Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Submissions from Prompt #2 "A Fish Out Of Water"

I love the variety so far.  Keep sending those photos of your work!


Paul - Grade 4

Gabby - Grade 7

Isla - Grade 2

Sophie - Grade 5


Isabella - Grade 3

Lilah - Grade 2

Meredith - Grade 2


Leo - Grade 6 (Animation)

Sallie - Grade 3

Sallie - Grade 5

Charlie - Grade 7

Nicholas - Grade 6

Sam - Grade 3

Timothy - Pre K

Hunter's Mom

Hunter - Grade 7

Jakob - Grade 7

Molly - Grade 7

Zack - Grade 7

Liam - Grade 8

Hope - Grade 4

Daniel - Grade 10

Tommy - Kindergarten

Autumn - Grade 2

Maddie - Grade 7

Danica - Grade 8

Ryan - Grade 4

Reese - Grade 3


Wil - Grade 6


Liam - Grade 4


Teagan - Grade 8


Kylie - Grade 6

Johnny - Grade 7

Owen - Grade 3

Brendan - Grade 2

Rebel - Age 5
Rebel, Leo and Mariela's Mom


Leo - Grade 6

Mariela - Grade 6

Leo's Mom


Ava - Grade 8

Myles - Grade 3

Dillon - Grade 8



Zach - Grade 6
Maddison - Grade 6

I know this isn't part of the theme, but I wanted to share it because it's awesome.  Imagine if all our sidewalks were this beautiful? Artists - Grace and Molly (middle and high school)


Abby - Grade 3

Jake - Grade 5


Monday, March 23, 2020

Drawing Prompt # 2 - A Fish Out of Water

I guess we are feeling like a fish out of water these days and thought this would be a perfect prompt.   Like the previous prompt any material is acceptable.  Be creative, sculpture, digital art, photographs, drawings, paintings, origami are all acceptable.  I'm going to include some resources to help with inspiration.  The link below is a reading of the book A Fish Out of Water, by Helen Palmer (Married to Dr. Suess).  Great for younger children, but any age will enjoy it.  And some fish art by a variety of artists.  Have fun.  Please send photos of your work to mikedirado@abingtonps.org


"A Fish Out of Water" Read Aloud


Paul Klee
Lauren Petrorious

Artist Unknown

Friday, March 20, 2020

Submissions from Drawing Prompt #1 "Draw a Rainstorm of Donuts" 🍩

These are Awesome!!!!!!  Keep them coming.



Sydney Grade10

Hunter's Mom - Grade "Life"

Hunter - Grade 7

Leo - Grade 6 (Sculpture)

Ryan - Kindergarten

Ryan's Mom

Daniel - Grade 10

Hope - Grade 4

Liam - Grade 8

 Maddie - Grade7


Leo - Grade 6

Leo's Mom


Nicholas - Grade 6

Samantha  Grade 3

Charlie - Grade 7, Sadie - Grade 5, Sallie - Grade 3


Lian - Grade 4

Abby - Grade 3

Riley - Grade 5

Jocelyn, Grade 7

Isla - Grade 2

Paul - Grade 4

Lillian - Grade 5

Molly - Grade 7

Celia - Grade 7

Nolan - Grade 5

Lily - Grade 6

Vincent - Grade 7

Jake - Grade 5

Maddison - Grade 6  (Digital work)

Isabella - Grade 3
Rebel - Age 5

Mariela - Grade 6

Edi - Grade 3

Danica - Grade 8

Olivia - Age 5

G-Raf - Grade 6

Zack - Grade 7


Owen - Grade 3


Brendan - Grade 2


Johnny - Grade 7

Wes - Grade 3


Creating Art While We Social Distance

K-12 parents/students. I want to start a little drawing activity/challenge for those Abington students that are missing art class (like me). This is aimed at K-12 students, but if parents/grandparents want to participate and get those pencils out also please do. ( I want to stress that this is not an assignment nor graded in any way) Every 3-4 days I'll post a drawing prompt and would you please ask your child/children if they want to take part. No pressure, but thought it would be fun and help pass a little time in a creative manner. Drawing skill is acquired with practice, so just ask them to do their best and have fun with it. At 61, I'm still working on improving my drawing ability. Creativity, playfulness is always more important than skill. They can use any material available and add color if they choose. If possible, please send me a photo of your child's or children's finished drawing with their first name only and grade/age to
mikedirado@abingtonps.org
I will post as many as I can on my blog page or perhaps start a facebook page just for the drawings.
Plus, why not throw in a little art history as well for inspiration. The painting I've attached titled "Golconda" is by the artist Rene Magritte and fits nicely with the prompt. Plus it looks they're practicing social distancing🙂
Drawing prompt #1 "Draw a rainstorm of donuts" 🍩🍩