We’re participating in the NEA Big Read with UW-Whitewater and libraries and organizations throughout southern Wisconsin. Our featured books are “The Latehomecomer” and “A Map Into the World” by author Kao Kalia Yang.
Please enjoy the many events and opportunities surrounding these beautiful books. A detailed list and links for all virtual events can be found at the UW-Whitewater Young Auditorium website.
Author Kao Kalia Yang has found a way to tell her story through the beautiful words and artwork in her books. We hope you can use the “art-to-go” kits at the Edgerton Public Library as a way to tell part of your story!
There are many instructional videos around Art Journaling. We especially like this one – Daily Art Journal Challenge with Get Messy, Chapter 3 – Put Feeling to Paper
Use the materials in your packet to tell a short story!
We’re participating in the NEA Big Read with UW-Whitewater and libraries and organizations throughout southern Wisconsin. Our featured books are “The Latehomecomer” and “A Map Into the World” by author Kao Kalia Yang.
Please enjoy the many events and opportunities surrounding these beautiful books. A detailed list and links for all virtual events can be found at the UW-Whitewater Young Auditorium website.
Author Kao Kalia Yang has found a way to tell her story through the beautiful words and artwork in her books. We hope you can use the “art-to-go” kits at the Edgerton Public Library as a way to tell part of your story!
USING THE POETRY KIT:
Begin in one of three ways.
Cut out words from the magazines that spark some meaning for you. Attach the words to the magnetic strips and then use them to create a poem.
Write a simple poem. Use the magazines to find the words to create a set of magnets that will let you express your poem.
Instead of cutting words out of a magazine, type or write out the words that you’d like to include in your set.
Share your poem! Refrigerator, cookie sheet, white board – wherever you feel comfortable sharing your words!
April is National Poetry Month! Explore these resources about writing and sharing poetry.
We’re participating in the NEA Big Read with UW-Whitewater and libraries and organizations throughout southern Wisconsin. Our featured books are “The Latehomecomer” and “A Map Into the World” by author Kao Kalia Yang.
Please enjoy the many events and opportunities surrounding these beautiful books. A detailed list and links for all virtual events can be found at the UW-Whitewater Young Auditorium website.
Author Kao Kalia Yang has found a way to tell her story through the beautiful words and artwork in her books. We hope you can use the “art-to-go” kits at the Edgerton Public Library as a way to tell part of your story!
Diamond painting is an offshoot of sorts from counted cross-stitch. It involves the placing of small faceted plastic ‘diamonds’ in a grid pattern to make a beautiful picture which sparkles from every angle. I discovered diamond painting whiles looking for some helpful tips about painting by numbers. I find working on this craft to be simple and meditative. These paintings come in kit form with all the basics that you need to get started. At the end of this blog I have included the links to a couple of YouTube videos that give you the basics. There is a wealth of information on YouTube about this craft as well as many more.
This is a portion of the piece that I am working on right now. When it is done, I will have a piece of sparkly art featuring a very colorful deer that I can frame and hang on my wall or gift to a friend.
Here are those YouTube links I mentioned that can get you started on a new hobby.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie is a book I hadn’t heard of until recently. (I learned about it while reviewing Time magazine’s list of the 100 best YA books of all time.) Most of the books I had at least heard of and many I had read in the past. However, this one was new to me and the title and cover were intriguing, so I thought I’d give it a try. I’m so glad I did!
The novel centers around a Native American teenager named Junior who lives on the Spokane reservation. He is an awkward guy who loves to draw cartoons and uses his art to express his feelings about the world around him. In fact, there are cartoon drawings sprinkled throughout the book.
Junior is often picked on, and even beat up, at his school on the reservation. When he realizes that he isn’t getting the best education there, he makes the decision to go to the white school in a nearby town. It’s a controversial decision since people in his tribe see him as a traitor and he also doesn’t readily fit in in his new school. As a result, he and his best friend Rowdy have a terrible falling out, leaving Junior even more alone.
Alexie’s book is a National Book Award winner, and with good reason. It deals with serious topics, like racism, substance abuse, and poverty. However, Alexie presents the story with humor, making it an enjoyable read. You can expect to run across some racist language, but it is used in a way that helps to tell the story, so it is necessary. In addition, there is some crude language and humor, but again, it adds to the authenticity of the novel.
Here’s a cool project that doesn’t take many supplies to create. I tried it myself and the steps and pictures of my progress are below.
To create your 3D hand art, you will need:
A pencil.
Markers, crayons, or colored pencils. (I used markers…which I now have all over my hands. Anyone else have trouble using markers without getting it on them? No? Just me?)
Ruler.
Paper.
A larger piece of paper, paper bag, or newspaper to put under your artwork while you are making it to prevent getting marks on the table.
Step 1: Trace your hand using the pencil.
Step 2: Using the ruler and a black marker, crayon, or colored pencil, draw straight lines around the hand and between the fingers, like this:
It should end up looking like this:
Step 3: Draw curved lines across fingers and hand connecting the straight lines.
If you get a little smudgy during the step, don’t worry about it. When you color it in you will hardly see the smudges. You can see I got a smudge near the wrist and there are some up by the fingers, too. When you’re done, you should have something like this: (Looks 3D already, doesn’t it?)
Step 4: Color in the stripes. It helps to use a pattern of colors because it sort of “tricks” the eye. However, I encourage you to try lots of different things and as many colors as you like! I used 4 colors in a rotating pattern.
Ta da! All finished! What do you think?
When the library reopens (and we sure hope it is soon because we miss all of you!) bring in your hand art. We’ll make an art display of all the fun things we made while staying Safer at Home.
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