We are
rolling along with school work here, adjusting here and there, but it has been
going fairly smoothly on our end.
We started
the school year online and were supposed to pick up worksheets every other
Wednesday but that has been difficult for the teachers to prep in time so we
are moving to every Friday. That doesn’t allow for a full four-day quarantine
of materials but it’s better than nothing.
The munchkin
is pretty good about doing her work, but she doesn’t like us to check it
because we usually find something she needs to fix. We aren’t turning things in
daily online anymore so we really do need to correct any problems before they get
too far. If we wait until the papers go back to her teacher, she can be doing
something wrong for a week or more before it gets caught. That seems like a bad
idea to me.
We are getting
assignments from Music and P.E., so that is good. The school had said there would
be art but I haven’t seen anything yet so I’m going to start some art projects at
home for her.
I have an older
drawing book an aunt gave me, and one on coloring with markers, that might come
in handy. I bought her a fashion coloring book where the figures are there already
and she just needs to design the clothes, because I thought that might interest
her.
She also
loves watching videos on Kids Youtube where a young woman takes squishies and
paints them, or sometimes even combines them before painting them. (The mention
of squishies painting was greeted enthusiastically.)
After a
little brainstorming, I turned to some friends for advice.
Home-schooling mom and newly minted author, Michelle
Pointis-Burns, recommended 2 books -
You Can
Draw in 30 Days: The Fun, Easy Way to Learn to Draw in One Month or Less – January 4, 2011 by Mark
Kistler
Drawing
With Children: A Creative Method for Adult Beginners, Too - June 4, 1996 by Mona
Brookes
“I've had
this book for years. The other is new and I love it. Easy, step-by-step
instruction for even the most reluctant artist.”
Check out Michelle's web site for homeschooling and writing https://www.michellepointisburns.com/
(Oh, and her first cozy mystery releases on October 24th so be sure to check
out Say Cheese and Murder by Michelle Pointis-Burns! I’ve already read
it and highly recommend it, if you like cozy mysteries.)
Author and
home-schooling mom, Mattea Orr, gave this advice –
“We also
have the Discovering Great Artists one and some kid-friendly art lesson/drawing
books similar to the ones Michelle listed. Another fun one [a friend] gave us
this spring is The Doodle Book by Taro Gomi---very low pressure, very
fun, for the days when you're not up to a big project. We use all of those, but
I try to make sure there's more doing than learning for the elementary aged
kids. During the school year we usually have at least one art project centered
around a holiday, one that's baking related, and some that align with a science
or social studies portion that we're studying. For example, when my daughter
was doing Ancient Egypt last year, she mummified an old doll, and turned a
small-ish cardboard box into a sarcophagus complete with decorations/trinkets/coptic
vessels. My younger daughter is easy, though. She'll do art every day no matter
what. Lately, she's sketching faces from black and white photos of famous
people. My older daughter prefers art that is a craft with a finished product
she can use, or that tells a story, so we do a lot of book creation,
photography, graphic novel, and fashion studies/creation these days. She's in
6th grade this year, so she also has an art book she works from. My son is only
in first grade, so he usually tags along on the group projects and does what he
can/has patience for. And I read him age-level art books and keep his projects
tactile as that's what he loves.”
You can read
more about Mattea and her writing at https://www.matteaorr.com/
I’ve ordered
a couple books and I have some ideas. Time to make art.
For
inspiration, I’ll leave you with Artist Transforms Coffee Stains into
Mischievous Little Monster Illustrations from My Modern Met.
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