You ARE an Artist!
I want to tell you about some resources that have blessed us big time in the high school homeschool years. I had never really considered high school homeschool video courses until Compass Classroom Visual Latin came along. We’ve shared a love of Visual Latin for years. Then… High School Homeschool Video Courses Then, we were introduced to WordUp! Latin and Greek root words and Economics
Now and then we like to enjoy a tutorial in the style of a particular artist. Today, we celebrate the popular 20th century artist, Norman Rockwell. His birthday is February 3, 1894. He is known for his paintings of every day American life, portraits of famous Americans, plus funny, beautiful and nostalgic scenes of family times. For you, a Norman Rockwell Chalk Art Tutorial. In
It has been most wintry in our southern part of the country these days. So we appreciated the toasty feel of this fireplace pastels tutorial. A cozy kind of art lesson from Nana! Fireplace: A Pastels Tutorial First, gather your supplies, along with your colors. Nana sketched off the steps for us, as shown above. We discussed the look of brick. How the colors blend
We just might see some snowflakes here in Georgia this winter. But in the meantime, we thought you’d enjoy a snowflakes chalk art tutorial with us. Snowflakes are SO much fun to make with chalk pastels. And once again, you ARE an artist and no two snowflakes are alike! Make a storm of snowflakes or simply a few floating. Snowflakes Chalk Art Tutorial You can
I have been saying that I will share more specifics and goals for our family. This past week those played out some. I thought I’d give you an update on our Back to Homeschool Basics. Back to Homeschool Basics You might remember that I am seeking those ancient paths. Honing and focusing, cutting out all the unnecessary. It goes back to keeping those long term
What a wonderful afternoon we had making heart collages! Nana was fresh from a class with Ann Cockerill of The Red Cockerill Gallery. So, she taught us how to make a heart in the same spirit. See, in her heart collage, how the acrylics emphasize the heart, the words and the border? There are so many possibilities with this art work. Nana’s collage was made
Down here in the south, we don’t have much of a chance to build a snowman because we don’t get much – if any – snow during the winter. So, in honor of our friends up north, who we understand are overly blessed with snow – we offer this simple chalk pastel snowman art tutorial. Snowman Hello! I must tell you that the snowman idea
I fell in love with the wonderful cardinal in snow painting that was posted on Pinterest by Runde’s Room art students and decided to translate it into a cardinals in the snow chalk art tutorial for you! These cardinals are so bright red, set against a background sky of aqua and blue…they are looking directly at the viewer (you!) while snow is falling on them
