Creating with Mr. Dearybury

Children’s Literature is a special art form blending perfectly woven words and beautifully created pictures. Reading the author’s story combined with the illustrator's images, readers can’t help but to dream, imagine, and create. In this 8 video series, join author, illustrator, and educator Jed Dearybury as he walks us through some of his favorite picture books and how they inspire him to make art. Hopefully you will start making too, because it is a great day to create! 

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Alma's Inspiration | Creating with Mr. Dearybury
Alma's Inspiration | Creating with Mr. Dearybury

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Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3 4

Alma Thomas was an incredible artist who used patterns and colors to create beautiful pieces. Inspired by her work, viewers will create their own art using torn colored paper.
CeCe's Science | Creating with Mr. Dearybury
CeCe's Science | Creating with Mr. Dearybury

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Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3 4

Art is messy, science is experimenty, and sometimes the result isn't what you think. Just like Cece from Cece Loves Science learns something new, viewers of this episode will learn something new about...
Everyone's Circles | Creating with Mr. Dearybury
Everyone's Circles | Creating with Mr. Dearybury

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Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3

Wonderful things can happen when love is in your circle. In this episode viewers will learn to make circular art inspired by Kandinsky so they can remember the special people in their circle.
Fern's Fabulosity | Creating with Mr. Dearybury
Fern's Fabulosity | Creating with Mr. Dearybury

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Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3

Sometimes people make fun of us for being our fabulous selves. Just like Fern unicorn, we just have to keep being who we are. In this episode viewers will learn to make costume pieces so they can be...
Keith's Doodles | Creating with Mr. Dearybury
Keith's Doodles | Creating with Mr. Dearybury

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Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3 4

Lots of us think we "can't" draw, but no one ever says "I can't doodle." In this episode, viewers will explore their doodlability just like artist Keith Haring.
Pip's Normal | Creating with Mr. Dearybury
Pip's Normal | Creating with Mr. Dearybury

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Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3 4

Pip the Pig wasn't "normal" and we don't have to be either. Express your unique self by making art using nothing but a ripped piece of cardboard.
Tyree's Trash | Creating with Mr. Dearybury
Tyree's Trash | Creating with Mr. Dearybury

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Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3 4

Artist Tyree Guyton changed his community forever by making art with trash. Viewers of this episode will be challenged to do the same in their neighborhoods by using items bound for the landfill to...
Vashti's Marks | Creating with Mr. Dearybury
Vashti's Marks | Creating with Mr. Dearybury

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Grades: Kindergarten 1 2 3 4

Using The Dot, by Peter H. Reynold's, viewers will make a mark, and another mark, and another, and another til a unique piece of art is born. Hang it on the wall, give it to a friend, make up a story...

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Arts Grow SC

Arts Grow SC

Arts Grow SC is a three-year partnership between the South Carolina Department of Education and the South Carolina Arts Commission to help public schools throughout the state address pandemic related...