by Tilly | Dec 14, 2012 | Drawing Prompts, Tilly |
Hello all you kids and other people,
Last night I had a dream that I was doing something that I’ve always wanted to do. I was standing inside of a rainbow! I looked down at my body and clothing and it was all glowing with whatever color of the rainbow was touching it. I could also feel the electricity that was flowing through the rainbow. I never even considered that rainbows might have electricity until I had that dream. The dream reminded me of how much I love rainbows.
Here’s the drawing prompt for this week: Draw a rainbow! Maybe you love rainbows as much as I do, or maybe you detest them. You can draw a rainbow you’ve seen before, or an imaginary rainbow. Maybe you’ll draw a double rainbow, or a triple rainbow! Your drawing could have people watching the rainbow, or throwing stones at it, or sliding down it, or anything!
When you’re done with your drawing, scan it or take a picture of it and send it to Matthew so he can post it next Tuesday.
by Tilly | Nov 2, 2012 | Drawing Prompts, Tilly |
Have you ever stood at the foot of a skyscraper and looked up? Have you ever been on a boat in the middle of the ocean? Have you ever climbed a tree all the way to its top and looked out over everything? If you have done one of those things, you may have felt small. When you are right next to something so much bigger than your own body, it’s easy to feel small. It can even be frightening and amazing.
Have you ever looked at a tiny leaf and noticed an even tinier bug on the leaf? Have you ever found a small rock on the ground that was so pretty you had to keep it? Have you ever held a snail and let it crawl around on your hand? If you have done one of those things, then you may have felt big. When you find something smaller than any small thing you’ve seen before, it can make you feel big, like a powerful giant.
Here’s my drawing of a big fish and a small fish together.
The big fish is so big that he doesn’t even fit onto the page! Do you think he’s going to eat that little fish? I think he’s just amazed at the tiny size of the pink fish. The big fish has probably never seen another fish so small.
Here’s the prompt for this week: Draw something big and something small together. Maybe it’s you with something very small that you found outside. Or maybe it’s the most gigantic sea-monster that ever lived eating a miniature candy cane. It’s okay to use a few extra sheets of paper to fit the big thing, and it’s okay to use a magnifying glass when you draw the small thing. We can’t wait to see what you draw!
When you’re done with your drawing, scan it or take a picture of it and send it to Matthew so he can post it next Tuesday for everyone to see.
by Tilly | Oct 26, 2012 | Drawing Prompts, Tilly |
There are only four days left until Halloween! I like Halloween because I get to see lots of funky costumes, and I get to wear one if I want to. I’ve been through a lot of Halloweens, which means that I’ve worn a lot of costumes. I’ve been a clown, a hobo, a gypsy, a witch, and I think I’ve been a tiger at least three times. This year I’m going to wear one of the masks that I made while I romp through the forest in the moonlight, howling and frightening chipmunks.
I wonder if anyone else will wear a bright orange jumpsuit. What are you going wear?
Here’s the drawing prompt for this week:
Draw your Halloween costume! You can draw just the costume, or you can draw yourself wearing it, like I did. Or if you aren’t going to wear a costume on Halloween, draw whatever you’re wearing that isn’t a costume.
When you’re done with your drawing, scan it or take a picture of it and send it to Matthew so he can post it next Tuesday for everyone to see.
by Tilly | Oct 19, 2012 | Drawing Prompts, Tilly |
Inside vegetation? What? That’s right folks, I’m talking about the inside of fruits and vegetables. And no, this will not make sense, so please, leave your sense of reality behind before you read the rest of this.
I’ve been thinking about the insides of fruits and vegetables since the other day when I found something peculiar inside a pumpkin. It all started on Wednesday when I saw my friend Liz. She invited me to carve pumpkins with her on Friday night. There would be be a scary movie outside behind her house and lots of friends carving pumpkins together. “Hurrah!” I replied, for what more could excite me in the middle of October than a most festive fall event.
Right away, I set off to find a pumpkin to carve, or maybe two. After walking for quite some time past trees and fields of non-pumpkin like plants, I saw a sign in the distance. It read: “PUMPKIN PATCH AHEAD–PICK YOUR OWN” A few paces later, I was there. Beyond my nose I saw a lumpy orange landscape. Excited at the seemingly endless variety of shapes and sizes, I leapt with joy in my toes toward the masses of potential jack-o-lanterns. But before I leapt even three leaps, “SKRWASH!”, I had stepped right onto a pumpkin. Wiping the slimy seeds from my left shoe, I noticed something moving inside the pumpkin. Maybe it was a stinkbug, or just a leaf blowing past. I looked closer and I saw tiny, bright blue creatures crawling around. Curious, I got down on my hands and knees and stuck my face right up to the edge of the smashed pumpkin and this is what I saw:
There were lots of pumpkin seeds strewn about. I expected that. But I didn’t expect to see tiny dogs trampling each other and lots of little people dressed in blue. There seemed to be a ceremony or a game taking place. Who are these little men? Are they even men? I watched one of the men climb a ladder halfway, take a candle from another man standing on the floor, climb the rest of the way up the ladder while holding the candle, and then jump from the ladder and, while in midair, place the candle on a shelf. How did they even make a shelf inside a pumpkin? And why were all the furnishings purple? They were so focused and serious with their various tasks that they never even looked up to see me! After a few minutes, I decided that I should invade their privacy no longer. My damage to their pumpkin dwelling did not affect their work, and so I did not feel too bad about the smashing.
Stepping on that pumpkin was a complete accident. I wonder what I would find inside other fruits and vegetables if I were intentionally searching for tiny men dressed in blue, or other surprising creatures. What do you think you would find?
Here’s the prompt for this week:
Find a pumpkin, or a pepper, or a pineapple, or some form of vegetation that you can smash, or just open up. Look inside! What’s in there? If you don’t see any funny little people like I saw, maybe they are just too small to see. What would they look like if you could see them? What would they be doing? Draw what you see happening, or what you think you can’t see happening on the inside of a fruit or vegetable. Maybe you can use some of the juice to paint with.
When you’re done with your drawing, scan it or take a picture of it and send it to Matthew so he can post it next Tuesday for everyone to see.
