in perpetuity throughout our universe: We do art...and so does the Bunny

The boys have *really* been loving our art lessons and will often continue on with different art projects for the rest of the day. We are studying the seven elements of art using How to Teach Art to Children. The book contains easy-to-prepare activities that all three big boys can do to some degree. Here are a few of our projects on line:

Lines of All Kinds

Expanding the lesson with worksheets from The J. Paul Getty Museum

During each lesson I like to expose them to a few pieces of art that display the element we are working on

The big boys also did the Blindfold Drawing activity from the Think! blog

Line Designs

Curved or Bent?

I love that Atticus is adding titles to and explaining his artwork on the back of each piece. The square on the top left is called 'Caught Dead' and says, "An owl in the dark was caught dead in a tree at night while sleeping." The spiral drawing (2 to the right of 'Caught Dead') is called 'Decoration Dilemma' and says, "A spiral is all alone until he gets shot with paint balls, then comes the decoration dilemma."

Line Delight

I drew lines on each sheet of paper and they were supposed to make "something" using those lines.

Creeley created a monster with a big open mouth and Atticus started with scenery.

Atticus's are in the left column. Once again, he added some commentary on each of piece. The first one, 'Crazy Comet,' says "For the town's people on this planet, the day had just started..."
The second, 'Map of Giza,' states "The robbers found a map of Giza but can't get past the security..." And my personal favorite 'Icarus and Daedalus' (bottom left), tells a store of the father and son. He wrote, "Now remember Icarus, don't fly too high or too low right? Yes father. 5 minutes later: Icarus!"

Creeley's are in the middle column. He made two monster faces, explaining that the lines were their teeth, and one belly (notice the belly button in the middle). Townsyn just drew a little person on one of his, but it did keep him busy for two whole minutes.

We go through a lot of art supplies in this house, so the Easter Bunny decided to help out our cause and went with art themed baskets this year.

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