Art tutorials you can do right now with materials around the house
Animation Wheels with heavy paper / cardstock, a dowel or pencil to spin on, pencil and eraser for drawing, a large blank wheel template. Optional watercolour pencil crayons and pastels to colour your design with.
Crazy Quilt Collage with scrap paper, newspaper, markers, glue, coloured pencil crayons, pastels, and scissors.
Still Life Tutorial with pencil, paper and objects to sketch
Negative Space Tutorial with paper and coloured pencils or pastels
Perspective Tutorial with coloured construction paper, scissors, pencil, ruler and glue. Part 1 of our Drawing Basics Tutorial Series.
Chairs Pop-Up Tutorial with paper, pencil, coloured pencils and scissors
October Beasts using white on black process with white pencils and black paper
Canada Jay textured cut outs with paper, scissors and pencils
Tree Ring Collage with markers/pencils, recycled/construction paper, scissors, glue, and yarn
Maple Leaf Rubbings with paper, pencils/pencil crayons/pastels, erasers, and leaves
Art tutorials requiring art supplies
3D Animal Casting with 1 cup salt, 2 cups flour, 1 cup Plaster of Paris, water, mixing bowl, plastic toy animals or other objects that you would like to cast
Fabric Tapestry with 12 squares of 3x3” fabric: 6 white and 6 coloured / patterned, fabric backing: we used a 9x12” piece of felt, glue and brush to attach the squares with, scissors if you wish to cut your squares smaller. Optional: needle and thread if you choose to sew your tapestry (not shown in the video)
Stamping with ink pad, paint, brush, marker, scissors, tape, foam, acetate, and paper
Acrylic Painting with brushes, pencil, paper with wheel and grid, and primary colour paints
Drawing gestures with brown & black paper, soft & hard pencils,Conté, and wood model
Windchimes and sound art with dowel/stick, metal tubes, forks/keys/beads/bells, and string
Watercolour with paper, paint pan or tubes, brushes, pen, pencil, and eraser
Sculpture with clay block, wooden or metal tools for scoring, and water
Art and History @ Home. Closer looks at Museum artworks with activities for adults
Owls: look at a Kenojuak Ashevak owl print, learn about her art and take an owl quiz
Flowers: look at a Kate Taylor Cumming painting, learn more about her art, take a flower quiz
Birds: look at a Will Gorlitz painting, learn more about his art, and colour a bird zentangle
Imagination Station @ Home. Children’s activities based on our art and history works
Owls: look at a Kenojuak Ashevak owl print, learn about the artist and make an owl
Spring Flowers: look at a Kate Taylor Cumming painting, learn about the artist, make a daffodil
Sudsy Soap: look at a nurse figurine and have fun with soap and bubble activities
Birds: look at a Will Gorlitz painting, become a backyard birder, try some bird-making art
Puzzles of art works and historic artifacts from our collections
Edward Weston photograph: “Tepotzlan, Mexico, 1924”
William Hamilton with Graflex camera photograph, mid-20th century
Clare Bice painting: View from St. Paul’s Cathedral, undated
James Hamilton painting: Forks of the Thames, circa 1850
Mildred Peel painting: Breton Farmyard, circa 1885
Paul Peel painting: The Wreck, 1884
Paul Peel painting: The Covent Garden Market, London, Ontario, 1883