Fresco Painting

| August 18, 2010

We focus on art on Wednesdays each week.  This week we’ve learned a little more about Michelangelo.  So today my daughter had a wonderful time creating a fresco painting, which Michelangelo was known for. This was a very fun project and I plan to try doing some different things with plaster.  I have some ideas [...]

Henri Matisse ~ Cut Paper Art

| February 22, 2009

“To find joy in the sky, the trees, the flowers… There are always flowers for those who want to see them.” – Henri Matisse This weekend my older daughter and I had a little mother/daughter time, which for us often times leads to something artsy (who says art can’t be done on off-school hours?).  Recently, [...]

Nature Walk, 5 Elements of Shape, Vivaldi and the Oboe

| July 31, 2008

  Yesterday was another great day for us with Art and Music!  We started some new lessons created by Barb at Drawing with Children: Nature Journal Style.  Using the book, Drawing with Children, by Mona Brookes, she adapts the lessons to be used with Nature Study and journaling.  With this first lesson we got in an [...]