As an art teacher, I was always looking for fun art games for kids to play if they finished their art work early or on shorter days before holidays or the end of the school year. Now that we are under quarantine and still have to find ways to keep busy and have fun at home - this project was more needed than EVER! I couldn't find any 'Artopoly' games that I could buy so like any good artist- I MADE MY OWN! and it was SO MUCH FUN!
I started by taking an old board game that we didn't play anymore (Chutes and Ladders) and I primed it by painting over it with flat white acrylic paint. Once it was dry I sketched and measured the spaces on the board (they are about 3 inches in height and 2 inches in width but some spaces vary) . Then I sketched the artist palette desgin in the center and the Artopoly letters.
Once I finished that , I mixed the signature monopoly mint green color (using white and green ) and painted the background and spaces.
Then I looked up and sketched the drawings for each of the pieces of artwork using an art history timeline. I started with cave paintings after the 'go' space and ended with Op art in the modern art section. I couldn't fit ALL the artwork I wanted (I didn't get to add the Scream !! :( ) but I tried to make sure that I had at least one space for each major art movement in the art history timeline. I added the dates for the artwork and the artist's names as well. I painted the artwork using acrylic paints and a VERY small paintbrush. I am not used to painting on such a small scale so that was pretty time consuming. You could definitely save time by saving and printing thumbnails of the artwork you want and then gluing it to the spaces on the board. I sealed the board with modge podge.
For the playing pieces, I used sculpey clay to make 4 pieces of famous art work. I made Van Gogh's ear, a Warhol Soup Can, a Dali melting clock and an ancient Greek amphora.
I really LOVE how it turned out and can't wait to play it!
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