He allows his students ample time to complete their tasks -thus far all portraits of himself. Stickies, who comes to the gig with an impressive command of English, honed no doubt by frequent appearances on Katchadourian’s Instagram page, affects a diffident air to dole out assignments, the latest of which is above. Our personal favorite is Stickies Art School, whose online children’s classes are led not by multi-disciplinary artist Nina Katchadourian, whose Facebook page serves as the online institution’s home, but rather her senior tuxedo cat, Stickies. Don’t see it? Maybe it’s the weekend, or “maybe ask a millennial for help?” Her How to Watch Draw Together highlight is a hilarious crash course in Instagram Live, scrawled in magic marker by someone who’s possibly only now just getting a grip on the platform. Her approach is a bit more freeform, with impromptu dance parties, special guests, and field trips to the backyard. Wendy McNaughton, who specializes in drawn journalism, also likes the Instagram platform, hosting a live Draw Together session every school day, from 10–10.30 am PST. It’s kind of hard to explain, but you know a good page turn when you’ve experienced one. That’s the thing that happens when you’re reading a picture book and you turn the page to discover something funny or surprising. This will create what we in the kids book world call AN IMPACTFUL PAGE TURN. Post the map first, then the treasure which the viewer will swipe to see. Draw it on a separate piece of paper from the map.īONUS POINTS: If you’re going to post this on instagram, I recommend formatting it with two images. The second part of this assignment is to draw the treasure. Three things that you MUST include are: a compass rose (very important-look this up if you don’t know what it is), the name of the place you are mapping, and a red X.ĭRAW THE TREASURE: The first part of this assignment is to draw a map with a red X to mark the location of hidden treasure. Or your map can be a traditional treasure map leading to a pirate’s hoard.
YOUR map can be of anywhere: an enchanted wood, a dystopian suburb, your backyard, your apartment that has never felt so small, all of the above, none of the above. Her most recent assignment is cartography based challenge, with helpful tips for creating an “impactful page turn” for those who wish to share their creations on Instagram:ĭRAW A MAP: When we think of treasure maps, we think of sea monsters, islands with palm trees, pirate ships, anthropomorphic clouds blowing gales upon white-capped seas. Illustrator Carson Ellis eschews video lessons to host a Quarantine Art Club on her Instagram page. Pro tip: resistant Star Wars fans will likely be hooked by the first episode’s Yoda, a character Krosoczka is well versed in as the author and illustrator of the Star Wars Jedi Academy series. These are a bit more nitty gritty, as JJK, the kid who loved to draw and grew up to be an artist, shares practical tips on penciling, inking, and drawing faces. Krosoczka takes over with Draw Everyday with JJK, a basic illustration lesson every weekday at 2pm EST.
If the daily LUNCHDOODLES leaves ‘em wanting more, there’s just enough time for a quick pee and snack break before Lunch Lady ’s Jarrett J.