Christmas Artwork Highlights!

Christmas Artwork Highlights!

 

Here are a few highlights of the Christmas inspired artwork our talented students created over the month! Have a Happy and Safe Holiday and we'll see you in the New Year! XO!

Crazy Reindeer Project!

Crazy Reindeer Project!

This fun holiday project was developed by Jane, a wonderful artist and teacher! Jane did this project with her drawing class and I liked it so much I used it too! This project works best for ages 6+.

Materials:

Reindeer Drawing Sheet
practice paper
pencil
Bristol paper
black crayon (or any color crayon)
white oil pastel
blue paint (thinned with water)
brown paint
dark brown paint
red paint
black paint
brushes
scrap paper
scissors
glue

Step One
Using the drawing sheet as a guide, practice drawing your reindeer. Pay close attention to how the shapes create a reindeer silhouette!

Step Two
Re-draw reindeer on Bristol paper and outline with crayon. Next, using a white oil pastel make white dots (snowflakes) all over the background. Paint over background with thinned blue acrylic paint (snowflakes should show through).

Step Three
Paint your reindeer! Brown paint for the chest, head, and ear. Dark brown for the antlers. Red for the nose and blue or dark brown for the eye. Time to outline! Outlining is great for bringing back features that might have gotten lost while painting. Outline using black paint on a small brush, older kids should practice using only the tip of the brush for a finer line!

Step Four
Decorate the antlers with cut paper ornaments! Voila! Crazy Reindeer is finished!

A little Holiday Cheer!

Here's a fun holiday project for the season! I've done this project with a few of my students and thought it'd make a good one to try at home! It involves drawing a elf made out of shapes. It works best with ages 5+. Enjoy!

 

Materials:

*Elf Drawing Sheet

*Practice Paper

*Pencil

*Bristol Paper

*Black Crayon

*Paint

*Brushes

 

Step One:

Practice drawing the elf using the Drawing Sheet. Explain that the face is made up entirely of shapes!

 

 

Step Two:

After practice drawing is finished it's time to re-draw on Bristol paper. Once finished, go over pencil lines with black crayon (or any color crayon). Creating a thicker line helps when painting!

Step Three:

Paint your Elf! Outline Elf in black paint with small brush to help bring back any features that might have gotten lost!

 

Step Four:

Decorate using scrap fabric and buttons! Create a hat, clothes, whatever!