Art at Home for the Week of April 27

Welcome back!  This week's theme is.... BUGS!  Scroll down to find the lesson for your grade level.  And don't forget, if you'd like, you can email me a photo of your artwork.  I'd love to see what you've created, and I'll even add it to our online art gallery.  Have Fun!


 Draw A Beetle

For Grades K and 1

Spring is here, and nature comes alive! The trees have leaves, the flowers are blooming, and
you can find all kinds of bugs! 

Materials:

• Paper
• Black marker or crayon
• Crayons or markers

Steps:

Using a black marker or crayon, draw two circles for eyes on one side of your paper.
Your circles should touch. Add dots for pupils.

For the head, draw a circle around the eyes. Your eyes should be on the top of the head.
Add a nose, mouth and curly antennae.

Now make the body. Starting on the side of the head, draw a curved line like a rainbow
that fills the paper. 

Draw a straight line from the bottom of the head across the paper to connect to the
curved line.

Make six legs with lines and then add small ovals at the end of each leg for feet. 

Draw a pattern to fill your bug’s body. It can be stripes, wavy lines, zig-zags or big

polka dots.

Finish your picture with a background of grass, a sun, flowers, plants, or maybe another bug!  Do you see the bug on the back of the bug in the picture? See if you can add a little bug on top of your bug now!

Add color

Magazine Bug Collage

For Grades 2 and 3

What is your favorite insect?  What bugs have you seen out in your yard lately?  I’ve seen some bees, ladybugs, ants and an inchworm!  Today you will be cutting household scraps to make your own bug collage.  It could be a real type of bug or a bug you invent.

Use this link to watch Ms. Goldman's video tutorial for this lesson!!  
Ms. Goldman's Video Link

Materials:

Piece of paper or cardboard

Pencil 

Old magazines, cereal boxes, wrapping paper, anything colorful that’s okay to cut up!

Glue or tape

Marker or crayon 

Scrap paper to make a sketch

Scissors

Steps

Look at the parts of the bugs on the attached pictures.  Locate the head, the thorax and the abdomen.  Your bug will have those parts, plus other parts like wings, legs, eyes, antennae, etc.  

Use your scrap paper to plan ahead and draw what your bug will look like.  Include head, thorax, abdomen plus other parts.  You can always make changes when you start your collage.

Use your colored paper to cut out all the parts of your bug.  It might be easier to draw in the legs and other very small parts after you’ve glued down your paper.

Glue the parts down onto your paper or cardboard.  

Use a marker or crayon to add details to your bug, like legs, eyeballs or lines on the wings.  

Bees and their Habitats

For Grades 4 and 5

There are over 20,000 different species of bees that can be found in almost every place in the entire world, besides Antarctica. Bees need flowers in order to survive, so they can be found in any habitat that has flowering plants.

You are going to learn how to draw a bee, and fill the background of your paper with a bee habitat of your choice (Just make sure there's flowering plants!)

Check out this website to find out more interesting facts about bees, and get ideas for your drawing.

https://www.coolkidfacts.com/bee-facts/

You can use this link Art For Kids Hub - Drawing Bees to learn how to draw a bee.  Remember you can pause the video if you need more time, and don't worry about making it look just like the bee in the video!  Also, he spends a lot of time coloring his bee, you can skip that part if you'd like.

Or you can use this step by step tutorial to draw you bee or bees.

Fill your paper with as many bees as you like.  Next draw your background filled with flowering plants of your choice and any other insects you like.  Add more details in your background.

Color in your drawing.