Art Lab Lesson Seven: Drawing with an Eraser

Drawing with an Eraser was a super fun lesson, especially as I ended up buying some special erasers which were shaped specially for drawing with. Art Lab: Drawing with an Eraser - Trying Out The Medium First things first. I set up a still life for the girls to draw: The girls covered their paper…

Art Lab Lesson Six: Scrape Art

I'm playing catch up a bit, so these art lessons were done last year sometime. I use the book above, Art Labs for Kids, and we are working our way through it slowly. This week's lesson was about Scrape Art Art Lab: Scrape Art: Trying Out The Medium This is another lesson that Lil helped…

Art Lab 4: Chalk Pastels

I am adding this Art Lab Chalk Pastel lesson quite apprehensively because I didn't actually do these lessons with the girls. Lillie blessed me by taking over the little one's school work when I was up to my elbows in Charlotte and her Latin! Thank you, Baby. Being as organised as I am (not), I…

Art Lab for Kids: Lab 3 – Scribble Drawings

Over the past week, the girls have been creating scribble drawings. They had so much fun, it was like looking for shapes in the clouds! Scribble Drawings: Practice I always have the girls use their sketch pads to do a relaxed, non-final drawing based on the lesson. Because it is just a casual sketch, it…

Giant Ink Drawings {Art Lab for Kids}

Giant Ink Drawings - Practice Art Lab 2 was on Giant Ink Drawings. The girls had never drawn with ink and brushes before. So, I set them up a simple still life for them to practice. They used their sketch pads for this. Here is the still life: I encouraged the girls to really study…

Art Lab for Kids: Susan Schwake Artist Study – Large Scale Ink Drawing

We are half way through our second Art Lab, which is about giant ink drawings. As part of this lesson, the girls have been doing a Susan Schwake Artist Study. Actually, it was more of a picture study but Susan Schwake didn't name the giant ink picture she used for the lesson: I wanted the…

Art Lab for Kids: Lab 1 – Contour Drawings

In my quest for simplicity and ease, I was directed to Art Lab for kids by Susan Schwake. I used this resource for the first time last week, and I have to say, it's great! And better still, it fulfils the whole ease of use quality that I need at this time in our homeschool.…