Mandala Design

Create a symetrical geometric design inside a square and fill it in with various shapes, colours to make it bright and vibrant.You can use crayons, markers or watercolours.

Enjoy colouring and matching colours that work together.

MIDNIGHT LINES

In the series draw your house plants, this is a short activity you can easily do at home. 
All you need is some black or dark paper, and a white chalk marker or watered down white paint. 

• Take the marker or a brush and record what you see in your chosen house plant. Record the space around the leaves as well as the details of branches and the leaf insertion into the branches.
• Draw things several times as overlapping the white lines, will make things stand out.
• Don't worry if you make a mistake or if the lines overlap
• Add some shading to some of the leaves to make them look like they are folding

Well done for taking the time to observe and draw an object around you.

Bookmarks for Artists in Time

This activity is proposed by Theresa:

Look out for a used paper surface that you no-longer need - This could be a piece of cardboard packaging, an old book, a newspaper or a magazine.  The surface of the paper needs to be suitable for pencil, crayon or watercolour.  However, if the surface has a shiny plastic or ‘resistant’ coating, like some food packaging, then you would need to draw with an acrylic paint or permanent marker, so it stays on the surface ok. Gather your materials together, put some favourite music on, then look out your window, or look at something on your window ledge itself. If looking outside, then focus on natural or man-made form, or both, the shapes and colours you see.  If you are drawing something on the window ledge, then look at the object on the ledge, or you might just see a spec of dust, the form of the window frame itself, a small insect crawling along it… DRAW IT! Work fairly quickly.  Use whatever material you have to hand.  It might take between ½ and 1 hour. Be patient and observe the object. In the bottom right hand corner, sign and date the drawing; say/write anything else you feel at that moment in time.

DRAW YOUR HOUSE PLANTS

We live in a new period of time when we all have to stay at home more and do things inside the house. I am sure by week 2 of lockdown most of us have become far too bored of watching TV, playing video games and eating all the food supplies.

Try drawing!
Anyone can draw, nobody will have to look at your drawings. Have a sneaky drawing session. Use any pencils, markers you can find and don't worry if something goes wrong or over other lines, there is always a way to make things different or cover them up:) Watch this video for a bit of inspiration. The secret is: the more you draw the better you get at it!

Enjoy!