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By Mieke VanderBorght
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Idea generator jazzes up kids' hard-copy drawings.
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Jazza's Arty Games
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What's It About?
Create a unique profile in JAZZA'S ARTY GAMES to help customize your drawing challenges. Indicate what materials you have, such as ink pens, colored pencils, markers, paint, and more, including how many colors you have. Or just go straight to the challenges. Single games include eight categories, each presenting a different kind of drawing challenge. For example, "Character" randomly generates a character description; "Design" presents two random items for kids to combine together in a unique way. Give yourself a time limit or choose open-ended. Challenge mashup lets kids choose which of the eight challenges they want to include in a quick series of drawing prompts.
Is It Any Good?
For kids who like to draw, this idea generator can be loads of fun, and it gets kids thinking about new ways to stretch their artistic skills. Forget about using any in-app drawing tools since Jazza's Arty Games is a unique, on-paper approach to injecting some creativity into an artist's portfolio. Some ideas may not appeal -- or make sense -- to all kids, but if they get one they don't like, they can always generate a new one. Kids don't have to own a large collection of art materials (even a pencil and paper will do), though it certainly makes things more fun if kids have a variety of colors and drawing tools at their fingertips. Kids could also conceivably use a digital drawing program to follow the prompts. If kids have some well-known marker brands, they can add that collection to their profile to customize challenges based on the exact colors they own. It's possible that kids who aren't into drawing may find the ideas intriguing, though it's more likely that Jazza's Arty Games will appeal to kids who love to draw.
Talk to Your Kids About ...
Families can talk about the drawings that kids create with the prompts from Jazza's Arty Games. What does the drawing show? How did you interpret the prompt?
Draw together and compare the different drawings you create with the same prompt.
If your kids are into art, show them all kinds -- from classic masterpieces to modern art to comics and graphic art. Go to museums to see them in person, go to the library to check out art books, or look up artworks online.
App Details
- Devices : iPhone , iPod Touch , iPad , Android
- Subjects : Arts : drawing , painting
- Skills : Creativity : making new creations , producing new content
- Pricing structure : Paid ($2.99)
- Release date : November 13, 2019
- Genre : Family Games
- Publisher : Jazza Studios
- Version : 2.1.1
- Minimum software requirements : iOS 10.0 or later; Android 4.3 and up
- Last updated : July 11, 2020
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