KIDZ ART STOP | JULY 2014

Welcome to the Kidz Art Stop a place that will inspire visual communication and development with a playful fun factor for the child and adult. This monthly article will include fun activities for the home, classroom, park, play ground or family vacation. Our focus at Kidz Art Stop is literacy and the arts, stimulating the child’s thinking while they explore and learn creatively.

Art is a process, not a product so it’s the process that brings great rewards!!

Join your child for creative play time and witness art in process!!
 

Creating art expands the child’s ability to interact with the world around them, and provides a new set of skills for self-expression and communication. Not only does art help to develop the right side of the brain, it also cultivates important skills that benefit a child’s development.

Art may seem like fun and games… and YES IT IS!... but you may not realize that your child is actually learning a lot through exploring the arts and doing art activities.

Did you know young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week through at least one full year are 4 times likely to be recognized for academic achievement, are 4 times more likely to participate in a math or science fair, and are 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem.

The facts are that art education makes a tremendous impact on the developmental growth of every child and has been proven to help level the “learning field” across socio-economic boundaries, and has a measurable impact on at-risk youth in deterring delinquent behavior and truancy problems, while also increasing overall academic performance among those youth engaged in afterschool and summer arts programs.

We all know children love to play, love imagination, and love to create stories, so here at Kidz Art Stop we have created wonderful projects that incorporate imagination, storytelling and creative play.

 

LET’S PLAY!!!!!!

 

Break Dancing with Keith Haring

This project of Urban Art Break Dancers is inspired by Keith Haring, join us as we explore his artwork, his history, and his dream and desire to become an artist.

Keith Haring was born on May 4, 1958 was an artist and social activist in New York City. He was a well-recognized artist who spent most of his life using art to respond to the New York City street culture of the 1980’s by expressing concepts of birth, death, sexuality, disease, and war. He first received public attention with his public art in subways and in the streets. Some of his favorite materials to use were chalk and paint.

Keith Haring’s work told stories of people and politics, using bright colors and cartoonish shapes he created a lasting impression on the world. Keith Haring’s work is internationally recognized and highly collected today. Haring enjoyed telling stories and educating people with art. What story can you tell by using a Keith Haring inspired style? Will you draw a story of your family, school, friends, things you would change in the world, bullying, love, sadness, death etc. Let’s play together and tell our story with art.

 

Keith Haring Masterpieces
 

 

 

SUPPLIES NEEDED:

• White watercolor or canvas paper or canvas board 
• Crayons /  oil pastels or paints (acrylic, watercolor, or tempura)
• Black oil pastel or black magic marker (for outline details)
• Pencil and eraser (sketch out shape then fill in and outline with black)

REMEMBER TO ALWAYS WEAR AN APRON OR SMOCK AND PROTECT YOUR WORK AREA BY PLACING NEWSPAPER OR A DROP CLOTH ON YOUR SURFACE AND ALWAYS CLEAN UP ONCE YOU ARE DONE, THAT WAY WHEN YOU ARE READY TO CREATE AGAIN YOUR WORKSPACE IS READY FOR YOU.

INSTRUCTIONS / INSPIRATION:

The simple idea of Keith Haring’s cartoonish shapes is to use lots of bright colors and shapes to tell a story.  Use your pencil to draw the outline of your artwork. Leave enough space in between for paint and coloring. Add a special message or word to your artwork that you can hang in your home, school or building to inspire others. See the supply list below and feel free to mix and match with materials. You can create a poster and hang it or share it with your community, there are so many things you can do. So, I ask that you be creative, brave and jump right into creative playtime and enjoy the process. See samples and finished artwork from our art students below and use them as inspiration for your masterpiece.

 

 

Photos by Jaime El Maestro

 Interactive questions:

1.    What colors did you use in your drawing?

2.    What message or words did you use in your masterpiece?

3.    How many colors did you use?

4.    Did Keith Haring paint and draw in the subways?

5.    What was your favorite part of this project?

 

See the video of children / artists at play creating their very own Keith Haring masterpieces….. http://youtu.be/_lGPw6PmASg

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2.       SUBMIT YOUR KEITH HARING INSPIRED ART

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Remember Art is life and life is Art, so live it creatively!!!

You can also visit my website at WWW.ARTSBYMIA.COM

Art instruction by Mia. Stay tuned in for NEW SUMMER ART CLASSES!

Register your email at www.artsbymia.com for our newsletter and up to the splatter paint minute of playtime creation with Mia.

WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUR ARTWORK SO FEEL FREE TO EMAIL A PICTURE TO US AND WE WILL SHOWCASE YOUR WORK TOO!!!

Email: artbymamamia[at]yahoo.com

Article written by Mia Roman founder of Art By Mia.

©ArtByMia

KIDZ ART STOP | JUNE 2014

Welcome to the Kidz Art Stop a place that will inspire visual communication and development with a playful fun factor for the child and adult. This monthly article will include fun activities for the home, classroom, park, play ground or family vacation. Our focus at Kidz Art Stop is literacy and the arts, stimulating the child’s thinking while they explore and learn creatively.

Art is a process, not a product so it’s the process that brings great rewards!!

 

Join your child for creative play time and witness art in process!!

Creating art expands the child’s ability to interact with the world around them, and provides a new set of skills for self-expression and communication. Not only does art help to develop the right side of the brain, it also cultivates important skills that benefit a child’s development.

Art may seem like fun and games… and YES IT IS!... but you may not realize that your child is actually learning a lot through exploring the arts and doing art activities.

Did you know young people who participate in the arts for at least three hours on three days each week through at least one full year are 4 times likely to be recognized for academic achievement, are 4 times more likely to participate in a math or science fair, and are 4 times more likely to win an award for writing an essay or poem.

The facts are that art education makes a tremendous impact on the developmental growth of every child and has been proven to help level the “learning field” across socio-economic boundaries, and has a measurable impact on at-risk youth in deterring delinquent behavior and truancy problems, while also increasing overall academic performance among those youth engaged in afterschool and summer arts programs.

We all know children love to play, love imagination, and love to create stories, so here at Kidz Art Stop we have created wonderful projects that incorporate imagination, storytelling and creative play.

LET’S PLAY!!!!!!

THE PICASSO IN ME

This project of cubism portraits is inspired by Pablo Picasso, join us as we explore his artwork, his history, family, and his dream and desire to become an artist.

Pablo Ruiz y Picasso, also known as Pablo Picasso was born on October 25, 1881 in Spain and died on April 8, 1973 in France. He was a well known Painter, sculpture, printmaker, stage designer, ceramicist, poet and playwright who spent most of his life in France. He co-founded the art style and movement called Cubism. Picasso’s father was a painter and worked as a professor at the school of crafts and was a big influence and inspiration to Picasso. Picasso showed a passion and a skill for drawing from an early age. According to his mother, his first words were "piz, piz", a shortening of lápiz, the Spanish word for "pencil". From the age of seven, Picasso received formal artistic training from his father in figure drawing and oil painting.

Picasso was exceptionally prolific throughout his long lifetime. The total number of artworks he produced has been estimated at 50,000, comprising 1,885 paintings; 1,228 sculptures; 2,880 ceramics, roughly 12,000 drawings, many thousands of prints, and numerous tapestries and rugs. So yes, Picasso was a very busy artist creating and playing every moment he had.

Fun Facts:

• Several paintings by Picasso rank among the most expensive paintings in the world.
• More of his paintings have been stolen than any other artist's, 550 of his works are listed as missing.
• When Picasso died at age 91 in April 1973, he had become one of the most famous and successful artist throughout history.

 

Picasso's Masterpieces





Les Demoiselles d'Avignon 1907 





Picasso Painting his piece called Guernica



SUPPLIES NEEDED:

• White watercolor or canvas paper or canvas board 
• Crayons /  oil pastels or paints (acrylic, watercolor, or tempura)
• Black oil pastel or black magic marker (for outline details)
• Pencil and eraser (sketch out cubism face then fill in and outline with black)

REMEMBER TO ALWAYS PROTECT YOUR WORK AREA BY PLACING NEWSPAPER OR A DROP CLOTH ON YOUR SURFACE AND ALWAYS CLEAN UP ONCE YOU ARE DONE, THAT WAY WHEN YOU ARE READY TO CREATE AGAIN YOUR WORKSPACE IS READY FOR YOU.

INSTRUCTIONS / INSPIRATION:

The simple idea of cubism is for it to look like a drawing that was torn into a bunch of smaller pieces then put together again, but in a different order, which is the way Picasso actually explored with Cubism. The most common face/portrait view of cubism is that the face looks like a profile from one angle or multiple faces from another angle, the eyes are not even/symmetrical may be a bit tilted or off to the side, there may be just one ear in view, the mouth may not be centered, hair and accessories may be different from the other side…. So a Cubism portrait is not symmetrical at all, it’s abstract pieces coming together as one. So, I ask that you be creative, brave and jump right into creative playtime and enjoy the process. See samples and finished artwork from our art students below and use them as inspiration for your masterpiece.




















































Interactive questions:

1. How many shapes do you see in your drawing?
2. How many faces do you have in your masterpiece?
3. How many colors did you use?
4. Where was Picasso Born?
5. What did Picasso’s Father do for a living?
6. What was Picasso’s first word?
7. What was your favorite part of this project?

Remember Art is life and life is Art, so live it creatively!!!

You can also visit my website at WWW.ARTSBYMIA.COM

See the video of children / artists at play….. http://youtu.be/yimjz9DJWu4
art instruction by Mia. Stay tuned in for NEW SUMMER ART CLASSES!
Register your email at www.artsbymia.com for our newsletter and up to the splatter paint minute of playtime creation with Mia.

WE WOULD LOVE TO SEE YOUR ARTWORK SO FEEL FREE TO EMAIL A PICTURE TO US AND WE WILL SHOWCASE YOUR WORK TOO!!!

Email: artbymamamia[at]yahoo.com

Article written by Mia Roman founder of Art By Mia.
©ArtByMia

KIDZ ART STOP | MAY 2014

 

Welcome to the Kidz Art Stop a place that will inspire visual communication and development with a playful fun factor for the child and adult. This monthly article will include fun activities for the home, classroom, park, play ground or family vacation. Our focus at Kidz Art Stop is literacy and the arts, stimulating the child’s thinking while they explore and learn creatively.

Have you ever seen a child smooth finger paint over a sheet of paper with both hands and pull their fingertips through the paint to make squiggles, shapes and lines? Or observed a child happily coloring and exploring with crayons? If so, you have seen the concentration on these children’s faces, and the joyful expressions of art explored. You have witnessed creative art in process!!

Creating art expands the child’s ability to interact with the world around them, and provides a new set of skills for self-expression and communication. Not only does art help to develop the right side of the brain, it also cultivates important skills that benefit a child’s development.

Art may seem like fun and games… and yes it is!... but you may not realize that your child is actually learning a lot through exploring the arts and doing art activities. While at creative play they are picking up these skills:

Communication skills                                             Cognitive Development

Problem-Solving Skills                                           Decision Making

Social & Emotional Skills                                        Visual Learning

Motor Skills                                                             Inventiveness

Self-Expression and Creativity                               Cultural Awareness

Language Development                                          Improved Academic Performance

 

When kids are encouraged to express themselves and take risks in creating art, they develop a sense of innovation that will be important in their adult lives. Through self-expression and creativity, children’s skills will develop naturally, and their ability to create soar.

 

Art is a process, not a product so it’s the process that brings great rewards!!

 

We all know children love to play, love imagination, and love to create stories, so here at Kidz Art Stop we have created wonderful projects that incorporate imagination, storytelling and creative play.

 

 

IN AND AROUND TOWN CITYSCAPES WITH JAMES RIZZI

 

The New York painter/artist James Rizzi (October -1950 – December - 2011) is one of the most successful and famous artist of our time. The colorful and typical 3D technique stands for joy, vitality and a positive point of view. James Rizzi was one of the most popular artist of the past decades.

 

At First Glance, James Rizzi's art may be mistaken for the artistic efforts of a young child, however this is not an entirely erroneous judgment, for it is certain that Rizzi wanted to incorporate the freshness and vitality of children's art in his work. In this regard he is not alone. Some of the great artists of the twentieth century, including Klee, Dubuffet and Miro, deliberately used a childlike style in their work.

 

Rizzi, born and raised in New York, turned his childlike imagination into artistic powers, transforming the city itself into something wonderfully original. His large panorama of Urban life beams with energy and playfulness, reflecting all the diversity and human variety that is at the core of New York. Colorful happy streets where children jump rope, shoot baskets and walk their dogs.

 

Look at some of your fellow student artists images below and create your very own Rizzi inspired cityscape urban life art piece. It’s easy all you need is some art supplies and a little imagination.

 

Let’s get started.

 

I think it’s important to use white watercolor paper or heavy stock paper, no matter what the quality, as that is what makes the project so vibrant.

 

Instead of straight rectangular buildings, add curved lines and interesting shapes and faces as a substitute. Draw your buildings and shapes big enough to color in between. See student pictures below and in video to be inspired! Feel free to submit your completed James Rizzi inspired masterpiece to artbymamamia[at]yahoo.com we would love to showcase your work!!!

 

 

SUPPLIES NEEDED:

 

• WHITE WATERCOLOR PAPER OR HEAVY STOCK PAPER
• CRAYONS OR OIL PASTELS (FILL IN WITH VIBRANT COLORS)
• BLACK OIL PASTEL OR BLACK MAGIC MARKER (FOR OUTLINE DETAILS)
• PENCIL AND ERASER (SKETCH OUT YOUR CITYSCAPE THEN FILL IN AND OUTLINE WITH BLACK)

 

 

 

ONCE YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR WORK SIGN IT AND SHARE IT!!!!

 

 

 

Interactive questions:

 

 

 

1. How many shapes do you see in your drawing?
2. How many colors did you use?
3. How many faces, cars, people, animals in your drawing?
4. How many buildings do you have?
5. Is the weather warm, cold, rainy or cloudy?
6. What was your favorite part of this project?

 

 

STUDENT ARTIST VIDEO INSPIRATION:  http://animoto.com/play/I1LiRt8FF0amgexi9Jn72g

 

For videos on children’s art classes and projects you can go to http://www.youtube.com/user/ArtByMia1?feature=watch

 

You can also visit my website at www.artsbymia.com

 

Email: artbymamamia[at]yahoo.com

 

Article written by Mia Roman founder of Art By Mia.

©ArtByMia

 

KIDZ ART STOP | APRIL 2014

Welcome to the Kidz Art Stop a place that will inspire visual communication and development with a playful fun factor for the child and adult. This monthly article will include fun activities for the home, classroom, park, or family vacation. Our focus at Kidz Art Stop is literacy and the arts, stimulating the child’s thinking while they explore and learn creatively.

Have you ever seen a child smooth finger paint over a sheet of paper with both hands and pull their fingertips through the paint to make squiggles, shapes and lines? Or observed a child happily coloring and exploring with crayons? If so, you have seen the concentration on these children’s faces, and the joyful expressions of art explored. You have witnessed creative art in process!!

Creating art expands the child’s ability to interact with the world around them, and provides a new set of skills for self-expression and communication. Art may seem like fun and games… and yes, I must say….it is!... but you may not realize that your child is actually learning a lot through exploring the arts and doing art activities. While at creative play they are picking up these skills:

Communication skills                                            Cognitive Development

Problem-Solving Skills                                          Decision Making

Social & Emotional Skills                                      Visual Learning

Motor Skills                                                           Inventiveness

Self-Expression and Creativity                              Cultural Awareness

Language Development                                        Improved Academic Performance

 

 

Art is a process, not a product so it’s the process that brings great rewards!! Let the child PLAY!!

 

We all know children love to play, love imagination, and love to create stories, so here at Kidz Art Stop we have created wonderful projects that incorporate imagination, storytelling and creative play. This month’s reading pick and project is inspired by Peter H. Reynolds book “the dot” …A wonderful story filled with imagination, and creativity. Life truly starts from a dot, a thought, and idea… so let’s make that dot and see where it takes us!!

 

 

 

Synopsis and review:

 

“Reynolds inspires with a gentle and generous mantra: “Just make a mark.”

                 – School Library Journal

 

Unlike its small title “the dot” This small book carries a BIG message.

“Just make a mark and see where it takes you.” What a wonderful invitation to self-expression. This wonderful and inspiring book is about Vashti a young girl hates art class, she can’t draw and is no artist and to prove her point she jabs  at a blank sheet leaving an angry dot and a frown on her face. Vashti’s art teacher leaned over the blank paper and then looks at Vashti… Vashti in her angry voice says “ I just can’t draw!”. Her teacher smiles pushes the paper back at her and says “ Just make a mark and see where it takes you.” Vashti draws a dot in the middle of the blank page and hands it to her teacher. The very next week Vashti walks into class and sees her dot framed and hanging on the wall in the classroom. She looks at it and thinks… “Hmmph! I can make a better dot that THAT!” She opened her never-before-used set of watercolors and set to work. Painting and creating dots of all colors and sizes. Mixing, blending, and experimenting little dots and big dots. A few weeks later at the school Art show Vashti’s dots made quite a splash!!! A little boy looks to Vashti and says “you’re a really great artist. I wish I could draw.” He said. “I bet you can.” Said Vashti… and the little boy tries his best.  That one little dot marks the beginning of a beautiful journey about the creative spirit in all of us. That one little dot marks the beginning. So what are you waiting for? Gather some fun art supplies and MAKE YOUR MARK!!!

Art Project: Ages: 4 – 8 years

If you have the book read it from front to back and back again…After reading the story, discuss the book and the characters in it (table talk – communication). Have the child talk about their artistic abilities and what they think of them (self-expression). Have the child pick a piece of paper and some art supplies to start creative playtime (motor-skills, creativity, language development). Allow them to use their imagination and play with colors starting from the dot and working out and away from the dot (decision making, cognitive development, hand-eye coordination). Before you know it, the child is creating a wonderful masterpiece of shapes and color. Make sure to have the child sign their work when done and display the artwork when completed. There is no right or wrong to this project. Let us not forget… Art is a process, not a product so it’s the process that brings great rewards!!

Feel free to share your work with us or send us comments via email at artbymamamia[at]yahoo.com and we will one day showcase your child’s art work. We would love to hear from you and see what your child has created!!!

Supplies needed:

Gather supplies and allow the child to choose the tools they would like to use (decision making and control). Remind the child to sign and date all artwork. An artist always signs a finish product.

Watercolor paints  -  paintbrush - White paper  -  Crayons – pencil – eraser

And most importantly…. Art is Life so Live it Creatively!!!

For videos on children’s art classes and projects you can go to http://www.youtube.com/user/ArtByMia1?feature=watch

 

You can also visit my website at www.artsbymia.com

Email: artbymamamia[at]yahoo.com

Article written by Mia Roman founder of Art By Mia.

©ArtByMia

KIDZ ART STOP | Welcome

Welcome to the Kidz Art Stop a place that will inspire visual communication and development with a playful fun factor for the child and adult. This monthly article will include fun activities for the home, classroom, park, play ground or family vacation. Our focus at Kidz Art Stop is literacy and the arts, stimulating the child’s thinking while they explore and learn creatively.

Have you ever seen a child smooth finger paint over a sheet of paper with both hands and pull their fingertips through the paint to make squiggles, shapes and lines? Or observed a child happily coloring and exploring with crayons? If so, you have seen the concentration on these children’s faces, and the joyful expressions of art explored. You have witnessed creative art in process!!

Creating art expands the child’s ability to interact with the world around them, and provides a new set of skills for self-expression and communication. Not only does art help to develop the right side of the brain, it also cultivates important skills that benefit a child’s development.

Art may seem like fun and games… and yes it is!... but you may not realize that your child is actually learning a lot through exploring the arts and doing art activities. While at creative play they are picking up these skills:

 

Communication skills                                            Cognitive Development

Problem-Solving Skills                                          Decision Making

Social & Emotional Skills                                      Visual Learning

Motor Skills                                                           Inventiveness

Self-Expression and Creativity                              Cultural Awareness

Language Development                                        Improved Academic Performance

 

 

When kids are encouraged to express themselves and take risks in creating art, they develop a sense of innovation that will be important in their adult lives. Through self-expression and creativity, children’s skills will develop naturally, and their ability to create soar. Art is a process, not a product so it’s the process that brings great rewards!!

We all know children love to play, love imagination, and love to create stories, so here at Kidz Art Stop we have created wonderful projects that incorporate imagination, storytelling and creative play. This month’s reading pick and project is inspired Richard Kidd’s book “Almost Famous Daisy” and the Grand Painting Competition…A wonderful story filled with imagination, creativity and adventure.

 

Synopsis and review:

Kidd, R. (1996). Almost famous Daisy. New York: Simon & Schuster.

Almost Famous Daisy is a story about a little girl and her dog Duggie, who travels the world in search of inspiration for her art. She wants to create art that is so great that it'll win a contest she is going to enter. While traveling, she becomes inspired by some of the things that inspired some of the greats (van Gogh, Monet, Chagall, and Pollock). She travels all over the world painting and when she finally returns home she ends up painting her parents, Duggie her dog, and her room. Daisy realizes her most favorite inspirational things were at home. This book is very interesting and holds children's attention. I recommend it to everyone from teachers to parents to child care providers. I found it very useful to help teach geography and history of art to small children.
 

Art Project:

After reading the story, discuss the book and share some of your favorite things and have the child share some of their favorite things (table talk – communication). Have the child make a list and tell you why these are some of their favorites (self-expression). Have the child pick a few of their favorites and paint them while talking about why they are so special (motor-skills, creativity, language development). Allow them to use their imagination and play with colors and shapes (decision making, cognitive development, hand-eye coordination). Before you know it, the child is telling you a story about their favorite things while illustrating the visuals. There is no right or wrong to this project. Let us not forget… Art is a process, not a product so it’s the process that brings great rewards!!

Supplies needed:

Gather supplies and allow the child to choose the tools they would like to use (decision making and control). Remind the child to sign and date all artwork. A Master always signs a finish product.

Watercolor paints  -  paintbrush - White paper  -  Crayons – pencil – eraser

And most importantly…. Art is Life so Live it Creatively!!!

For videos on children’s art classes and projects you can go to http://www.youtube.com/user/ArtByMia1?feature=watch

You can also visit my website at www.artsbymia.com

Email: artbymamamia[at]yahoo.com

Article written by Mia Roman founder of Art By Mia.

©ArtByMia