Drawing Machines
Invent, build, and play with drawing tools to make your own creative marks.
Kids will learn about artists who create drawing machines from art history. Kids can bring their spiropraph, compass or other drawing tools they have on hand. They will make their own drawing machines using supplies they have at home to create unique marks and lines and use these in their art making process.
1 Your Guide
Amber Santos is an art educator and artist with over 25 years of experience, including 15 years in online education and creating 65+ activities for the HomeLearners Network. Her multidisciplinary practice is deeply rooted in her German heritage and reclaimed Métis and Anishinaabe culture, blending paper craft, beading, textiles, and eco-conscious gardening. Amber’s curriculum combines technical fundamentals like colour theory and with somatic, wellness-centered art practices. A painter and muralist with an on-going studio practice, she also spent seven years curating the Nelson International Mural Festival of which she is a co-founder.
When I'm not making art, find me listening to music on full blast in the kitchen, dancing and making food for my family:)
2 Materials Needed
Drawing supplies, paper, any drawing machines you have at home (spirograph, compass), supplies from your home to make a drawing machine (any toys that move, elastics, paper clips, tape, glue, string, cardboard, clips, etc.)
3 Learning Focus
- Creative thinking
- Critical & reflective thinking
- Positive personal identity & culture
4 Registration
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