Friday Art: Zentangles
Posted on | June 18, 2010 | 5 Comments
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| Zentangles by Mica Redington (13 years old) |
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| Zentangles by Rinoa Redington (5 years old) |
Both Mica and Rinoa did a great job with their zentangles. Rinoa gave up coloring in the middle of her project, complaining that her hand was tired. I think it looks great just partly colored.
Tags: art activities for kids > Mica > Rinoa > zentangles
The Artistic Mother: Nameplates
Posted on | June 3, 2010 | 7 Comments
So many things happening in my life right now that I would love to share here – good things. The best part is I’m meeting a lot of kindred spirits. But I’m so overwhelmed at the moment that I need to take time to organize my thoughts.
In the meanwhile, I want to share another art project that my girls did. For fun, I recently joined the Artistic Mother’s Art Group based on Shona Cole’s book The Artistic Mother and hosted by Trudy Callan. I was flipping through the book when Mica and Rinoa saw this project and got excited. And there you go! We went to the store to buy some canvases and went to work. They did everything themselves, including choosing what papers and beads to use, except that Troy drilled the holes and I printed the photos.
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The M and R were painted with crackle paint which both girls thought was really cool! Although Rinoa said “How come Mica’s M is more cracked than my R?” And I said “Because she put more paint on hers.” “Ooooh!”
These will hang on the bedroom doors. They’re excited about the idea of seeing their faces every time they pass by the doors – lol!
Tags: altered art > art activities for kids > Mica > mixed media collage > Rinoa
Friday Art: Tale of the Heartbroken Potters
Posted on | May 10, 2010 | 1 Comment
Two weeks ago, Troy took a half day off work to participate in Friday Art Day. We had a tub of air dry clay stowed away, so Troy taught the girls the basics of clay pottery. They wedged and wedged, over and over until the clay was free of bubbles. Then they learned the coiling technique and started working on their bowls. Regardless of the outcome, their scoring and welding techniques were actually pretty good for their first time.
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| Rinoa rolled … |
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| and shaped her clay into a pot. |
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| And so did Mica. |
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| But alas, the joy of pottery. We blame the air dry clay. |
They’re not too discouraged though. They’re willing to try again next time. Learn from mistakes. That’s what matters.
Tags: air dry clay > art activities for kids > Mica > pottery > Rinoa
Easter Greetings
Posted on | April 13, 2010 | No Comments
Just catching up on some posts here. I know it’s late but I promised Troy I’d share the Easter cards that Mica and Rinoa made …
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| This one is from Rinoa (5 years old). |
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| And this one is from Mica (12 years old). |
And the idea for this project came here – an awesome site if you’re looking for art project for kids.
Tags: art activities for kids > Easter Sunday > holidays > Mica > Rinoa
Friday Art: Basic Color Theory
Posted on | April 12, 2010 | No Comments
I have this book, Collage Lab by Bee Shay, which is an invaluable resource for my mixed media explorations and experimentations. What’s even more fun is that I can do the experiments with Mica and Rinoa. It’s never too early to train them to push the boundaries of their creative expression.
I’m starting them with color theory. Last Friday, we each did a color wheel and a simple experiment to explore color relationships.
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I find that this is also a good exercise to get them comfortable with handling a brush – and of course, with mixing colors.
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The left half is part of Rinoa’s color wheel and the right half is part of Mica’s. On the outermost right are sample swatches we did to study color relationships – like how surrounding colors affect a focal color.
Friday Art
Posted on | February 26, 2010 | 1 Comment
Fridays are dedicated to art and music in our house. Here’s what Mica and Rinoa have been busy with in art class.
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| This is a charcoal drawing that Mica made. A perfect example of patience and persistence paying off – over the past few months, I’ve seen her drawing skills progress from being haphazard to having more details. |
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| While Mica was doing her charcoal drawing, Rinoa worked on her lion – one of the many great project ideas we found here. The site shows step-by-step instructions for this lion – perfect for my 5-year old. Rinoa traced her pencil drawing with a black Sharpie and colored it with regular crayons. |
When they were done with the above projects, they wanted more and decided to draw cupcakes – an idea we found here. The cupcakes were rendered in oil pastels.
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| Cupcakes by Mica Redington (12 years old) |
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| Cupcakes by Rinoa Redington (5 years old) |
Tags: art activities for kids > charcoal drawings > how-to draw > Mica > pastel drawings > Rinoa
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