Drawing a Keith Haring Figure
an art lesson by Soo Song

Keith Haring, an American artist, was very famous for his graffiti-inspired drawings during the 1980s. His work started on the streets of New York City. He chalked simple outlines of dogs, people, or stylized images on blank black advertising panels on station walls. He often used bright and vivid colors. He loved to include a sense of humor and fun imagination in his work, but his art had important social and political messages in it as well.

Watch this YouTube video. It talks about his life and artwork.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nscsx9NldA


Do you see the bright and vivid colors in his paintings? I love the bright yellow, red, green, blue, and purple.
Do you think that the figures in the painting are standing still or moving? I see figures putting arms around each other’s shoulders, dancing, holding a big heart on their shoulders, or pulling a ribbon in the painting. There is a lot of movement going on in his art!

Art Activity
Let’s draw Keith Haring inspired figures. The art supplies you will need are paper, pencil,
eraser, colored markers or crayons.
1. Draw a stick figure doing a fun dance move. (follow the video link below for a step by step example)
2. Draw an outline around the figure.
3. Erase the stick figure.
4. Redraw the lines outside if needed.
5. Color the figure.
6. Outline the figure in black.
7. Draw small lines around the figure to show movement.
Watch the video down below to see a step by step example.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmhadrYdTVU&feature=youtu.be

Some may find it easier to draw the black outline first and then color the inside. See which way works best for you.

Simple Origami House-Quarantine

Hello my most amazing art students!

How are you today?

We all have been spending a lot of time in our homes lately due to the Coronavirus quarantine.

I have seen cute house projects all over the web. This simple origami fold house is one of them. 

We can honor our homes and al the ways we love them in this simple project.

Please follow the YouTube link below for a quick tutorial on how to fold the house. The only thing you need to start is a piece of 8.5"x11" piece of paper (copy paper).

Afterward you can decorate it any way you like.

I used markers and stickers to decorate my house as well as some colored papers added for doors.

I can't wait to see all of the houses you create. Email me or tag me on Instagram. You can even make a small village of houses for your little people. 

Keep creating.

Wayne Thiebauld Sweet Drawing Lesson

A Sweet Sweet Painting: Wayne Thiebaud

a lesson by visiting teacher Soo Song

Wayne Thiebaud is an American painter who is living in California. He is very famous for painting sweet treats such as cakes, pies, ice cream cones, gumball machines, and candy. Many of his sweet treat paintings are related to his childhood memories of bakeries and diners. He says, “you take a lemon meringue pie. It’s quite a beautiful thing…it’s more than just a subject, it’s also a kind of relationship to the paint itself. You really feel like you’re sort of making the meringue and…working with the pie”. 

Watch this YouTube video. You can learn more about his artwork.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H1p65qog__Y

Here are some of his paintings:

Wayne Thiebaud arranged the desserts like bakers do for a window display. The desserts are drawn

multiple times. He drew shadows for each dessert. The shadows make the desserts look like they are

on top of a flat surface.

Art Activity For K‐3rd Grade Students

Do you like gumball machines? I bet you do. Let’s make your own gumball machine.

Material: yogurt lid, coins, pencil, eraser, crayons or markers

Watch the video below. It will tell you how to draw a gumball machine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wl60bqv064o

Teacher Example 

Art Activity For 4‐6th Grade Students

Materials: paper, crayons, markers, or watercolor paint.

1. Imagine that you are at a famous bakery. You smell the sweetness of the desserts in

the shop. You see a gumball machine in the right corner of the shop.

2. Pick a sweet dessert that you want to draw. (If you would like to draw a gumball machine, click the Youtube link above.)

3. Draw the dessert you chose four times.

4. Color the four desserts you drew with different colors.

5. Draw the shadow of the dessert like Wayne Thiebaud did.

Teacher Example

Thanks Soo!

Don't forget to email your art to Mrs. Buck or post it on instagram. 

Always keep creating!

It's Dot Day ala Peter Reynolds

Hello, my most amazing art students!

How are you today?

Today we will be making dots just like Vashti in the book, THE DOT, by Peter Reynolds.

Please follow the link below to hear and watch the story.

The Dot by Peter Reynolds

Now gather your supplies.

You will need:

paper

paintbrush

paint or washable markers (if using washable markers you will need something slick to color onto such as tinfoil, plastic or a foam plate)

a cup of water to rinse your paintbrush in

Follow the video link below to watch Mrs.Buck's instructional video on how to create 

YOUR VERY OWN DOT!

https://youtu.be/PzG6L0JiAds

Don't forget to sign your artwork!

Have fun creating.

Made with watercolor paints

Made with washable markers and ballpoint pen.

Made with watercolors and ballpoint pen.

Made with washable markers.

Andy Goldsworthy Land Art Distance Learning

Hello, my most amazing art students. How great is it that we have a guest teacher who prepared a wonderful lesson for us on Andy Goldsworthy. Meet Soo.

Hello everyone!

My name is Soo Song.  I am a UNM art education graduate student and a student-teacher.

I majored painting and drawing in college.  I frequently work with oil and acrylic paints on canvas. 

I am originally from South Korea and lived in Indiana for many years. About 5 years ago, I moved to Albuquerque.  I love Albuquerque, specifically the weather, mountains, food, and culture.

I am sorry that I could not meet you all at this time of Covid 19 situation.  I hope you all learn during this time period. Stay safe and healthy everyone.

Soo has created a lesson on Andy Goldsworthy for everyone to try out.

Making Land Art Like Andy Goldsworthy 

Andy Goldsworthy is an artist who creates sculptures using any and only natural materials such as stones, leaves, snow and installs them in outside in the nature.  He gathered all his own materials.  He expresses the beauty of changing seasons and changing colors in nature.  His artwork could collapse or decay because he uses resources from nature, but he built it anyway because he believes that his artwork is meaningful. After he completes his artwork, he takes a  picture of it to capture its lively moment.

This is a video that tells Andy Goldsworthy’s philosophy and the method of making art.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FPDH8yCnlk0

Here are a few examples of Andy Goldsworthy’s art.

       
             The artist uses the different colors of leaves for these works.
             The artist uses the stones, pebbles, wood sticks and ice. 

Art Activity: Making a Land Art
1. Gather any natural materials for your land art in your backyard.  It could be rocks,  wood sticks, leaves, flowers or dirt.
2. Create/design artwork using the materials.  Think about making lines, shapes, and different colors.
3. When you complete your art piece, take a picture of it.  Think about camera angles and light source.