Daily Doodle #8

Hello Timberwolf Artists!

I am really starting to miss you all.  Some people have been taking the time to e-mail me pictures that they've made by following along with my daily doodles and I've been loving it.  As always, if you make a picture you are proud of and you want to show me, you can e-mail it to me at:

jstarbuck@cpsk12.org

It's not as wonderful as seeing your art in person, but it's a close second.

Today's doodle is pretty simple.  Monsters!!!  Those of you who have me as a teacher know that I LOVE to draw monsters.  I don't want you to worry too much about making this drawing perfect.  You might try to think of two animals that you can combine to make a monster, you may just start drawing and see what happens.

IF YOU WANT A CHALLENGE:

See if you can include one or more of the following:
- Value (or even gradient value!)
-Line Design (zentangles)
-Line Weight
-Texture

Oh, and in case you are wondering what that last picture is all about: that's the mess charlie made playing while I was drawing my monsters.  Haha!

Stay tuned to my blog tomorrow because I will upload a video with a project you can try at home AND I will take a picture of another piece of Art in my house for Fine Art Friday.  Spoiler: tomorrow's Art is going to be from an artist of the month that we talked about this year!!!

Artfully Yours,
Mrs. Starbuck

Daily Doodle #7

Dear Timberwolf Artists,

Daily Doodle #7, back by popular demand, is hidden mouth creatures!  I tried to draw a diagram of how to fold your paper for this project, but I'll explain it in writing too.

1.  Fold your paper.  I find that if I fold it A LITTLE LOWER than half way down, it works out easier.

2.  Fold your paper a second time.  Take the front side of the paper and make your fold go upwards.

3.  If it worked out, you should have a paper with one fold showing across the front.  Very important: Draw the mouth of your person/creature/animal along this fold.

4.  When you open the paper, draw a hidden mouth inside.  You could draw sharp teeth, food, a hidden world, whatever you want to create in there!  When I've done this project in the past, I've asked my students to try to make the inside of the mouth somehow very different from the outside.

If you are like me and find visual directions kind of confusing, I'm including a link to a youtube video that has an Easter version of this project. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDl3PXioJ1s

Give it a try!  And as always, if you make a cool one, e-mail me a picture of what you made to jstarbuck@cpsk12.org

Until Tomorrow

Artfully Yours,
Mrs. Starbuck

Daily Doodle #6

Hello Timberwolf Artists,

Here is Daily Doodle #6!  Many of you will recognize this doodle because some of us made one together in Art this year.  Here's how it works:

1.  Tape a piece of paper to your table

2.  Using two different pencils/markers/crayons/anything that will write, draw a design using BOTH of your hands AT THE SAME TIME.  Tips: draw slowly and try to fill as much of the page as you can. 

3.  Divide your doodle into sections and decorate each section. 

This is a fun one, Timberwolves.  I hope you can give it a try....or a second try if we already made one together in class.

Until tomorrow

Artfully yours,
Mrs. Starbuck

Daily Doodle #5

Hello Timberwolf Artists,

Here is our 5th daily doodle.  This is a doodle that is a great excuse to play around with crazy lines.  Here's how I made it:

1.  I drew a half circle which I added some eyes and some color.

2.  I drew crazy lines going up like hair.  On the first doodle I did zig zag lines and on the second I did wavy wiggly lines.  What kinds or lines might you make for some crazy hair?

Until tomorrow,

Artfully yours
Mrs. Starbuck

Getty Challenge Student Entries

Hello Dear BEU Timberwolves.

I decided to create a post for anyone who decided to accept the Getty challenge!  If you e-mail me a picture of yourself and the painting you recreated, I will post it here!

jstarbuck@cpsk12.org

Thanks to Avery Kelly for our first entry!!!  Behold: The Mona Lisa, by Leonardo DaVinci

Getty Challenge accepted

My sister and my nieces live in NJ.  Yesterday they challenged us to recreate the painting shown above.  Below is our attempt.  Are you game to try the Getty Challenge???

Artfully Yours,

Mrs. Starbuck

Fine Art Friday (1st edition)

Hello BEU Artists,

This morning I decided that I wanted to start sharing with you the artwork that's in my house.  Spoiler alert: I have a lot of art in my house.  So...Each Friday, I'll share a picture of an artwork and I'll tell you about it.

This tree is one of my most favorite pieces of art that I've ever owned.  I found it in a thrift shop about 8 years ago and I have NO idea who made it. Here's what I can tell you: The green tree is CUT OUT and sewed onto the white fabric.  Also, it's about as tall as I am so it is really big.  Just pause for a minute to think about how long it would take to cut out the green fabric and then to sew it onto the white fabric!  I sure wish I could meet the person who made it. 

Notice that the tree is mostly symmetrical.  Do you see the little flaw in the upper right hand part of the tree?  I love that mistake because that's how you can see that it was made my hand and not a computer. 

I hope you enjoy looking at this tree as much as I do.  I've moved houses twice since I first bought it and I always hang it somewhere that I can easily see it.

I'll catch you all on Monday for my next Daily Doodle!

Artfully Yours,
Mrs. Starbuck