maandag 15 maart 2021

Snowdrops

 You need:

  1. white construction paper 10 by 10 cm and 15 by 15 cm
  2. oilpastel
  3. soft crayons
  4. white drawing sheet
Draw a frame around the drawing sheet at 1 cm from the edge. Color the background with oil pastel, pastels or a combination of these. Only use the colors yellow, green and blue.
Draw two flower stems with green oil pastel. 
Fold two snowdrops from the white sheets. Stick them on the work. 


Elements of art: color, nuance. 

zondag 7 februari 2021

Design a chips bag


 You need:
  1. drawing paper 
  2. pencil
  3. pictures of chips bags 
  4. color pencils
  5. black marker 
Look at chips bags and discuss what stands out. 
  • the name of the chips is usually at the top of the bag
  • the name is large and sometimes in 3D letters 
  • bright colors
  • taste and weight is on it
  • it has an image of one or more chips 
  • special features can be on it, like New, Party Pack or Less Fat 

Draw the wavy outlines of a chips bag. Think of a name and flavor for your chips. Draw the name on the bag in large 3D letters. Draw some chips on the front. Write the weight on the bag and some details. 
Color with color pencils or aquarel pencils. Outline letters and details with a fine black marker. 

Thanks to Pascal Cuijpers and his students (Connect College, Echt - NL) for this lesson. 

donderdag 21 januari 2021

Covid haircut

 

made by a student of grade 5

You need:

  1. white drawing sheet 
  2. pencil
  3. color pencils
Hairdressers have been closed for a while because of the epidemic …. what consequences does that have? 


How do you look now? Or your parents? Or a famous person? 

Assignment: 
Draw a portrait of yourself or someone else with a Covid haircut. 
Choose which materials you use and whether you draw in black and white or in color.  
Difficult to draw a portrait? No, watch this video about face proportions. 

Beeldaspecten: vorm, lijn, ruimte.