Art

Art has always been one of my favorite subjects. That love seems to be rubbing off on my children. Aside from the constant stream of drawings, sticker art and miscellaneous crafts in our home, we have two official days of art per week.

On Mondays, we sit together to do a picture study. We are currently working through Come Look With Me; Enjoying Art with Children. Each portrait not only includes details about the artist and it's subject, but also a list of questions to get discussion going. We also identify the elements of shape and colour included in the portrait. This practice exposes the children to various works of fine art and a wide variety of artist, as well as inspiration for future works of their own. Not to mention more cuddle time!

On Thursdays, Gabriel and I are working through two books. We are using Drawing with Children and How to Teach Art to Children consecutively. Many of the lessons in the latter reinforce those in Drawing with Children. Once we finish Drawing with Children, Part Two of How to Teach Art to Children has many projects to continue practice and to broaden our use of medium.

I've provided links to the books we are using. Just wave your mouse over the title you are interested in. As soon as Gabriel gives me permission, I'll start posting some of his drawings.