Here we go! It’s a new semester, so we are heading into memorizing Asia with our middle schooler. A few disclaimers – provisos – quid pro quo about these cards: For the Asian island locator maps, you may need to imagine which islands are highlighted. (It’s far-too-likely I will not get around to sprucing them up […]
Timeline Thumbnails, Revisited
I shared this idea at the beginning of the school year but then fell into a Wile-E-Coyote, racing-to-catch-up-with-my-pants frenzy. This semester alone I’ve had a thousand-and-one ideas, but, as always, those ideas have fallen short of implementation. (haha. If I could just generate ideas all my life without doing anything, I’d be set!) So here I […]
Christmas Wrap 2015
It’s December already?!? What d’ya mean? We can’t be nearing the end of Twenty-Fifteen!?! Back twelve quick months our minds must now zap, To attempt to write our yearly Christmas Wrap. We started our year with a trip to see Our family over in northwest Tennessee. We followed that up with the Nashville Symphony […]
When the boxes don’t get checked
Every semester it happens. I come up with these ideal ideals, and then I feel obliged to come back and tell you how things really panned out. This is what I do for some strange reason. I plan. I have this driving need to have a plan in place even if it completely falls apart. But plans are […]
Michelangelo Art Project: Fresco
In my before-homeschool-co-op-directorship days, I avoided messy crafts at all costs. But now… ’tis time to prepare for a group of homeschoolers… and a Michelangelo art project. I’ve heard of others using air-dry clay or model magic to avoid plaster of paris, but we have a huge tub of plaster of paris to use up, […]
Angelico Art Project: Gold-Leaf
Our Angelico art projects turned out so much better than expected! Here’s a bit about our Christmas in the style of Angelico (which is quite appropriate, since Angelico made many a painting depicting scenes about the birth of Christ). Supplies for Angelico Art Project Angelico Picture Study Pages (pictured below) from this Great Artists Picture […]
El Greco Art Project: Stretch-a-Snowman
I love the El Greco art project. Isn’t it fun to take something that looks normal and distort it? It’s not just that. It’s an easy and memorable art project. So… here’s our Winter in the style of El Greco Art Project! El Greco Art Project Supplies: El Greco Picture Study Pages (pictured below) from this […]
Giotto Art Project & Homemade Egg Tempera
Have you ever had an idea not go as planned? That was me when we tackled painting with homemade egg temperas. My thought was… “Hey, we have all these leftover boards from the work we’re doing on our ‘Little House in the Holler.’ Why not cut them up into little wooden plaques to paint in […]
Great Artist Coloring Pages
I’ve been working on blackline drawings to simplify some of the artwork we will be studying in the spring. Although they’re not the best quality, I thought I’d share them here in case anyone would like use them for their own art studies. They can be used for younger students as Great Artist Coloring Pages. […]