For our art project today, my young artist wanted to try her hand at drawing architecture. The “Draw 50” books by Lee Ames are a great way to help kids tackle more difficult subjects. This one shown is the “Draw 50-Buildings and Other Structures” but there are 27 others in the series: birds, airplanes, horses, etc. She […]
Art With Children
Making art with my children is one of the greatest joys of my life. I’m so grateful to be able to share my love of the arts with them every day! Homeschooling gives me the freedom to pass on my love for art to my children and the time to learn new things along with them.
Super Art Friday- “Spin Art”
Super Art Friday is back! Sadly, I haven’t done much art with my middle two in the last few months due to so many doctors appts. for our tiny dude, but I’m determined to make time for art again. It’s always one of the highlights of my week! And besides, ART makes you […]
December 19th
Today’s photo features this beautiful poinsettia wreath from Paper Source. Similar to the paper sunflower kits I’ve shown before, this kit comes with everything you need to assemble this gorgeous wreath. My 8 year old made it with minimal assistance. I’ve now been amazed twice at how awesome these kits […]
Pressed Leaf Alphabet Flash Cards
Every Autumn we pull out this little book and set it on our side table. It contains alphabet flash cards I made with my daughter, all illustrated with pressed leaves. Posting all 26 would be a bit much, so here are some of my favorites. I got the idea several years […]
“Welcome Baby” Chalkboard Sign
My young artist decided that her new baby brother needed a special welcome sign for his arrival. Armed with her sidewalk chalk, she set to work on a sign of love…
‘Cruncher and Muncher’, or, This Week’s Science and Art
Those are the names affectionately bestowed upon two colorful caterpillars the kids found nibbling on our garden carrots. We looked them up on the Texas A&M online insect field guide and identified them as ‘parsley caterpillars’. We gently relocated them, along with plenty of carrot leaves, to our bug tent so we could […]
Drawing the Roses
After a grueling week of speech preparation and competition, I was ready to get back to quiet activities at home. My daughter was recently given these lovely roses by her grandfather. We don’t have fresh flowers around the house often, so whenever we do have them, we use them […]
A Birthday Menu
I sat down with my daughter to plan her birthday menu. In our family, getting to eat your favorite things on your birthday is part of the celebration. She came up with all of her favorite foods (including a trip to Souper Salad with a girl- friend from church) and then I wrote it on […]
Usborne’s “Drawing Faces”
I love this book! I picked it up at the Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, TX. This is the best book I’ve ever seen for kids on how to draw faces. It contains 27 lessons on how to create faces of all sorts using many different techniques. It starts out demonstrating the […]