Week 1 of Art Activities for Young Artists

STUDENTS' RESPONSES TO WEEK 1 ART ACTIVITY:
Thanks so much, talented artists!  I hope to hear from more of you soon!
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​Instructions and 2 art videos are posted below.  

Emika, age 7

Stella Jane, age 9

Natalie, age 15

Lylah, age 10

Camille, age 16

Brooklyn, age 16

THE AMAZING NOPO! AGE 14

Averi, age 10

Emma, age 15

Albert, age 9

Albert, age 9

Jenny, age 8

Emma, age 10

Butterfly by Aurora

Rock by Camden

Banana by Miles

Dear Young Artist, I hope this weekly blog can give you something fun and challenging to do while you are at home for a while.  I miss you and hope you will share with me some art you make each week.  I would love to post it here for other art students to see!  I would also just like to hear how you are doing and how are you spending your time.  It would be wonderful if we could stay in touch, until we return to our weekly visits at Art Matters.  ABOUT THIS ACTIVITY:  I  have posted two sample pictures, one is the object from nature I found outside.  (I hope you go out into the sun today and find something too!)  The other image is my pencil value drawing I made (by using the side of my pencil lead) shading in the line drawing, making the darkest things I saw very dark and leaving the lightest things the white of the paper.  Plus I added a few more-light to dark- shades in between.  I have posted a video about the famous American artist, Georgia O'Keeffe, that I hope you enjoy.  Plus I posted a video where I just talk to you.  In this video, there is a grisaille painting that shows light to dark value, which I hope shows that this pencil and paper activity you are doing is very important- it is the foundation of art- and it will make you a better painter, to practice seeing and showing what are the darkest parts of a picture and what are the lightest parts.  If you still have trouble showing this in your own drawing, perhaps you can take a black and white photo of the object from nature that you find. Looking at that photo, might help you with your value drawing.  I can't wait to hear from you!  P.S.  I know the quality of my home-made video is not great.  I have never done this before!  I never really made a blog before either.  This took me almost all week!  I was so busy that I forgot to put my bird Kiwi in the video, but next week, I intend to do so!