Spring In Review!

Spring Classes are ending this week and we're gearing up for summer. It's bittersweet as we won't see some of our students back until fall, but have loved and enjoyed our time together. As always, we've been blown away by the beautiful and imaginative work created at the studio. Here's a little review of this Spring's favorite projects! (Please feel free to email me for any instructions on the following lessons, info@thescribbleartstudio.com)

 

Beautiful Jellyfish



 

Princess Self Portrait

 

Get Em Batman

 

Gnomes in the Garden

 

Expressive Portraits

Mama and Baby Giraffe

 

Frida Portrait

 

Sea Creatures in the Window

 Circus Collage

Messy Teddys!

 

This is a fun project to do with younger kids. It's mainly a painting project with a funny twist at the end! I did this project with my Mommy and Me and Folk Art class (ages 3-6).

Materials,

Practice Paper

Pencils

Bristol Paper

Black Crayon

White, Light Blue, Yellow, Black, Pink and Black Acrylic Paint

Brushes

Pink and Brown Construction Paper

Scissors

Glue

Buttons

Fabric for dressing bear (optional)

 

Step One

Practice Drawing Your Teddy!

Practice drawing a teddy bear made out of circles. Circle for the head, circle for the body, and circles to make up the face, ears, paws, legs and tail. The simpler the better!

 

                                                   

Step Two

Paint Your Teddy!

Draw teddy bear on Bristol paper and outline in black crayon. Next paint the bear a light blue and the background yellow. Make sure your teddy is dry (use a hair dryer if necessary) and paint a large white circle on the face and little white circles in the paws, ears, tail, and legs. Using black paint, put a nose in the white circle on the face and outline your bear, pulling out the shapes if they got lost during the painting process. Add buttons for eyes.

 

Step Three

Treat Your Teddy to Ice Cream!

Draw a circle on pink construction paper and a triangle on brown construction paper. Cut out and glue the pink circle on top of the brown triangle in your teddy's hand, creating an ice cream cone.

 

Step Four

Get Your Teddy Messy!

Now for the fun part! Get your teddy messy by using the pink paint to create drips and splatters, the messier the better!

 

Expressive Self Portraits!

I love expressive painting! Sadly, as an artist I wasn't exposed to expressive painters until I was in college. As a result I try to teach as many expressive projects as I can!

 

This week I did Expressive Self Portraits with some of my younger and older students. I like this project because unlike most projects we do, there aren't a lot of guidelines. You just draw your face and paint. The only guideline I gave was to keep your colors fresh and try to avoid over mixing. Enjoy!

 

Materials:

Practice Paper
Pencil
Little or Handheld Mirror (optional)
Bristol Paper
Black Crayon
Various color Acrylic Paints
Brushes

Step 1

Start by drawing your face. I went over simple facial features and placement with my younger students. I had my older students look into a mirror while practice drawing their faces.

 

 

Step 2

Draw your head and shoulders on Bristol Paper, making sure to take up most of the page. Outline in black crayon. Paint using a variety of bright colors. I left traditional colors (peach, brown, and cream) off the palette.

A Home For Bugs!

 

This year we will be participating in the Children's Museums Bug Festival! Kids love to draw bugs or insects of any kind so creating a fun project for all ages was easy. Along with lots of other wonderful activities, kids will make their very own bug jars. For those who won't be able to make it out to the festival, here's a similar project you can do at home!

Bug Jars!

 

Materials:

Bug Drawing Sheet

Jar Drawing Sheet










Practice Paper
Pencil
Bristol Paper
Oil Pastels
Blue and Green Acrylic Paint
Watered down Blue and Green Acrylic Paint
Brushes
Brown and Green Construction Paper
Scrap Craft Paper
Scissors
Glue

 

Step 1

Practice drawing bugs and jar. Then draw a big jar on bristol paper, making sure to fill up most of the page. You'll want a roomy home for your bugs to live in!

 

Step 2

Paint all around your jar with blue acrylic paint. Next using the green paint, add brushstrokes along the bottom of the page to create grass. Once dry (hair dryers help with drying time) paint inside the jar with watered down blue acrylic paint and along the bottom of the jar with watered down green acrylic paint. The watered down acrylic paint is lighter giving the jar a see through appearance.

 

Step 3

Next, use brown construction paper to create twigs for your bugs to crawl along and green construction paper to create leaves. Glue down and start drawing bugs inside your happy habitat!

 

Step 4

There's a couple of different ways to color in bugs once drawn. You can use oil pastels or create wings, etc. out of scrap craft paper, or a mixture of both. Either way works well and you're sure to love your little home for bugs!

Spring Flowers!

 

It seems Spring has finally arrived! To celebrate we did a colorful flower project! I did this project with both my Folk Art class and Creative Kin class (ages 4-8). It's a fun, expressive project that works for younger and older students.

Materials:

Drawing paper or cardstock (computer paper works as long as you skip the watered down acrylic step)
Oil Pastels
Yellow Acrylic Paint (watered down)
Black Crayon or Pencil
Scissors
Glue
Bristol Paper
Cream, Purple, Green, Yellow, Orange, and Pink Acrylic Paint
Brushes
Piece of cut up sponge
Patterned Craft Paper (again, computer paper works as long as you decorate)

Step 1

This project is more of a painting project than drawing project. To start, scribble all over a piece of drawing paper with different color oil pastels. The more color the better! If using drawing paper or cardstock (slightly thicker than computer paper and able to take a wet medium) paint over oil pastel. The paint should tint the paper and fill in any white spots.

 

Step 2

Next, paint your background. Draw a line about a third up the page. Paint above the line with cream paint and underneath the line with purple paint. Place to the side to dry!

 

Step 3

Draw large, medium, and small circles on the back of your oil pastel paper and cut out. These will be the center of your flowers. Next create your vase! Pick a piece of patterned craft paper and fold in half. Making sure you are drawing along the folded side, draw half your vase shape (for younger kids, drawing a large number seven can be helpful) and cut out making sure to keep paper folded. Unfold paper to find your vase shape.

Step 4

Time to put it all together and paint your flowers! Glue vase and flower centers onto background (making sure not to overlap flower centers). To create flower petals, start with yellow paint, making short brushstrokes that surround the flower center. Follow with orange paint, finishing with pink.
Sponge in a few leaves using green paint and enjoy your beautiful spring flowers!