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Activity #4 Olympic Statues

Activity #4 Olympic Statues

A tableau is when you pose your body and freeze like a statue to tell a story. Today we’ll be making tableaux (frozen pictures) of different types of sport. Don’t forget to stretch before you try this at home!⁠ STEP ONE: Brainstorm your favourite types of sport and...
Activity #3 Eye Spy Poetry

Activity #3 Eye Spy Poetry

Poetry is a careful selection of words to make the reader imagine something or feel a certain way. Today we’ll be writing short poems about what we can see from our windows using the 5 senses and our imaginations. ⁠ ⁠ STEP ONE: Look out your window and select FOUR...
Activity #2 Picasso Portraits

Activity #2 Picasso Portraits

Have you ever tried to draw someone from every angle all at once? Pablo Picasso was a famous painter who helped start the cubist movement. Cubism aimed to show portraits from lots of different viewpoints in a flat image. Because of this he often painted pictures of...
Activity #1 Tea Stain Doodles

Activity #1 Tea Stain Doodles

Sometimes it can be hard to know how to start an artwork. Why not start with a mistake? Putting something unexpected on the page makes it easier to get started and get creative. Today we’ll be doodling around tea stains and creating something imaginative out of...