Airplane

Problem:  Grace eats like a bird.

Solution:  the infamous "airplane" technique

Works every time.  ;)

Heart Art

A Valentine's Day art lesson inspired by Jim Dine, a pop artist.  

    

Water color resist technique: 

 Color hearts on watercolor paper with crayon and then wash with one shade of watercolor paint.  Let dry.  

Then add a few strokes of rubber cement randomly across the page.  

After the rubber cement dries, add a second layer of paint.  The rubber cement prevents the second watercolor from absorbing to the paper.  

Now the first shade of paint shows through as if the paint were peeling or like graffiti on a cement wall.  Very cool.   

Valentine Heart Painting

For detailed instructions on how to do this art project, go to:  

http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/2006/06/valentine-heart-painting.html

My Valentine's Day

  

First Match

Jared competed in his first wrestling match yesterday. 

 Funny thing is this kid has been over to our house to hang out before.  

I certainly have a lot to learn about wrestling.   I haven't the foggiest idea of how to score a match.  In fact, I don't think I have ever been to a wrestling meet in my life! 

However, it was pretty clear that Jared won.  Way to go, Jared!

I Surrender!

 Rubber band war:  the perfect way to spend a Sunday afternoon.

On Stage

Who knew that our blanket chest was the perfect stage?!

Apparently Grace did.  

Picasso Heads

Over Christmas break I went to see the temporary Picasso exhibit at the Seattle Art Museum.  It was a amazing!  Naturally my most recent art lesson was inspired by Picasso.   I am so proud of Ms. Highfield's 5th graders at Silverdale Elementary. Here is a sample of their work.   

I taught the kids about Picasso's Cubsim and seeing two sides of something at the same time.  They drew the front and side profiles of a face.   View the source of my lesson material at http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/2009/02/how-to-draw-cubist-portrait.html