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…
Category: Art Lab Lessons
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 Lesson Five: Oil Pastels
In our sixth Art Labs lesson, the girls tried out using oil pastels creating some beautiful sketches of Winnie the Poo and of their giant teddy bear
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.…