Jambo Means Hello (All Ages)

Professor "T" Triada Samaras reads:
 Jambo Means Hello by Muriel Feelings with pictures by Tom Feelings

https://youtu.be/UnDZ2E4rWBQ

Making Spiders and a Puppet Theater (All Ages)

Professor "T" Samaras demonstrates creating 3-D spiders and a simple puppet theater inspired by "Anansi the Spider" by Gerald McDermott.

Materials needed to make the project in this video:

A few sheets of toilet paper or tissue paper
A rubber band
Markers
An recycled box

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=57379cP6Zy0&feature=youtu.be

LINK for the White Spider used in the video.

Artworks Done at Home


Sent in from Janea Panther Academy

Anansi the Spider (For All Ages)

Professor "T" Triada Samaras reads:
Anansi the Spider by Gerald McDermott

Jacqueline Veuve: 25 Years of Cinema (Grades 6-12)

Professor "T" Triada Samaras reads:
Jacqueline Veuve / 25 Years of Cinema

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XGHBq8TZums

(Professor "T" Triada Samaras in the film:

"The Artist's Salary/La Salaire de 'lArtiste"

A Documentary Film by Laurent and Jacqueline Veuve

https://www.artfilm.ch/en/le-salaire-de-l-artiste)

Drawing and Bookmaking (For All Ages)

In this video, Professor "T" Triada Samaras demonstrates how to make drawings and an easy book inspired by "Round Trip" by Ann Jonas.

Materials needed to make the project in this video:

2-3 sheets of white printer paper

Markers or pencils

Tape or stapler

Origami Mini-Booklets from a Single Sheet of Paper

Round Trip (For All Ages)

Professor Samaras reads:
Round Trip by Ann Jonas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sb8gxKFaRQ

Making and Using Homemade Paints (For All Ages)

In this video, Professor "T" Triada Samaras explains how to make an easy homemade paint recipe to use to make paintings at home.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q89c8CEmvp0&t=7s

How to Make Your Own Egg Tempera

https://tinkerlab.com/make-your-own-egg-tempera-paint/

Needed:  

• Paintbrush or Q-Tip
• One Egg
• Food Coloring or Liquid Watercolor or Kitchen Items
• Paper 

Artworks Done at Home

                                         (Sent in by Martha, Panther Academy)

Above:  Painting Using Homemade Paint 
(Sent in by Iva, School 21)

Above: Painting with Coffee
(Sent in by Danna, left, and Emely, right, students at School 21)



Above:  Painting with Soysauce, Tumeric and Cumin
(Sent in by WP K-12 Art Certification Candidate, Nicole Paduano)

Tye May and the Magic Brush (For All Ages)

Professor "T" Triada Samaras reads:
Tye May and the Magic School Brush by Molly Garrett Bang

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhUSJZHsoMI&t=74s

Leonardo and The Flying Boy (For All Ages)

Welcome to Learning Art at Home

I am Professor "T" (Professor Triada Samaras) and I work as a William Paterson University Art Professor in Residence in the Paterson, NJ public schools under a Geraldine R. Dodge grant for 7 years.  

Here is a first YouTube video I made. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZKm3OtmvFk

(A Story about Leonardo Da Vinci by Laurence Arnholt)

Please gather a pencil and a blank piece of paper to be ready for an art activity at the end of the video.

("Hair-cutting" Machine I drew during the video)

You can find more information about Leonardo DaVinci at: https://www.leonardodavinci.net/

(Self-portrait Leonardo DaVinci)

("Mona Lisa painting" by Leonardo)