Day 116..

Place a sheet of paper on top of a material that you’re allowed to get messy (like some old newspaper or a piece of cardboard). Dip a paintbrush into some watered-down paint, hold the brush over the paper with one hand and tap it with the other to create splatter and drips on the paper. Do this three times with a different color paint each time. This is called “action painting.” American artist Jackson Pollock painted in this way.


When you are done and the paint has dried, cut out a smaller square shape and glue it into an empty page in your My Year of Art sketchbook.


Day 115..

Design your dream bedroom. You could draw a plan looking down into your room, or you could draw the furniture and objects you would have.


Is your layout about space and comfort, color and design? Or is it all about the view?

Bedroom Goals..


Day 114..

Look out the window and draw the closest thing you see at the bottom of the window. Then draw the farthest thing you see behind it at the top of the window. Notice the colors. Things farther away appear more subdued.


Draw an open window on your paper to fill in or feel free to print of the image above with the link below.


Day 111..

Using a pencil, draw three vegetable friends. Make sure to give them faces and show where they are.


Anyone recognize these guys? Yup, it’s the Veggie Tales! See if you can come up with your own versions.


Day 110..

“Mobiles” are moving sculptures that often hang from ceilings. Design your own mobile. With a pencil, draw an object or shape hanging from each empty point. Add color with markers.


Check out some of these cool hanging art mobiles!

Draw your own or print this empty hanging art mobile.


Day 109..

Look at the boat in this picture. Draw a boat behind it and a boat in front of it. Think about perspective and make sure the boat farthest away is the smallest and the boat closest is the biggest.


Feel free to redraw your own version of what you see above. If you prefer, use the link below to print off the image above.


Day 107..

Using a pencil, draw an imaginary land inside this canvas. Show what time of day it is as well as the season. Use markers to add color.


You can use your paper as your canvas, or feel free to print the image of the canvas on easel for your art sketch book.