The Luckie Little Art Room

This week is Kindness Week at Beckley Elementary. Today, students can paint a kindness rock that will go in the school's rock garden. The steps on the school's Facebook page are: • Find a palm-sized, smooth rock • Use acrylic paint, paint pens, or permanent markers • Be creative! Your rock should promote kindness with a phrase, word, or an object that you associate with kindness/positivity! (look at the pictures for ideas) Here's how we made our rocks: First, we found our rocks and rinsed them off with water to get the extra dirt off. We let them dry out in the sun. Then, we painted our rocks with a base color. We painted one side, let it dry a little bit, and then flipped it over and painted the other side. In this picture, I have started to add my design. I used black paint to write the message on my rock and outline the shape of my heart. You could also use a Sharpie for this step. It's a little easier to control the lines with a Sharpie. Next, I added a little polka

Since we can't be at school right now, I have created a virtual classroom! Click on the image to take a look and click around to find some fun activities. Some have already been shared on the blog, but there are some new ones, too!

Here is a fun way to make 3D art projects using a just a few ingredients from your kitchen! Watch the video for some fun ideas of things to create with salt dough! May the force be with you as you make your own art! :)

Yesterday was May the 4th, which is unofficially called Star Wars Day (we say "May the Fourth be with you!") on May 4th. We are going to go ahead and make this week all about Star Wars. Today I wanted to show you some cool drawing tutorials that can help you learn how to draw some different Star Wars characters. Here are some simple, step-by-step guides for drawing some different characters. Here's how to draw Baby Yoda! Source: artprojectsforkids.org And here are some more ideas! Source: mashaplans.com Want some videos? Art For Kids Hub is a great YouTube channel with lots of how-to-draw videos. It has an awesome playlist called "How to Draw Star Wars!" Disney also has the following videos: How to Draw the Child  and How to Draw CB-23 and BB-8 . If you want to explore more Star Wars activities and fun videos, click here .

T oday we have an art scavenger hunt. You will become a famous painting! Option 1: Use one of these examples or look for your own famous painting to recreate using objects you find around your house. Think about the background and any other items you might see in the painting. See the examples in the pictures! Option 2: If someone were going to paint a portrait of you, how would you want to look? Think about how you would want to dress and what kinds of items you would want as props or in the background. Take a picture doing your very best pose!

Today we have another fun activity in honor of Earth Day this week! We will be using everyday objects to make faces. You will be repurposing objects to turn them into art. When you are done with your art, you can put the object back and it can go back to doing its normal job, so nothing is wasted! For this activity, you will need: any solid colored plate household objects for facial features camera/phone with camera Once you have your plate, search around your house for objects that might look like facial features. Think about the eyes, eyebrows, nose, mouth, ears, and hair. You could even add a silly hat or a bow tie...whatever you can add to be creative will make your face more unique! You can stick to a theme, like candy... Or you can just use a variety of random objects put together! See if you can come up with a silly expression for your face. After you have everything arranged on your plate, take a picture. Try a few different faces just