Drawing can take place with many different materials other than paper and pencil.  Drawing is frequently defined as "a dot that moves" or simply as "making marks".  In this post, my daughter Lucy and her friend made some drawings by moving their fingers through baking flour.  I'm not encouraging you to waste food, I'm just demonstrating one alternative way to draw.  If you spilled some flour, sugar, salt or pepper from a baking project, instead of throwing it away, make a drawing with it.  In the pictures below, my assistants used both of their fingers to draw symmetrical designs.  Drawing with both fingers at the same time is also really good for your brain as it opens up the pathway between the left and right hemispheres of your brain - resulting in more creative thinking potential.  Another option might be to draw in the sand at a beach or use a burnt end of a stick left over from a fire pit.  Get creative and try to make marks and draw lines in unique and different ways.  Have fun and keep making art!

Viewpoint is all how we look at something and how we think about something. As an artist, we are in control of the viewpoint that we use in our visual compositions. As an artist, we guide the viewpoint to the viewer (the person who is viewing your artwork) to hopefully see the world in new way or to experience the world in a new way. This week, I want to challenge you to view and experience the world around you with a new and different viewpoint.

Take a walk outside in nature, walk around your house, or even explore the inside your house. As you look at things, try to see them in a different way - here are some examples:
1) Look at things both close-up and from a distance; the bark or berries on a tree; the leaves on a shrub.
2) Look at things from a different angle, such as: lay under a tree and look upwards. Or, get down close to a plant that bursting up through the soil.

Materials:
This art adventure can be completed with a camera, drawing materials, or painting materials. I’ve attached some examples using a camera to show viewpoint - The camera I used was on phone. The photographs that I took were in my backyard. It was fun to get outside and walk, get some sunlight (ultraviolet rays kill viruses), and to see the world from a new viewpoint. Please post a photo of your “viewpoint” artwork or email a photo to me. Have fun and be safe.