St Thomas a Becket Primary School

Creative Learning at Home

Creative Learning at Home

During this time at home, we have the perfect opportunity to

continue with and build on our art and creativity skills.

We have put together a list of fun activities for you to have a go at.

All the activities will require you to use your imagination, talents and skills.

They can be completed in any order.

It would be lovely to see your fabulous work, so keep your work in a

journal/scrapbook and if you are able to, take photographs.

Get creating and enjoy!

This is a fun activity that you can do over time and add pages to as you go.

Collect together any pieces of paper that you find in your house, e.g. envelopes,

writing paper or wrapping paper (be imaginative). Next, find a piece of cardboard to

make your front and back cover, e.g. an empty cereal box. Lay the card flat, place

the pieces of paper on top of the card and fold all of it in half. Bind

them altogether with an elastic band or if you have a hole punch and

string this would work well too. Be creative! Decorate your front

cover and fill your sketch book with drawings and doodles.

Or, try the link below for an online sketchbook course run by

Access Art.

https://www.accessart.org.uk/sketchbooks-an-online-course-for-children-families-

parents-teachers/

1 Create a handmade sketch book.

Try continuous line drawing… tip, use a biro (pen) instead of a pencil! Find two or

three small objects that you could draw, e.g. keys, small toy (Lego), a spoon or coins.

Draw the objects without taking your pen off the paper. Make sure your eyes follow

the details and shape of the object while you are drawing – remember, don’t take

your pen off the paper! Can you draw for 5 minutes? Maybe try for 10 minutes!

Try the link below for a ‘Continuous Line Drawing Exercise’

https://www.accessart.org.uk/continuous-line-drawing-exercise/

You could try the link below for some drawing and shading skills tips

(shapes, block letters, and cartoons)

https://www.paulcarneyarts.com/beginner-drawing

2 Drawing

Why not try ‘Draw

something’. Look at

the image and

choose something

to draw into your

sketch book.

Experiment with

different drawing

techniques; try adding

shade, texture and tone.

Draw objects in a glass of

water. What do you notice?

Refraction

3

What patterns can you create

using dots, lines, simple

curves and orbs?

Try drawing insects

using ‘tangles’

Zentangles 4

First, on a piece of paper or card,

draw around your hand and arm,

then fill it with graffiti style

doodles to represent who you are

and the things you like to do. You

can cut it out and stick it onto a

decorated sheet or just decorate the

space around it with different colours.

5 Doodle Arms

Follow the links below to take a virtual tour of a gallery or a museum

The Natural History Museum offers nine ways to explore the museum from home

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/virtual-museum

Get a dose of art and culture thanks to the virtual tour on offer from the

National Gallery.

https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/visiting/virtual-tours/google-virtual-tour

.The National Portrait Gallery allows you to immerse yourself in selected

gallery rooms.

https://www.npg.org.uk/visit/360-gallery-views/

There is a Tate website dedicated to children where you can explore, make or take part in

games and quizzes.

https://www.tate.org.uk/kids

Virtual Gallery Tour 6

Using photographs/pictures from

newspapers or magazines create a

collage of yourself or a member of

your family. Cut out different parts from

different pictures – you could even add

bits of old wrappers, string or

foil for texture.

Picasso style!

Collage Portraits 7

Don’t forget you can use

a lamp as a light source

to create a shadow.

Shadow Drawing 8

9 Art Challenge

Choose an artist…e.g.

David Hockney

Georgia O’Keefe

Pablo Picasso

Henri Matisse

Andy Warhol

Claude Monet

Vincent Van Gogh

Michelangelo

Research an artist

Discover interesting facts about the artist.

Look at a range of their artwork. What similarities and differences are there? What is your favourite part of the artwork and why? How does it make you feel? What words can you use to describe the work? What title would you give the artwork?

Find a quote from the artist.

Work in the style of the artist-you could practise a section of their work.

Have a go at creating your own artwork inspired by the artist’s work.

10

Take a look in your

recycling bin…what could

you create?

11 Junk Modelling

Create a picture of a crowd

using black felt tip pen and

water colour paint. Splash the

paint onto the paper and let it

dry. Draw the people using

simple shapes. The small spots

represent the noise or sound

coming from the crowd.

Draw a crowd 12