Draw a series of circles and transform each one into something different. See how many unique things you can create with one simple shape.
Exploring Simon Hughes
Use line and shape to transform sketches of simple things you would find around your house into geometric masterpieces.
Explore PAMA's exhibition of the works of Simon Hughes to see what you can find as you discover the details hidden in his art.
From light to dark and every shade in between, you can further your exploration of line, shape and colour as you create your own graphic gradient masterpiece.
Use basic shapes and a progression of colours to create your own landscape and bring it to life with different prints and patterns.
Explore colour and space as your create your own colourful collage using mixed media techniques inspired by the Simon Hughes.
Hidden Treasures
May 29 is Paperclip Day! Tape a paperclip into your sketchbook or draw your own and use your imagination to transform it into something more.
Communicate in secret with your friends using your own matching coders to encode your letters and messages for each other's eyes only.
Explore your neighbourhood through a different lens as you go for a walk and try to find everything on the list.
Seek and find words one letter at a time as you try your hand at our PAMA word search before making your own full of your special treasures.
Explore PAMA's digital exhibition, Morphology, to see what you can find and follow the guide to create a photo story of your own local landscape.
Regally Royal
As we finish a week of feeling regally royal, draw yourself or another character as a king or queen.
Royalty have been the feature of postage stamps for years, today it's your turn to be the postage profile.
Spades, diamonds, clubs and hearts. Play your hand after you get creative and make your own custom deck of cards.
Feel like royalty as you get creative and make your own 3-dimensional paper crown.
Celebrate Victoria Day with your own fireworks showcase in the house as you make your own scratch artwork.
Celebrate Museum Week
May 15 is Endangered Species Day. It is a day to learn about endangered animals and how we can protect them.
Today is all about moments, they can be from your life while staying at home or simply your favourite memories. Use your imagination as you capture moments through your own work of art.
In his works, Simon Hughes creates architectural fantasies using line, shape and form. Explore architecture and your imagination as you design your own model museum.
Celebrate Museum Week and National Limerick Day by bringing culture to your quarantine and creating rhyming labels for the artwork in your home.
In addition to sharing your story with us through the Peel Time Capsule, you can document this time for yourself as you make your own.
Fantastic Florals
Daydreaming of Summer weather? Picture yourself in the desert and sketch a variety of colourful cacti.
Bring May flowers inside one petal at a time as you create your own hanging wisteria garland.
Get creative and print snapdragons to celebrate Mother's Day or hyacinths to thank nurses for all their hard work on Nurses Day or dreamy dandelions just to show someone you're thinking of them.
Celebrate Cinco de Mayo by creating your own colourful bouquet of fiesta flowers.
Use your magic powers to make flowers that bloom with nothing but the power of the force.
Make Some Music
Take part in a series of creative sketchbook challenges every Friday in May. This week, sketch what you love most about the month.
Celebrate International Jazz Day and the last day of "April Showers" by designing your art to music.
Get up, dance and explore sound and volume in a single song as you make your own sonic waves mobile.
Rain Sticks
Something simple can make so many unique sounds depending on what you put inside. Get innovative with your own rain stick using old paper towel or toilet paper tubes.
Everyone must use their imaginations to create an exquisite story, one line at a time.
Strum, blow and shake this ultimate instrument to make as many different sounds as you can.
Reduce, Reuse & Recycle
On National Telephone Day, in addition to giving a call to someone special, get creative and make a cup phone to talk to someone while social distancing in the house.
Recycle old pieces of cardboard and bottle caps to make a unique musical instrument.
Bring life to scraps of paper and old pieces of cardboard by using them to make your own book in celebration of World Book Day.
Celebrate Earth Day by making something old new again! Turn an old t-shirt into a reusable tote bag instead of throwing it away.
Bring the sunshine inside with your own spinning sun that isn't just fun to make, but also fun to play with.
Look at the world through a different lens with a self-portrait that combines drawing and collage for a mixed media masterpiece.
Get inspired by comics and graphic novels to make a word pop off the page using colours and patterns.
Express Yourself
Create snapshots of your favourite memories or make one a day to document how you're social distancing. String them together for a unique photo story of your life.
It's National Haiku Day! Express yourself with words and explore the art of haiku poetry.
See how your mind can play tricks on you with colours, shapes and patterns as you make an optical illusion that pops off the page.
Celebrate World Art Day by creating your own masterpiece to share with the neighbourhood. If you don't have chalk, you can follow the steps to make your own chalk paint.
Use basic geometric shapes to create an artwork that leaps off the page with a pop of colour and a roar.
Learn how to tell time with nothing but the light of the sun as you create your own colourful sundial and explore different kinds of clocks.
Connect with people you can't see in person and send them a colourful spring card to show you care. Use a variety of artistic techniques to make each unique.
Archives Awareness
Font and text can be used to convey more than just the words written. Illuminated letters have been used for centuries to convey the importance of text, now you can make your own.
Art and stories collide with comic creations. Create your own characters and use them to tell a story scene by scene.
Since sports aren't happening, use your imagination to create your own cards to trade with family and friends.
A map is no good without a compass rose to tell you what direction everything is in. Use collage techniques to create your own geometric compass rose inspired by maps from our Archives and the works of Simon Hughes.
Make a special scavenger hunt leaving clues for someone using Morse Code. Come up with your clues then use the Alphabet Reference sheet to encode them for a someone to decipher.
Explore the patterns and colours of tartans as you celebrate National Tartan Day! Lines, shapes and repetition are only some of the elements you can use to make your own tartan inspired pattern.
Explore colours found in nature as you design your own geodes and use watercolour techniques to make the colours flow into one another.
Artistic Adventures
Take your time and celebrate slow art day by exploring works from PAMA's collection in a new way. Examine each work digitally through our series of questions and create your own work with others one square at a time.
Explore the colours of the rainbow with your own pinwheel and see how basic colours mix to make new ones when it twirls in the wind.
Art can connect with all your senses in different ways. Pick a unique song and let it guide you in creating art that moves you.
Make your own meteorology mobile to celebrate the start of April and the hope that April showers will bring May flowers soon.
Test your memory and get creative at the same time. Make your own matching memory game and see how fast you can find all the pairs or challenge someone in your family to see who can find the most first.
The best part about washable markers is the magic you can make with them! Use something simple to create a artwork with a watercolour effect and bring it to life in your own unique way.
Reduce, reuse and weave! Find a use for the random scraps of paper or old magazines you have in the house and create a recycled woven artwork.
Creative Creations
Use your imagination and design your own museum! From the colour of the walls to what's in the frames and display cases -use your imagination and make your museum your own.
Explore art with bubbles and create works of art that pop! Use basic at home materials to create abstract mono-prints and with a little extra, you can transform bubbles into something more.
Bring a pop of colour to a dreary day and use your imagination to create an abstract landscape using blocks of colour, lines and shapes.
Keep your secrets close or your treasures hidden with a secret treasure map. Use invisible ink to write secret clues and make your own map just like pirates used to.
Tell stories in a visual way with shadow puppets. Create a series of characters and even make your own theatre to tell stories using light and shadow.
Find a use for the empty toilet paper rolls you have in your house and make your own way to view the constellations. Pick your favourite and create a constellation viewer to help you find it anywhere you go.
Keep it simple by using lines and colours to create your own geometric abstract artwork. Mix colours, think outside the box and get creative!
Mixed-Media Mash-Up
Your furry friends are probably so happy to have your company while you're at home! Create your own wiggle pet inspired by your own or your favourite animal.
No paint? No problem! Follow the steps to make your own corn syrup paint and use it to make a masterpiece.
Happy Spring! Start the season off by making your own paper spring flowers. Imagine the flowers, butterflies and birds that will be joining us in the coming months and start the season right.
Make your own puzzle from your imagination using traditional thick black lines from comics. Make a few and follow the family challenges for some ways to engage.
Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a Celtic Knot Mobile that symbolizes love and eternity, a special mobile with no beginning and no end.
Empty out the gift wrap drawer and use your torn scraps of tissue paper to make something beautiful! Look out your window and create a landscape inspired by the view outside.
Culture Days Self-Portraits
Our self-portrait series is inspired by Art Voice: Expressions from youth in the GTA, an online exhibition featuring extraordinary works created by youth artists expressing their voices through art.
Colouring Sheets
Enjoy colouring at home with PAMA colouring sheets.
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