You are going to make your very own Matisse-inspired collage! Take a closer look at nature and be creative with shapes and colours as you cut out your own masterpiece!
http://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/cut-paste/collage-matisse-snail
Do you know what your senses are? When you touch, smell, see, taste or hear something, you are using one of your senses. A sensory sculpture is a sculpture that uses your senses. You might be able to see it, hear it or smell it!
YOU WILL NEED
A glass or plastic bottle or a jam jar with a lid
Some plasticine or sticky tack to fill the top of the bottle
Scissors
Tape
Water
Food colouring
To add the ‘sensory’ parts of the sculpture you could choose from many different objects. Here are some ideas:
Coloured card, scrap paper or newspaper
Tissue paper or crepe paper
Fabric (maybe an old sock, scarf or t-shirt that you don’t use anymore and can be cut up)
Tin foil or baking parchment
Shiny plastic wrappers or sticky-back plastic
Baking beads
Find the full resource on Tate Kids: www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/sculpture/make-sensory-sculpture
Kirstie Beaven leads a 20-minute workshop where she will teach you to how to make a soundscape.
YOU WILL NEED
Paper
Pens or pencils
Crayons if you have them
Scrap packaging like cardboard boxes, bubble wrap or string (things with interesting textures will be useful)
Scissors
Glue stick
You might want headphones to listen to the sounds
Check out the full activity on Tate Kids: www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/paint-draw/make-soundscape
Meet the artist who connects different cultures and reveals hidden histories!
Find out more on Tate Kids:
https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-yinka-shonibare
As a young girl Rego spent hours drawing in her playroom at her grandmother’s house. She had a great imagination, and remembers that she was ‘afraid of everything’. Her parents encouraged her to become an artist, so she came to London to study at art school.
Rego’s pictures are often inspired by stories – from the traditional folk tales and nursery rhymes she heard her grandmother tell when she was a young girl to books that she has read more recently. Many of her paintings include different characters, and some groups of work tell a story that unfolds over a series of pictures.
Learn more about the artist: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-paula-rego
Paint like an artist in this painting game: www.tate.org.uk/kids/games-quizzes/tate-paint
Play cool free art games, digital painting, quizzes and puzzles on Tate Kids.
Grab some paper, scissors, glue and card and make your own DIY 3D paper sculpture, inspired by a sculpture by Michael Bolus.
You will need:
coloured paper, newspaper or scrap paper
old cardboard or card from a cereal box
scissors
glue stick
Find the full activity here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEI3clnsyyU
Create an arty bracelet to wear or give to a friend! Learn how to weave and discover the artist Anni Albers’ life and work.
Find out more: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/cut-paste/make-friendship-bracelet
Settle in for a story about artist Etel Adnan. How did she decide to become an artist? What inspired her?
Find the full story here: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-etel-adnan
Let’s make a messy mud painting! A mud painting is where you use mud on paper and scratch a design into the surface.
This activity is inspired by an artwork by Jean Dubuffet called ‘Large Black Landscape’ where he scratched into the surface of the paint on his canvas.
To make a mud painting inspired by artist Jean Dubuffet, you will need:
some soil (only a small handful)
a glass of water
a bowl
a stick and some other objects to scratch into the surface with.
We used a coin, a rock and a crayon
Find the full activity here: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/paint-draw/make-mud-painting
Let’s do some finger printing and create your favourite fairy tale characters inspired by Pre-Raphaelite artists.
Find out more: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/paint-draw/draw-fairy-tale
When life gives you lemons, do you make lemonade? Or will you go bananas?
Stock up on your fruit puns and discover which arty fruit you are!
Play at: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/games-quizzes/quiz-which-arty-fruit-are-you
Dancing, fairy tales, pet dogs and selfies are just some of the unlikely things Joan Jonas uses in her art. Explore the life and work of the artist: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-joan-jonas
Learn about the Picasso’s life and create your own artwork inspired by the artist
Download here: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/cut-paste/make-picasso-fortune-teller
Uncover the mysteries of this secret society of painters.
Learn about the artists’ life and work: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-are-pre-raphaelites
Are you a surrealist sensation? Find out how much you know about surrealism!
Play here: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/games-quizzes/sensational-surrealism-quiz
If you have never heard of Gwen John, keep reading. You’re about to meet one of the most fascinating female painters in history.
Explore the artist’s life and work: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-gwen-john
Join artist Joey Yu and learn how to paint or draw to a piece of music. Interpret the sounds and draw a dancer dancing across your page!
You will need:
paper
paint (any type will do, or you can use something to draw with like pencils or pens)
brushes
cardboard to use as a palette
water to clean your brush
Find the full activity here: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/paint-draw/draw-dancer
Follow along with the video to make a collage using bold shapes, and a collage portrait
You will need:
Scissors
Glue stick
Plain or coloured paper
Colouring pencils, crayons or felt tips
Old magazines, flyers or newspaper. Look for images of things you like or that represent you!
Full activity here: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/cut-paste/play-collage
Follow along with artist Joey Yu to draw someone you love and then make them into an installation.
WHAT YOU NEED
Colouring pencils, crayons or felt tips
White and coloured paper
Recycled cardboard or thick card packaging
Scissors
Glue stick
Find full activity here: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/paint-draw/draw-friend