Pablo Picasso is an interesting artist study to do because he is so unusual. Add that to the fact that he was alive within the last half century and you have a perfect recipe for success. At least, that is what I thought when we began this artist study. It took us a year and…
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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…
Hundertwasser Art Study
Hundertwasser Art Study: The Artist Hundertwasser was both an exceptional and individualistic artist as well as being an environmentally friendly one! He liked to create his art within nature as well as having it point towards nature. As a man passionate about nature, he used his art to spread the message on conviviality between man…
Learning the Art Basics: Colour Theory
This is a copy of Lillie's eighth art lesson, which was all about colour theory. The final task was to create a colour still life of fruit. She loved this lesson and learnt such a lot that she will be able to apply to her jewellery making in the future. This time, instead of a…
Charcoal Self Portrait {Learning the Art Basics}
This lesson Lillie had to draw a charcoal self portrait. Charcoal is a tricky medium to use because detail is fairly hard to achieve. Lil did lots of preparatory work and created a lovely self portrait. She received 95% for the lesson, along with lots of ideas for her to try out. The self portrait…
Portraiture {Learning the Art Basics}
This post will describe all of Lillie’s portraiture work. Lillie is doing so incredibly well with her art. We requested a change of tutor, not because there was anything wrong with the one we had, but because we wanted more input into what Lil was doing well and what she needed to improve upon. We…
Drawing Cutlery {Learning the Art Basics}
Lesson five was all about drawing cutlery. The actual purpose wasn't that one needs to become a connoisseur at drawing a knife and fork; no, the real reason why learning to draw cutlery is so important is on account of its shiny surface. Shiny, reflective surfaces are notoriously difficult to capture accurately and the artist…
Exploring Charcoal {Learning the Art Basics}
This lesson exploring charcoal took Lillie a little bit longer to complete because she enjoyed working with Charcoal so much. I shall just let her note book do the speaking as she has to annotate all her work (in fact, I believe the annotation is as important as the art 🙂 ) Exploring Charcoal: Values…
Pierre-Auguste Renoir {Impressionist}
Last term Lillie spent a few happy weeks learning all about the Impressionist painters. She has included Renoir, Seurat, Degas and Monet. She studied one of these artists for two weeks. This week’s artist is Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Pierre-Auguste Renoir Resources Pierre-Auguste Renoir was a French painter who was instrumental in starting the impressionist movement of…
Georges Seurat {Impressionist Artist Study}
Last term Lillie spent a few happy weeks learning all about the Impressionist painters. She studied one artist for two weeks. This week's artist is Georges Seurat who is well known for his pointillism. Georges Seurat: Resources She used the following books throughout her project: As well as the courses found here: Resources Specific…