This video has some great ideas for using non-art materials to create something unexpected and wonderful.
Yesterday, I experimented with two upper elementary students to make drawing tools out of things we found laying around. Some of the most useful tools were:
- feathers, their plumes uses as brushes/stamps, their quills used as pens
- beads glued to string and dragged across paper
- hot chocolate as ink
- long dowels attached to just about anything
- burlap dipped in ink
- paper rolled in tubes and used as brushes
- our feet!
I’m still going strong on my drawing-a-day challenge, and will post some new images soon to prove it! My students and colleagues are doing a great job keeping up on their own challenges too, I feel quite proud.
