wedge the kickoff and end into bark pieces then I didn't take to apply any fasteners.
The children immediately had ideas and began to describe. Every bit they finished, they ran to the tree and tied their carte onto the yarn.
As the tree filled up, they became even more than excited and energized as a group. At i point, my ten-yr-former son came domicile and saw what we were doing. He wanted to participate, too. He read the word "bubble" and immediately went inside to become the dot markers. When he came back out with them, all of the girls couldn't believe that he brought out a new textile. And…could they practice that? Of course! And then they all ran inside to get more cartoon materials and stickers. I retrieve the drawing tree would take lasted longer than information technology did (over an hr) if the moms hadn't come up to pick them up. Fourth dimension flies when you are in the artistic menses!
VARIATION for TODDLERS: To make this toddler-friendly, create prompts that are more most feelings, textures, colors (curvy, fuzzy, bumpy, warm, yellowish, etc.) than names of objects. This way, the children volition feel more than comfortable because it will be much more process-art than "drawing".
As promised, hither is a list of some of my favorite Instagram accounts for artistic inspiration:
@Tinkerlab // @BabbleDabbleDo // @JeanVantHul (Artful Parent) // @PurpleTwig // @SmallHandsBigArt // @WeeWarhols // @KimBeeHive (Bee Hive Art Studio) // @HatchArtStudio // @LittleLoftStudios // @SidebySideStudio // @PipDotArt // @Handmakery // @ArtPantry // @JuliaLinsteadt (Cutting Outs Studio) // @CollageCollage
And some great hashtags to look at for ideas:
#ProcessArt // #CreativeTable // #InvitationtoCreate // #CardboardCrafts // #CreativeKids // #RockinArtMoms // #KidBloggersofIG
Oh, I almost forgot my own Instagram feed @ArtBarBlog, and my three hashtags: #ArtBarClass // #ArtBarCamp // #MadeWithStuffIHave
Let me know if y'all think of more drawing prompt words, I'd love to make a listing and post it here somewhen!
xo, Bar
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