Three steps to take part:
1) Take an Artist – any artist – be it contemporary or not .
2) Look at a piece of art by them with your children. Be it at a museum, in print or wherever!
3) Then let that piece of art inspire you to get creative. And share it with us at our link up parties!
Kids Get Arty, is all about exploring together, having fun and having a go! There is no “right or wrong”, but just having ago. And the theory is that any exposure to real art is good! It is also a great opportunity to learn with your children and rediscover art again for yourself!
There will be a monthly Link Up party where you can join in and share your art session and art. This will always be on a Wednesday mid month! Look for the “Kids Get Arty” title.
The Link up Party are every two months and the next one is on 16th April 2014 – and we invite you to pick ANY artist you wish.. and get Arty. The resources below should help you along you way!
I also have two previous post to help you along:
1) A round up of over 30 Kids’ Art Projects from blogs around the web – combination of teachers, non teachers, artists and non artists – showing you that there are many different ways of approaching The Great Artist with children.
2) A collection of over 20 Art Books for Kids – be it picture books or artbooks. I am sure you will find something that suits you and your kids!
Our Art for Kids Projects to Date:
David Hockney, Photo Montage
Banksy, Street Art – Stencils and Spray Paint
Andy Goldsworthy – Land Art
Andy Warhol – Flowers
Karel Appel – Junk Collages
Colour Wheel – Paul Klee
So. Join me on this Arty journey Get Kids Arty!
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And now some top tips to getting Arty!
Lesley from Child Art Retrospective kindly shares some brilliant tips with us to help you get Arty with your child!
Mediums:
* Always use good materials – for instant tempera – you will know the tempera is good as it will stain (huge smile – embrace the mess!)
* When you teach children about oil pastels, tell them it must feel like velvet when you are done. This speaks to children and makes sense to them
* We rarely use crayons except for these fabulous soy crayons that look like pebbles
Brushes:
* Have a variety of brushes and talk about the different lines each will make – have at least fourkinds – a fine round, a larger round, a flat, and a bright.
Paper:
Paper does not make a difference. We use mostly donated paper from print shops though I do use construction paper to mount work. I never write on children’s work ({ah! good point.. I have done in the past.. eek!})
Lastly ({my FAVOURITE tip, as it makes such a difference to the artwork AND it really helps reinforce what you have been doing}):
Work in layers. Let things dry. Put them away and come back later. It takes us WEEKS to finish many of the studies we do.
Thank you Lesley for these tips! Now, readers… please do go and visit Child Art Retrospective where you will find some great projects!
More Arty tips to follow.
