Homer’s Stay At Home Camp – Homer Watson House & Gallery

HOMER'S STAY AT HOME CAMP

As a charitable organization, we generate most of our funds from our art programs such as March Break Camps and Summer Art Camps. If you would like to DONATE we would greatly appreciate your support.

The mission of Homer Watson House & Gallery is to preserve and celebrate the legacy of Homer Watson’s creative spirit by stimulating the appreciation, enjoyment and practice of the visual arts.

APRIL ART CHALLENGE

Art is a way to express yourself, have fun and connect with others. Now more than ever we see the benefits of practicing and enjoying art. That’s why we’ve created a 30 Day Art Challenge to keep the creativity flowing during this difficult time. Each day we will be posting a new theme on Facebook & Instagram to inspire you. Whether you like to draw, paint, sculpt, photograph or do a little bit of everything, these open ended prompts are for everyone! We love to see what our community is creating so don’t forgot to tag us and use the hashtag #createfromadistance.

Visit our FACEBOOK PAGE and see what staff instructor Ralf Wall is creating each day!

April 1 – Funny
April 2 – Off handed
April 3 – Rainbow
April 4 – Window
April 5 – Plants
April 6 – Famous
April 7 – Health
April 8 – Rush
April 9 – Food
April 10 – Sibling

April 11 – Pet
April 12 – Easter
April 13 – Chocolate
April 14 – Reflection
April 15 – Recreate
April 16 – Selfie
April 17 – Abstract
April 18 – Monochrome
April 19 – Identity
April 20 – Reverse

April 21 – Pair
April 22 – Earth
April 23 – Book
April 24 – Balance
April 25 – Spread
April 26 – Dot
April 27 – Graffiti
April 28 – Perspective
April 29 – BIG
April 30 – Favourite

VICTORIAN EASTER CARDS

Did you know that Homer Watson reached the peak of his popularity during the Victorian Period? The Victorian period was also the time when sending greeting cards became fashionable! The introduction of the halfpenny stamp in the 1870s made mailing cards affordable and it became common practice to send Easter cards. In typical Victorian style, Easter cards were quite unusual and sometimes even ridiculous! Why not download one of our templates and colour your own Easter card to send to a loved one.

*Don’t forget to share your completed project on Facebook or Instagram! Tag @HomerWatsonHouse and #HomersStayAtHomeCamp.

Bunny Card

Bicycle Card

Chicks Card

Lamb Card

Daffodil Card

Egg Decorating

FREE PRINTABLES BELOW

*Don’t forget to share your completed project on Facebook or Instagram! Tag @HomerWatsonHouse and #HomersStayAtHomeCamp.

CRAFTS FROM RECYCLED PAPER

Since everyone seems to be going through a LOT of toilet paper, we’ve got some fun crafts you can do with your toilet rolls!
*Don’t forget to share your completed project on Facebook or Instagram! Tag @HomerWatsonHouse and #HomersStayAtHomeCamp.

VIDEOS FROM OUR YOUTUBE CHANNEL

Time lapse watercolour
with Ralf Wall

Painting Greens
with Scott McNichol

Painting Skies
with Scott McNichol

Aluminum Foil People
with Scott McNichol

Watercolour Farm
with Ralf Wall

Make your own paint
with Scott McNichol

Draw a Monkey
with Scott McNichol

Epic Swamp
with Ralf Wall

Time-lapse digital painting
with Katherine Olenic

TRANSCRIPTIONS

We felt like detectives transcribing Phoebe Watson’s poetry so we thought it might be fun to do Transcription Tuesday! These are some pages from our collection. Why not have a go at transcribing them!