Daily Creativity #67: Recreate a Still Life Painting

by Jane Levi

Published June 23, 2020

Still life paintings are full of hidden meaning. Look carefully at “Vanitas” by Pieter Claesz (1597-1661). Make a list of...
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Symbols of Hope, photography and thoughts by Alyssa Wu, 13

by Stone Soup Editors

Published April 23, 2020

My previous elementary school feels empty this month, but nature continues to show beauty and symbols of hope.    ...
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Daily Creativity #22: Create a Photograph with Unexpected Perspective

by Jane Levi

Published April 21, 2020

In cubist paintings, it isn’t always immediately obvious what all the shapes represent. Look at Still Life with Checked Tablecloth...
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The Beginning of Spring Amidst COVID-19, photographs by Anya Geist, 13

by Anya Geist

Published April 14, 2020

The Beginning of Spring Amidst COVID-19 by Anya Geist, 13 Where I am, in Massachusetts, although it is a third...
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Gateway to Darkness, writing and photography by Grace Williams, 13

by Stone Soup Editors

Published April 7, 2020

When the first person tested positive with COVID-19, the virus was only in China. But soon, as people traveled and...
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Daily Creativity #10: Create an Art Piece of One of Your Happiest Moments

by Sarah Ainsworth

Published April 3, 2020

Create a visual representation of one of your happiest moments. You could re-stage it for a photograph, paint it with...
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Interview and Web Links for Author Ransom Riggs

by William Rubel

Published July 23, 2016

This interview inspires two projects: write a story based on a photograph and illustrate a story with photographs. This is...
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Historic Photography by Kids

by William Rubel

Published May 20, 2015

The Kodak box camera, first produced in the 1880s, became the iconic camera for the amateur photographer. The camera was...
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