While musical notation is a fascinating feat of typography, admired by ...
Artist Peter Hunt was known for his colorful peasant-style folk-art paint designs. He insisted that everyone - even people who couldn't draw a straight line - could create these whimsical designs, using the simple techniques he explains here.
I've recently been looking into making more Chinese New Year crafts together as a way to celebrate the upcoming holiday. With my current infatuation with watercolor crafts, we recently made these watercolor painted paper fans together. Watercolor Painted Paper Fans This post contains affiliate links. Thank you for your support! Our Favorite Chinese New Year Books Prior to making the craft, we had already been reading books explaining the holiday. Here are some of our favorites! The Runaway Wok Bringing In the New Year My First Chinese New Year Lion Dancer: Ernie Wan's Chinese New Year Celebrating Chinese New Year Is it just me or are watercolor crafts like the best? The colors are always so vibrant and it's easy to make lovely, colorful art (and it doesn't require much clean up or prep too- score!) We've recently been going through some transitions over here when I gave birth to my second son. He's been such a gift to our family, but navigating transitions (even good ones) have never been my strong point. Luckily, painting and crafting make me feel happy... so I really enjoyed making these beautiful fans! Materials Needed: Ok, all you need for this craft are: Paper (We use drawing paper for the watercolors, but you can just use plain old computer paper too if you decide to go another route.) Other drawing tools (Markers, Crayons, these cool twistable crayons, Sharpies) Stapler Tape Let's Make Some Watercolor Painted Paper Fans You could go 3 routes when making these fans. Option 1: You could just draw/paint whatever comes to mind.... I made this design by drawing a bunch of dots randomly on the page with Sharpie marker and then connecting them with lines to make triangles. I find geometric shapes to be quite modern and aesthetically pleasing, don't you? Then, I just painted all the shapes in. Option 2: Plan a specific Design- Think in halves! Or, you could try to make a specific design on the fan. We'll be folding these fans in half, so imagine the paper divided in half and draw two different designs on each half. I also wanted to make a dragon fan for Chinese New year, so I drew this pattern out. (You can download it over here Chinese New Year Dragon Printable Fan ). When it's folded it makes a completed dragon fan. My son really liked this one, so he spent most of the time coloring it in... and then telling me that he didn't want to turn it into a fan. Oh well! Once you've finished your design, accordion fold it. Then, fold it in half. Staple yourself a handle and tape the two sides together. Spread your fan out and admire your completed design! Oh! Here's what the stripey design looked like folded. I went a bit crazy with painting and made several. Aren't they pretty? Option 3: Fold first, then paint! And... if you want to, you could also just fold up a bunch of these first and then paint them. That's another option too! (The stripey fan on the lower right corner was painted that way.) Another cute fan craft: Now if you liked making this paper fan craft, you should also check out my folding popsicle stick fans. They're a bit more work, but they also are a bit cooler because you can open and close them! Hope you have a fun time making these with your kiddos. Let's Keep in Contact! You can always find more fun ideas on my Pinterest, Facebook, or Instagram accounts! Happy making!
Turn your recyclables into a simple art project that you and your kids will love. My daughter is a big fan of tinkering with our bin full of recyclables. Cardboard rolls are easily her favorite. She loves to paint them and tie them together, poke holes in them and anything else she can imagine. We […]
Learn art history while making these beautiful Ndebele houses. Fill up your art sub plan folder with low-prep Black History Month art projects that are easy to implement. Great for arts integration, homeschooling parents, and art teachers wanting to liven up their art lessons with a game.
Learn how to integrate art into your plant science activities by having students make chlorophyll paintings. Similar to leaf rubbings, this simple science based art project is a fun and creative extension for teaching kids about photosynthesis.
Wondrously detailed worlds emerge from busts of youthful women in clay sculptures by Chinese artist Yuanxing Liang. Ambling trees, bridges, and temples emerge from the figures’ hairline, fusing realism and fantasy in smooth resin. Despite their complex design, Liang occasionally creates small editions of his sculptures. The artist is a gradute of the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts. You can see more of his intricately wrought fantasy worlds on Weibo. More
Art is not something that happened in one era and that too when human beings were in a position where their basic needs were taken care of and they had the
Time again to highlight excellence in creativity! The world is a better place because we create. It takes time and dedication to master these various art forms and I am so very grateful for all of you that show up day after day to create. Credit: @nysaceramic Credit: @ahmer_aleem Credit: @dotpebbles_knits Credit: @sallyblakeartist Credit: @anchorball Credit: @national_archaeology Credit: @_katiebramlage_ Credit: @heegeldab Credit: @betsyyoungquist Credit: @tempuradesign [...]
Good morning / evening everyone (depending where you might be reading this ! ) and a big welcome to 2015 on Fishink Blog. I hope you have had a fab festive break and are now ready to embrace the ne…
Considering the art of the painter Janet Fish, who currently has works spanning fifteen years on display at DC Moore Gallery, I found myself pulling books off the shelf by the philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty.
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Children make marionettes from TP rolls , tissue paper, and painted beads.
Using Polymer Clay & Mixed Media This cave paintings background tutorial will show you how to make your own backdrop for your prehistoric creations. Whimsical Sculpting Tutorials Club members a…
While everyone just finished welcoming in the New Year, my family and I are awaiting another New Year’s celebration. January 28th is the Chinese Lunar New Year and for my Vietnamese family it is Tết . *This post contains affiliate links* I have been talking to my daughter about the upcoming holiday, so over the weekend, we made […]
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Paper quillers have been anticipating revered paper artist Yulia Brodskaya's new, tell all book, Painting with Paper - Paper on the Edge...
One of the simplest and coolest ways to see engineering in action is by making catapults for kids. It's a STEM activity you can play with!
So many ways to explore some extra creativity! These fun art challenges are perfect for kids and adults to stretch their imaginations!
This is the BEST paper tube Koi Fish, and one of several other Lunar New Year Animal inspired art lessons that we offer. This fun DIY craft is an original idea from ART CAMP Studio. It's a great year round project for all ages.
Here is a fun printmaking project inspired by artist Paul Klee and his painting Castle and Sun. Do your kids watch Little Einsteins? My little girl loves them and was watching them the other day. If you do watch them, you know that they feature an artist and a composer each episode. Paul Klee was […]
Wow! I would guess at some point in our lives we all made a house or something out of a recycled cardboard box but this artist took it to an amazing extreme! Pop on over to Annalise Rees’ sit…
Every grade level loves to make castles. I wanted an easy fairy tale castles project for my second grade students.
The owner of this traditional Victorian house in Stockwell has turned her artistic hand to every inch of it, from the hand-painted bathroom tiles to the once-ugly kitchen cupboards disguised with pretty broken crockery.
Transform plain paper cups into playful crafts with just a little paint!
If you're looking for human anatomy drawing ideas and pose references, I'm sharing some pretty cool anatomy references for you to check out.
Mmm…brains. Halloween is quickly approaching, and that can mean only one thing: the zombies are coming. Heck, even the CDC wrote an article about how to prepare…
Judging by the preview pages on the website, Let's Make Some Great Art by Marion Deuchars looks like an absolute must-buy.
Kids dye their own chunky wool yarn with Koolaid, then make happy little weavings on cardboard looms.
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Creative Art Projects for Busy Teachers
Create colorful mosaics of all your favorite characters from the new movie Dolittle!
