Alesia’s Art Activities
Alesia Lacina has a long history of arts education in Grinnell. Here are some of her favorite art activities for you!
Many Mini Drawings
(Have fun--there are no mistakes!)
Supplies: paper + pencils + markers
How to:
Fold paper many times to make small squares. Unfold.
Draw from your imagination or from objects around the house.
Emotion Cylinder
How are you today? Express how you feel through the language of drawing. Make a changing emotion cylinder (or just free draw on paper!). Examples: Happy, Sad, Sleepy, or Angry (just draw--there are no mistakes!).
Supplies: Glue stick + clear tape or masking tape + scissors + heavy paper or cereal box cut open + markers + Optional: Magazines
How to:
1) Lay out two sheets of heavy paper or two cereal boxes cut to 11 ½ x 8 ½ inch rectangle.
2) On one of the pieces of paper, draw a small (about 2” diameter”) circle in the upper third of the paper. Make the circle using a circular container cap or by free hand.
3) Cut out the circle.
4) Draw a figure or glue a figure from a magazine around the cut out circle, pretending that the circle is the head.
5) Use the paper with the figure as a pattern. Lay it on top of the second piece of paper and draw a circle where the cut out circle is. Repeat this twice—once to left of your first circle and once to the right of you first circle so you have 3 circles about 1” apart.
6) You now have 3 circles. Draw your feelings or find faces from a magazine and cut out and place in the circle.
7) Attach a small tab to the top of the page with the three faces. This will help you turn the inside cylinder later on.
8) Make the first cylinder with the page with the faces and tape.
9) Make a second cylinder with the page with the figure by going around the first cylinder. Tape it.
Set the cylinder somewhere so everyone can see. This will warn them as to how you are feeling today!!
Abstract Mini Collages
Supplies: Glue stick+scissors+magazines/catalogs+markers
How to:
1) Use scraps from past projects or cut out new shapes.
2) Play and arrange.
3) Glue them down. Draw on them if you like.
