Grandma Moses, more formally known as Anna Mary Robertson Moses, was a folk artist of the early 1900’s who didn’t begin painting until her late 70’s. Many of her paintings shared the story of her life – scenes from the landscape around her. We have never studied a folk artist before, so we were excited […]
Clay Illustration
Art and Literature Connection Have You Seen Birds? by Barbara Reid is a fantastic book from which to pull an art lesson. Full of lovely clay collage illustrations created by Joanne Oppenheim, children can dabble in an art medium (and style) often neglected – clay collage. The illustrations in the book are detailed, […]
Paper Quilling
Classic repost, originally posted Jan. 3, 2008 It was my turn to lead our Keepers At Home group this week and we had so much fun learning the handicraft of paper quilling! Paper quilling is the art of creating designs from strips of coiled paper. There are quilling tools and quilling papers available, but we […]
Competition Night
Our annual competition expo at co-op is always so much fun. With three children entering projects now, we hit an all-time high for family entries – 21! Stressful, yes. Worth it, oh yes! The photo collages are in no particular order and don’t show every single project we entered. Some projects were created by a […]
Positive Negative Symmetry Art
An art lesson that promotes mathematical thinking – oh joy. With the main focus being on the art concept of positive and negative space, throwing symmetry into the mix gave a nice extra punch to the lesson. Positive space is the area on a piece of art which the subject occupies, while negative space is […]
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