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. […]
Durer Art Project
Next up on our advent activity list this December was a Durer art project focusing on the art of printmaking. For this project, we decided to try out a variety of household items along with some craft & hobby supplies that we had on hand. Materials for (Trial-and-Error) Durer Art Project: Durer Picture Study Pages (pictured below) from […]
Renaissance & Baroque Fine Arts Notebooking Pages
And finally! ‘Tis finished (I think)! Fine Arts Notebooking Pages for Renaissance & Post-Renaissance artists and Baroque/Classical Era music! This packet contains notebooking pages for studying music theory along with a small selection of artists and composers as follows: Tin Whistle Music Theory Giotto Ghiberti Angelico Durer Michelangelo El Greco Handel Bach Mozart Click here to […]
Ghiberti Art Project: Metallic Art
This month our family is spending a little time with Renaissance art as we prepare for next semester’s community fine arts projects. We’ve used this Ghiberti art project as one of our advent calendar activities this year. (My inner multi-tasker is loving this killing-two-birds-with-one-stone thing.) Supplies Needed: Ghiberti Picture Study Pages (pictured above) from this Great Artists […]
A corporate mom’s decision to stay at home
Oh, my. As I was scrolling back through past emails in search of job descriptions of my former engineering and education careers, I came across a note I wrote as I made the decision to be a stay-at-home mom. I’m not sure why, but I feel compelled to share it here as one of the most important Ebenezers of my life. […]