Summer Art...

On the last day of school, after all our paperwork was picked up by our teacher, I gave each of the kids a "summer bucket".


A new bucket for the park/beach, a big shovel, a scratch art, a tiny notebook, some of the new Crayola 3D chalk (which really works) and a SKETCHBOOK. They were thrilled. I showed them the this presentation about SKETCHBOOKS. Yesterday, our first weekday of summer, I showed them this art lesson, and then they headed off to draw.

Here they are...4, 6, then 7. 4 drew her lines in pencil, then I traced them with sharpie before she colored.

6 had a harder time tracing his lines.

7 tries to be so neat in everything he does. He's the one I'll probably have to show how to "wreck this journal."


Our goal is to do something in the SKETCHBOOK every day. It could be something directed, or I could just ask them to do anything they want. I'll try different things, like collage from Lego/American Girl magazines...journaling about the day...and I may even try taking them somewhere to sketch what they see.

California Quail!

As we finish up our 2008-2009 states study, we spent 2 weeks on California. Here's 7 drawing our state bird and flower.

I found this drawing somewhere on the internet...but I can't remember where it came from. I gave him a few outlines to start with. He used a set of staedtler pens and chose different weights for outlines and details. I did fill in the glazing mullions on the greenhouse because he said that would be too hard. Then he colored with watercolor pencils.

And here's the mostly finished piece. 7 ran out of steam with the leaf boarder. But I could care less. He did a great job blending colors. And this project was a true act of patience...this took him 3 hours.