SUMMER FUN!
The summer holidays are a great time to be creative and practise our skills. I love creating art on my iPad and wanted to share some of my favorite apps with you. I hope you can download them to take with you on your summer holidays!
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| Can you think of a great title for this? -by Gabriel and Mrs Murphy |
The photo above was made with Repix, a free photo editing app with additional tools that you can purchase for a small fee. This picture was made with the free version.
Art Puzzle is a great app that lets you put together many famous paintings in the form of a puzzle. The Lite version features 15 paintings from famous artists.
Magritte It will transform any picture into a surrealistic wonder!
Try Faces imake for a fun collage making app. If you like, save your picture and edit it in another program such as Brushes to add details!
Experience symmetry as never before with Amaziograph. You have to try it to believe it... so much fun! Choose your symmetry type and the app will recreate each line you make with that kind of symmetry.
Starry Night Interactive Animation is a must see. Watch it come to life with music and interact with the painting. You can make the sky swirl and the cypress trees sway!
Van Gogh Interactive allows you to move elements of the paintings around or explore Van Gogh's work in new ways. Explore 'Potato Eaters' with a candle or fill a basket with fruit in 'Still Life with Basket of Apples'. A great app for the little ones.
Press Here is based on the bestselling picture book by Herve Tullet, Press Here features 15 colorful, unique, and inspiring art games. It's a must for those long plane rides!
MoMA Art Lab has some very unique and creative activities. Be sure to visit the activities section and try the suggestions. My kids and I really enjoyed making sound compositions inspired by Elizabeth Murray.
Draw&tell HD has many options to create art. The easy to use recording button lets your child tell about their picture when it's done!
BrainPop Jr now has an app! Key in our school password and have access to all of the BrainPop videos, activities and features from your ipad! be sure to watch the videos about Van Gogh, Picasso and Georgia OKeeffe! Look for ideas for art projects in the activities section of these videos.
I will be adding more apps to this list. Please comment in the section below to add your favorite art apps too!
