We’ve been learning about Monet this week. Here are my two favorite children’s books on Monet: Linnea in Monet’s Garden is my first pick. It’s the story of a little girl who travels to France and learns all about Monet’s life and work. Included are pictures of Monet’s most famous paintings, of […]
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Super Art Friday-“Using Your Imagination”
This was a piece of scratch paper that had been used to test paint colors. It didn’t look very interesting, but I gave my young artist a challenge for our Super Art Friday project. I handed her the paper and a black pen and said, “Use your imagination. What could this be?” She looked at […]
Super Art Friday-“Free Drawing”
Sometimes my young artist just wants to draw from a picture book. The Eastern Comma butterfly was her inspiration for today’s free drawing.
Super Art Friday–“Spring Eggs”
Baby K. sees his first colored egg. S. monogrammed eggs for her favorite people. She crushed up some of the shells and made a picture of an egg sitting in the grass. Creative! Have a blessed weekend, Scarlett
Super Art Friday-“Making Boats”
For an easy and inexpensive project, we went to our recycle bin and gathered items to create dream boats. Her boat has the benefit of both wind and steam power. 🙂 “Look Mom, this cabin opens up and there’s fishing nets in here.” 🙂
Super Art Friday-“Painting Redbud Branches”
The Redbud trees are so beautiful this time of year. I snapped this photo for my daughter to use as a painting inspiration. I gave her a piece of legal sized aged parchment paper. I can tell that she values an art project more when I give her quality art papers and supplies, […]
Super Art Friday- “Dot Paints”
Easy breezy dot paint pictures. We love ’em. Dot paints make pretty rainbows! And perfect polka-dots… Some gifted kids can dot paint with both hands at the same time. 🙂 A pot of gold at the end of the rainbow… Yellow and blue make green… Have a great weekend!
Super Art Friday-“Draw 50 Series-Buildings and Other Structures”
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 Is…” by Bob Raczka
Here’s another must have for your children’s art library. “Art Is…” by Bob Raska is a great introduction to art. The format is simple. Each page features the repeated completion of the sentence, “Art is..,” using examples from varied styles, forms, and cultures. Here are a few samples from the book: There are […]