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

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" 🍩🍩

YOUTH ART MONTH 2020

March is National Youth Art Month. Youth Art Month is a celebration of the visual arts. Student exhibitions, public artworks, art festivals, and school events are held all over the country to raise awareness and support for the importance of quality visual arts programs in the schools. In Abington, we are displaying more than 700 pieces of art created by students in kindergarten through grade 4. The work will be on display at the Abington Public Library all month and part of April. BBES's exhibit will run from March 4 through March 23 and Woodsdale‘s will run from March 23 through April 13. Two Family/Community Viewing Receptions will be hosted on March 10th for BBES and April 2nd for Woodsdale. Both receptions are 5-7 pm. Thank you to the PTOs and the parent volunteers that helped us prepare the exhibits. Also a big thank you to the library for letting us take over their walls each year.

The photographs below shows some of the work from the BBES exhibit which was just installed today. Stop in and be overwhelmed with the explosion of color.

Middle and high school students will have their work displayed at the new school during Celebrate The Arts Festival on May 13 from 3:30 to 7:30. More details to follow.