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A little craft for earth day!

You will need plastic containers, scissors, sharpies, string, a twig, and a hole punch.

Cut circles out of the containers. Add earth day art, and assemble your mobile using the string and a twig.

You will need washable markers, crayons, water and a paintbrush!

1. Beginner Prompt- Earth Day Heart

2. Experienced Prompt - Earth Day Watercolor Landscape

This week we are learning about Artists!

Today’s Artist is Yayoi Kusama.

1. Beginner Prompt- Polka Dots:
Fill your paper with different sized Polka Dots. Color!

2. Experienced Prompt Polka-Dotted Object: Choose an object, fill the object and background with Polka Dots. Color!

Jen Stark Inspired Prompts

You will need a pencil and something to color with.

Beginner Prompt:
Based on Jen’s Paper sculptures, drawing concentric shapes and coloring with bright colors.

Experienced Prompt:
Based on Jen’s drip paintings,
Drawing ‘drips’ and coloring with bright colors, accented with black. You can even cut these out and add multiple ‘drips’ together.

Line Bunnies -

You will need a pencil and something to color with.

Beginner Prompt:
Draw a Bunny using different kinds of lines for details.

Experienced Prompt: Draw a bunny and add texture using repeated rows of lines.

You will need a pencil, a black pen or marker and something to color with.

There are two prompts in this video - one for beginner artists and one for experienced artists.

Beginner- draw an egg on your paper and decorate it with different kinds of lines: straight, wavy, zig zag, dotted, curly, dashed. Color your egg!

Experienced- draw an egg on your paper. Divide your egg into 3 or more sections. Fill each of those sections with different line-based designs. You can use any combination of lines, designs and shading to fill your space!

Line Doodles!

You will need a pencil and something to color with! There will be 2 examples of this doodle shown in this video.

Example one: Draw one continuous line across your paper. This means you do not pick your pencil off the paper. Outline that line and fill in with colors of your choice!

Example two: create a simple drawing (for example, a house, tree, rainbow, or flower). Fill the inside of that shape with line doodles. Outline and color as you wish!

You will need a pencil and something to color with!

1. Draw your name or a word in all caps.
2. Trace around your letters in a Bubble Style.
3. Trace around one side of your letters and shade it in to create a shadow.
4. Add a highlight to the corner of each letter. Leave highlights white when coloring.
5. Add color to your letters and Background!

Hand Doodles!

You will need:
A pencil and something to color with!

Trace your hand onto your sketchbook page, then turn your fingers into silly doodles!

Abstract Shape Art

You will need:
A pencil, something to color with and stencils if you wish.

Draw overlapping shapes on your paper! Color each shape a different color.

Circle Doodles! You need a pencil and something to color with!

For this prompt you will need a pencil, an object of your choosing and something to color with!