20 VADT Foundation Art Challenges

Most of these challenges will take a lesson (75 mins) though some need some planning and preparation,
for materials and work space. So you should spend time becoming familiar with all of the challenges. You
are expected to do a little research on the internet for inspiration and examples.
For each challenge you attempt, you should take a few photos of the processes you are working through,
and then a final good quality image of the finished artwork. If it's a sculpture, you will want a number of
images to showcase your work. And this should be submitted into the ​20 VADT Foundation Art
Challenges Media Gallery​ on Schoology.

1. Timed Art Competition 2. Altered Magazine Photo

Adding a sense of urgency to Defacing photographs is a fun
finish an art project increases activity for teens. This can be a
spontaneity. Most teens love to therapeutic and humorous art
compete with their peers. Offer a exercise that does not require
set time limit and create an art drawing or painting skills.
challenge that does not allow You are invited to alter magazine
time for self-conscious thought. photos with pencils, pens, oil
Each challenge here should take pastels and acrylic paint. Matte
a lesson! magazine imagery works best.
Oversized fashion magazines
with black and white photos can
be great for this activity.
Alternately, create a digital
version of this task.

3. Tin Foil Sculpture 4. Words to Live By Collage

Using a roll of tin/aluminium foil. What words do you live by?
Set a time limit of one hour and Which quote excites you? If you
each sculpture can be made do not know or have a personal
using an entire roll of tinfoil. (3 motto - that is ok.
meter roll) There are a wide variety of
quotes available on the internet..
Create a collage that represents
the "words to live by" quote.
Because it is important for teens
to define themselves, often their
quotes might reflect a negative or
subversive world view.

5. Crumpled Paper Painting 6. Surprise Assemblage

Crumple up a piece of clean A4 Find surprising objects to
paper into a ball. Unroll the ball incorporate into artwork.
and use the creases to create a Assembled piles of random items
spontaneous painting using the such as pipe cleaners, wood
lines on the crumpled paper. This shapes, small toys, fabric scraps,
can be left flat 2D or made 3D. yarn, buttons, screws, nuts, and
bolts etc. Your task is to make an
assemblage using the items that
are around you. Photograph your
assemblage from several
vantage points, full view,
closeups, filtered.

7. Toilet Paper Sculpture 8. Drip Painting

Take a roll of toilet paper, and a This can be a large scale
dish of flour and water paste painting done on large sheets of
create a sculpture.. paper on the floor using
Offering structural items to hold pour-pots of latex paint. Or small
up the sculpture is helpful, such scale using nail varnish
as coat hangers, pipe cleaners or This painting can also be created
popsicle sticks. on a small scale using watercolor
paper and paint. Organic shapes
can also be painted on the
 background prior to the drip
painting.

9. Crazy Quilt Collage 10. What Are They Thinking?

Tear up two or three magazine Start with a large sheet of paper,
pages into squares along with one magazine,
approximately 5cm x 5cm. Think scissors, glue stick, and a black
about colour and pattern felt pen. Pull out pictures of five
selection. You have the lesson to different images​ of people, cut
collage a "crazy quilt". Ensure all them out, arrange them on the
of the pieces are securely stuck paper and glue them down. Now
down. draw a thought bubble above
every head and write what each
figure is secretly thinking.

11. Doodling - Tagging 12. Upcycled Collaborative

Design your own graffiti Junk Sculpture
signature/tag with felt pens and Have piles of junk available to
or paint. Tagging can be done on create a large group sculpture
a small scale with felt pens or such as old household items,
paints. You can start by drawing toys, colorful straws, chicken
an outline of your initials and wire for building forms, and
doodle within them. building construction refuse such
as colorful electrical wires, etc.
You can also create a junk
landscape on a large board, or a
large collaborative mobile out of
junk.

13. Giant Candy Sculpture 14. Temporary Tattoos

Provide a creative array of What would you like as a
gumdrops, marshmallows, self-defining tattoo? What is the
cookies, candy, chocolates, as most important theme as the
well as structural items such as foundation for your tattoo
toothpicks and longer skewers to design? Draw and colour your
create edible candy sculptures. tattoo design. Then use the app
INKHUNTER to test it.

15. Tissue Paper Collage 16. Magazine Collage

Using coloured tissue paper or Using newspapers & magazines
coloured napkins (separate the cut out ten images and ten words
layers) tear it up into large and or phrases that attract your
small shapes and sizes. Use interest.
these to cover the entire Fill up an entire A4/A3 sheet
background A4 paper with white using the imagery and words in
glue thinned with water (a chunk interesting and absurd ways.
of glue stick can be mixed into a Try to identify themes and visual
small amount of warm water). stories, in order to decide upon a
Place large and small pieces of name for the collage.
tissue paper on the wet glue.
Brush the top of each piece of
tissue paper with glue as well.
Build up your colours and layers,
lightest to darkest or visa versa
 17. Poured Line Painting 18 Art Selfie Recreation
This is a process art technique Find two to three famous
that cannot be pre-planned. This artworks that you enjoy and that
technique provides an you think you could recreate, you
opportunity to play with "fail free" should be looking for portraits
abstract painting as originated by and self portraits (selfies) using
artist Jackson Pollock. Pour household objects and raiding
black paint/inkt onto an A4 sheet the wardrobe and linen
of paper in free-form poured cupboard.
lines. Allow poured lines to cross
and form interesting shapes. You
can also "rock" the paper to
create spontaneous designs.
Allow lines to completely dry and
then fill in the shapes with colour.
Alternately with a black felt pen
doodle squiggles across the
paper, with your eyes closed for
3 seconds.

19. Lego Art Recreation 20. Photo Scavenger Hunt

Have you got lots of lego bricks Observe the world around you.
(or any other childrens building Find as many of the listed
bricks)? Recreate some abstract prompts as possible. Take a
geometric art using the bricks. minimum of three photos for
Take inspiration from De Stijl and each prompt. Consider point of
Bauhaus, being mindful of view, composition, elements &
colours and proportions. principles. Create a ​Keynote
presentation with the prompts
used, and submit as an exported
.GIF
(​https://theartofeducation.edu/20
20/04/27/how-to-maximize-creati
vity-when-teaching-online/​)

Before attempting any of these artworks, collect your materials and prepare your workspace. In doing this
you have asked permission to use the ​LAST ​toilet roll, or cans of paint and nail varnish and are aware that
some of these projects can be “messy” and that you are prepared to clean and tidy up once you have
completed your art.

Original idea from ​https://www.expressiveartworkshops.com/how-to-start-your-own-art-program/spontaneous-art-therapy-activities-for-teens/

Links & Inspiration:

https://craftwhack.com/famous-paintings-recreated-using-non-traditional-art-materials/
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-norfolk-52295494
https://www.boredpanda.com/art-recreation-at-home-museum-challenge/?utm_source=google&utm_medium=organic&utm_campaign=organic