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Some Days are Good
Yesterday we had some awesome art time. Both kids and I sat down for about an hour-and-a-half and made polyclay figurines. Do you know how rare it is for ALL THREE of us to be engrossed in the same activity for that long. Like so rare it has never happened kinda rare. LOL! I felt [...]
Posted in Art, Homeschooling
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Kids’ Wildflower Art
Here are drawings from both Jessie and Sam for week 7 of Wildflower Morning’s Wildflowers in Winter blog-a-thon. (click them to see a larger version in a new window) I didn’t expect Jessie to draw for it but she heard Sam and I talking and wanted to join in on the fun. Sam’s drawing is [...]
Posted in Art, Backyard, Flowers, Homeschooling, Life
Tuesday C&I
Since Barb has got me thinking of Tuesday’s as sketch/art days, I decided to work on a scroll blank during quiet time today. The color copy is the inspiration for this one. I like this style because it is so much like doodling. Granted my versions are usually not as airy as the original piece. [...]
Posted in Art, Homeschooling, Misc C&I, SCA
And More
I seem to have hit on an art project Sam really likes. These are done with construction paper and an Xacto knife. We talked briefly about complimentary colors and positive/negative space. The ones on the left were done Tuesday, the other two were done today. I’m kinda enjoying this project myself. I wonder if I [...]
Halloween Art
More home-made decorations today! Sam and I made these cut paper decorations today. They’re sandwiched between wax paper with melted crayon shavings. I didn’t have any contact paper. Thought they came out kinda cute. They remind me of Magic Windows/Ventanas mágicas that I checked out from the library not too long ago. (just not as [...]
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Fall Art Kit: Leaf Imprint Pendant
Managed to get this one, from the Fall Art Kit, done today even with a field trip in the afternoon. Our “green hour” today was spent petting barnyard animals, running willy-nilly through a hay maze, hay-riding and pumpkin picking. You can’t tell through the paint, but it is a little crispy around the edges. Sam [...]
Posted in Art, Homeschooling, Nature
Fall Art Kit: Fall Banner
Today, as promised, we did the fall banner from the Fall Art Kit. The kids were excited to use the “special markers” we bought just for this project. LOL! Yes, we have other washable markers but these were speeecciiiiaaallll. *giggle* Sam and I painted the glue solution while discusing the nature of a “solution.” (Who [...]
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Fall Art Kit: Warm Colors Exercises
Today we did the warm colors exercises from the Fall Art Kit. This is Sam’s two efforts at the watercolor portion. I REALLY like the first one. He (as any artist) doesn’t like it. In the second one, he really enjoyed playing with the watercolors on wet paper. Oh, that’s right. This wasn’t in the [...]
Posted in Art, Homeschooling, Nature