ClassX Video Lessons Subjects Art Artzooka! – Picture Frames, Flying Dragon and Spaghetti (Full Episode)
Hey there! I’m Jeremy, and today we’re going to have some fun with art! Let’s make our drawings even more exciting by adding cool backgrounds and frames. Are you ready? Let’s get started!
Look at this drawing. It’s already great, but we can make it even better by adding a background and a frame. I made some copies of the drawing so we can try different things.
For the first one, let’s add some circles. I’ll use a bright blue marker to make it look like the drawing is underwater with bubbles. Then, I’ll add some green circles to give it a fresh look. Wow, it looks so different now!
For the second drawing, let’s add some stripes. I’ll start with red squiggly stripes and then add black ones. They look awesome together! It’s amazing how changing the background can make the same drawing look totally new!
Now, let’s make our drawings even more special with frames. I made some frames using corrugated cardboard, which has bumpy ridges. I painted them white to start.
For one frame, I’ll add some colorful craft foam flowers. I cut out different shapes and colors to make it look bright and cheerful. You can decorate your frame any way you like!
For the other frame, I’ll use red paint. Since the cardboard has ridges, the paint will only go on the raised parts, creating cool stripes. Look at that!
Now, let’s put our drawings back in the frames. See how different they look? The same picture, but with new backgrounds and frames, they look unique and special!
Dragons are amazing! They can fly and breathe fire. Let’s make our own flying dragon using recycled cardboard.
First, draw the dragon’s head, body, and tail. Don’t forget the spikes along its back! Cut out the dragon shape carefully.
Now, let’s give our dragon wings. Cut out two wing shapes from cardboard. Mark where you want the wings on the dragon’s body, and make small slots to attach them. Use tape to secure the wings so they can flap.
To make the dragon fly, poke holes in the wings and back. Use elastic strings to create a handle, and attach it to the dragon. Add some weight, like rocks in a hairnet, to help it balance and fly smoothly.
Decorate your dragon with paint and buttons for eyes. You can even wrap rocks in shiny paper to make it look like the dragon is carrying treasure!
Here’s a fun challenge for you! Try making something using pieces of leather, a paper napkin, and wooden sticks. I made a caravan with these materials. Can you spot the hidden bean in my creation?
Be creative and make anything you like! When you’re done, take a picture and share it with me at artzooka.com. I can’t wait to see what you create!
Remember, when you’re making art, always be safe and have fun. Let’s see what amazing things you can create today!
Background Exploration: Take a simple drawing you have made, and try adding different backgrounds to it. Use colored paper, fabric, or even leaves from outside to create a new scene for your drawing. How does each background change the way your drawing looks? Share your favorite combination with a friend or family member and explain why you chose it.
Frame Design Challenge: Gather materials like cardboard, paper, or sticks to create a frame for one of your drawings. Think about how you can decorate your frame to match the theme of your drawing. For example, if your drawing is of a sunny day, you might add yellow and orange colors to your frame. Once you’re done, display your framed artwork in your room and notice how it changes the way you see your drawing.
Dragon Adventure Story: After making your flying dragon, imagine a story where your dragon goes on an adventure. Where does it fly? What does it see? Write a short story or draw a comic strip showing your dragon’s journey. Share your story with your class or family and see what adventures they think your dragon might have next!
Here’s a sanitized version of the provided YouTube transcript:
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Uka hey, I’m Jeremy! Let’s get started with some art! [Music][Applause]
Look at this drawing—it’s great just like this, but I think it could use some extra flair. How about a background and a frame? Let’s do it!
I made some copies of this drawing. Now let’s change the backgrounds of the two and see what happens. On this one, I’ll add some circles. I’ll take my marker and make them really bright. I’ll start off with blue; it kind of looks like she’s underwater with all these bubbles. I’ll try adding some green by drawing a bunch of simple circles. This picture takes on a whole new look!
Okay, now on this one, let’s put some stripes. I’ll start off with red, and they don’t even have to be straight. I’ll just draw them like this—squiggly stripes. Now that I have them in red, let’s add some black. They make a great team! Look at that; it’s the same drawing, but they look totally different. Isn’t that cool? All I’ve done is change the background, and we have a new picture!
Let’s change these pictures even more. I’ve got these frames that I made out of corrugated cardboard—the kind that has bumpy ridges. I’ve painted them white. There we go! Now let’s put some craft foam flowers on this one. I made a bunch of these; just add some craft foam that I cut out, and I used a bunch of different colors, so it looks really nice. Of course, you can decorate yours any way you like.
Now that’s one colorful frame! I think on this one I’m going to put on some red paint. Because I used corrugated cardboard that has ridges, the paint will look really cool. Check this out! If you take a roller and roll it into the paint just like this, then swoosh it across the top of the frame, look at that! The paint only goes on the ridges, so it makes some really nice stripes.
Now I can take my picture and put it back onto the frame. Look! I gave these faces a little extra color. They’re all the same picture, but by changing the background and the framing, they look so different. Same picture, but totally different!
Uka! I think decorating around your favorite pictures makes them extra special. I made these ones more dazzling by adding a background with circles on one and zigzags on the other. Then I added a corrugated cardboard frame and decorated one with craft foam flowers. On the other one, I rolled on some red paint to give it a red stripy look. Finishing your artwork like this puts the flair in your art! I’d love to see how you finish your favorite art project. Take a picture and email it to me at the Uka website, artzooka.com.
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Dragons are the best! They breathe fire and they fly. Isn’t that cool? Let’s make a flying dragon! If I’m going to make a dragon, this recycled cardboard will be perfect. So now all I need to do is take my marker and draw the dragon.
We’ll start with the top of the head here and my dragon’s ear. It’s a big long shape, kind of like a dinosaur’s back, just like that. And then the big tail. The fun part about dragons is they’re huge and they’re scary looking, but they have these tiny little feet. Nice big dragon belly, then I’ll bring its neck around like that and finish the head. Let’s add some spikes—dragon spikes—all down the back. We’ll make those spikes go all the way up the tail.
Now that I have my dragon, I just need to cut her out. Here’s a dragon that I cut out earlier. I want this dragon to be a flying dragon, so she needs wings. I’ve taken two pieces of cardboard and cut them out into the shapes of wings, and these will be great.
Now all I need to do is attach them to the dragon. With my pencil, I’m just going to mark out where I want the wings to be. I’ll measure it here and here. Now that I have those two marks, I can start poking with my pencil. It’s kind of tough to cut with cardboard, so poking with my pencil will make it easier to make this slot. Once I have enough little pokes, I can just press my pencil in and drag it across like that.
Now that I have a slot that’s big enough for one of the wings, I can just push it right through. There we go! Now that I have a wing through, I have to tape them together. Check this out—it’s a little trick! I’ll take a piece of tape and place it right onto this wing just underneath. Now I’m going to leave a little space on the tape right here because if I overlap the wings, then they won’t flap.
If I leave that space and just tape the other wing right there, then they will flap. I’ll take my tape and wrap it around like this. Now that those wings are taped, I can just pull them right back into my dragon.
Check this out! Our dragon has wings that flap! I want to hang her up so she can fly. To do that, I’ll take my pencil again and poke a hole at the tip of each wing—one right here and another right over here. Now I’ll poke a hole right onto her back just like this.
Okay, so that’s step one. Now I’ve got a bunch of elastics. I just took these elastics, cut them in half, and tied them together, so we have a nice elastic string. Then I took a pipe cleaner, wrapped it into a circle, and attached the elastics to the pipe cleaner. That makes a nice little handle.
All I have to do now is take the elastics and tie them to the back. I’ll just slide it through the hole I’ve made and tie a little knot. She looks great like this, but we can make her fly even higher. To do that, we’ll just attach some strings to the wings.
I’ve got some beautiful red string sitting in my art case, and I’m just going to unwind a bit of this. Actually, I need to unwind a lot of this, so I’ll cut that off. There we go! Now I’ll take this really long piece and start off putting it right through this wing. I’m just going to use my pencil to poke it through.
Once I have my string through, all I need to do is tie a little knot. So I’ll tie one knot here. Now here’s the little secret to make it fly even higher: take the string and push it right through the handle that we made earlier. Now pull it down and watch—when I lift up, the wing lifts up a little bit too.
Then with the other side of the string, bring it down to the other wing. Again, tie the string to the wing, poke it through, and just a little knot right here. Now to really make this look like it’s flying, I’m going to have to put some weight on the bottom because right now I’m just holding on to it with my fingers.
So I’ll show you a little secret: I put some rocks in an old hairnet. Now if I tie this to the bottom of my dragon, it adds weight, and you can make it bounce! You can play with the number of rocks that you attach. If you put a lot of rocks, the wings will stay really high, and if you take some rocks away, the wings will be really low.
When you’re happy with the balance, just poke a hole into the bottom of your dragon with a pencil and then use some twist ties to attach the rocks. Now if you want, you can decorate yours any way you like. Check this out! I made this one earlier and painted it dragon red. Look, I put a button for eyes—actually, I had two buttons for eyes!
And then the best part was I found some rocks and covered them with gold candy wrappers—flying dragon gold delivery service!
If you want to make your own flying dragon, we have this project and a whole lot more on our website, artzooka.com.
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Now, time for an Uka safety message: Remember, when sewing trousers, you might need two leg holes!
Uka challenge! For my Uka recycle challenge, I challenged myself to make something out of pieces of leather, a paper napkin, and wooden sticks. I put them in a movie starring a paper bag. Come on and see what I made! I also put something else in the movie—a bean. See if you can spot where I put it!
Now sit back and enjoy Cinema Uka!
Here’s the paper napkin, here are the pieces of leather, and here are the wooden sticks. Can you guess what it’s going to be? It’s a caravan! Now let’s see it in a movie!
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Did you like the movie? I made a caravan out of pieces of leather, a paper napkin, and wooden sticks. Hey, did you spot the bean? Take another look at where I put it!
Here’s my challenge to you: See if you can make something out of pieces of leather, a paper napkin, and wooden sticks. Be creative—anything goes! And when you do, take a picture and email it to me at the Uka website, artzooka.com.
What will you create today?
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