https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6 Brought to you by the Acton-Boxborough Visual Art Department en-us 2020-04-03 16:19:32 UTC 2023-01-23 12:18:27 UTC hello@padlet.com mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/491493744 See the tutorial from the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. Use 3x5 index cards, or cut paper into rectangles about the same size.
Video Tutorial ]]> 2020-04-03 16:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/491493744 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/491493745 Make a gravity powered marble run or a tilt and roll marble run. ]]> 2020-04-03 16:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/491493745 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/491493746 Scroll down to see more options for each category.

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Additional resources are linked in pink under each topic. ]]> 2020-04-03 16:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/491493746 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/491493748 Share your in progress or completed pieces with your art teacher

• Blanchard - Email
• Conant - Upload to Artsonia, Google Classroom, or Email
• Gates - Upload to Artsonia, Google Classroom, or Email
• Douglas - Google Classroom or Email
• McT - Email or Upload to Artsonia. 
• Merriam - Email

]]> 2020-04-03 16:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/491493748 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/491493753 Practice your drawing daily with these daily drawing prompts. ]]> 2020-04-03 16:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/491493753 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/491493754 Check out this list of ideas when you are stuck and not sure where to start.]]> 2020-04-03 16:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/491493754 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/491493756 Here you can find tutorials for a variety of origami patterns. If you don't have a square paper don't forget you can fold a rectangle into a square. ]]> 2020-04-03 16:19:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/491493756 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/491510263 Automatas are mechanical devices that move in patterns and often create a scene or narrative moment.]]> 2020-04-03 16:27:07 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/491510263 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/491534609 Looking for activities for children in grades K-2? Check out the Gr K-2 Art Choices Padlet.]]> 2020-04-03 16:38:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/491534609 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/500986303 Find an old book that you have permission to transform into a new piece of art. Tear out the pages or keep them inside the book and transform the whole book into a piece of art you can flip through. ]]> 2020-04-09 17:20:36 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/500986303 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/501002443 Collect some sticks and natural materials from your yard to create a nature weaving. ]]> 2020-04-09 17:29:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/501002443 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/503805161 Celebrate Slow Art Day and pick a work of art in your home, book, or online to spend some time with. Follow the directions on the PDF linked below.

Ask your family for help finding a work of art online.
www.icaboston.org/collection
artsandculture.google.com]]> 2020-04-12 21:58:45 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/503805161 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/503822175 Use some clay, aluminum foil, and paint to make an intaglio print. Don't forget to practice if you don't get it quite right the first time! ]]> 2020-04-12 22:39:03 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/503822175 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/503822595 2020-04-12 22:39:55 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/503822595 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/503971065 Check out this video from AB art educator Heidi Kupferman. ]]> 2020-04-13 02:52:29 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/503971065 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/518301631 Ask a parent for permission and help before you try this out. You will need help warming up the rocks in an oven! ]]> 2020-04-20 17:58:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/518301631 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/518309751 Check out this Rube Goldberg Machine! How can you build a chain reaction machine using found items from around the house? ]]> 2020-04-20 18:01:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/518309751 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/518323170 AB art educator Lauren Gould shared this with Douglas artists - but it might inspire you too! A design is radial when it is arranged around a central point.]]> 2020-04-20 18:07:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/518323170 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/531871471 Learn about Indonesian shadow puppetry performances called Wayang Kulit and explore making your own shadow puppets. ]]> 2020-04-26 21:16:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/531871471 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/531874127 Check out how Marc Hoffenberg, known as MarcPaperScissor uses scissors, glue, paper, and sharpies to make his art. Make your own art - THINK - How can you cut, tear, bend, glue and overlap paper to make a collage? Will it be a picture of something or an abstract design? ]]> 2020-04-26 21:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/531874127 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/531906714 Help teach a  neural network learn to recognize doodling. Check out the 50 million drawings.]]> 2020-04-26 21:46:17 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/531906714 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/531911652 See how different art supplies are made, like paint, crayons, and erasers. ]]> 2020-04-26 21:51:02 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/531911652 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/537439871 Conant, Gates, and McT students - if you forget how to upload to Artsonia check out this video. Ask your teacher for your Access Code if you don't have it! ]]> 2020-04-28 19:49:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/537439871 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/547009453 If you don't have the same materials they use at the end of the video try some play dough or modeling clay as the base of your found object sculpture. ]]> 2020-05-03 15:14:53 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/547009453 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/547030172 2020-05-03 15:25:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/547030172 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/547082001 2020-05-03 15:53:22 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/547082001 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/547089490 Check out his Daily Monster Live Stream for more inspiration. ]]> 2020-05-03 15:57:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/547089490 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/547194963 Ask a family member for help because this does require using a stove. ]]> 2020-05-03 16:52:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/547194963 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/547198572 Use one piece of paper to make your own zine. ]]> 2020-05-03 16:54:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/547198572 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/547210973 2020-05-03 17:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/547210973 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/547236576 Ask a family member for permission and help using a hand blender. A regular blender would work as well! ]]> 2020-05-03 17:15:25 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/547236576 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/547243385 Use the word of the day as inspiration to draw something! Learn more at TinkerLab.]]> 2020-05-03 17:19:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/547243385 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/550243512 Bren has painted murals at Blanchard, Conant, Douglas, and Gates! ]]> 2020-05-04 18:43:50 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/550243512 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/553244161 2020-05-05 20:53:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/553244161 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/557656858 Check out this resource put together by AB art educators to support making portraits. Includes resources for drawing and inspiration for other materials. ]]> 2020-05-07 14:53:13 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/557656858 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/568249632 Check out the work of Richard Shilling and get inspired. Head outside and make your own environmental art. Bonus: Photograph it and share the photo!]]> 2020-05-12 17:39:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/568249632 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/568259751 2020-05-12 17:43:40 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/568259751 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/568267850 New York based painter and printmaker shares how there is 'excitement in never knowing how the paintings will turn out' ]]> 2020-05-12 17:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/568267850 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/568279185 Canadian artist Keri Smith has put together daily explorations. May 12 is Boredom Drawings! ]]> 2020-05-12 17:51:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/568279185 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/568296031 Check out Chrome Music Lab's Kandinsky lab. It's inspired by Wassily Kandinsky, an artist who compared painting to making music.]]> 2020-05-12 17:57:49 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/568296031 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/579900375 2020-05-18 13:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/579900375 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/579946592 Check out slide 6 to see some of the elementary AB art educators sharing their work.]]> 2020-05-18 13:46:51 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/579946592 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/594947070 2020-05-26 14:47:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/594947070 mmastrolia https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/605592294 2020-06-01 20:10:41 UTC https://padlet.com/mmastrolia/artab3_6/wish/605592294