Well, week eight has ended!  What a nice day of school we had today over in the schoolhouse above the garage.  It was as crazyish as usual, but not too bad.  I spun from one desk to the other…quizzing David on spelling words, reading Caleb his directions, keeping Seth busy, running to the house to check on sleeping Sarah, doing a dictation exercise with Jacob and Ethan, etc.  Oh, and I read a couple of books in the rocking chair with the little boys…one about the ABC’s and also Little Bear (such a dear book).

The room is slowing evolving into a cozy learning environment.  We have a few more things to do before I will take pictures of it all for the blog.

Anyway.  DRAWING has been all the rage here lately.  My kids go to their friend’s house for art lessons with a wonderful old lady who is in her 70′s.  She’s artsy through and through, her mannerisms and wardrobe, she is young at heart for sure and the kids adore her.  They are all artists now, really and truly.

Here is David, tracing.  This is a great activity for his age group.  Very rewarding and so fun you don’t even want to take the time to eat a popsicle.

He is holding a Star Wars coloring page up to the window, with a blank paper in front of it.  The arms get tired at times and then he takes a break.  He says his teeth NEVER get tired.

 

Ethan did this one of Mario.  He looked at a picture and drew it.

And this is Caleb’s (age 5) rendition of the same picture that Ethan used.  

I am sure you will agree that his is quite charming.  I even framed it for him. 

 

Jacob has been drawing daily for the last few weeks.  He just loves to draw and has made some pictures that he is very proud of.

Pencil and paper was all he used and he drew by looking at pictures.

 

He did a self portrait.  I put that scrap piece of paper over our last name. 

Another Star Wars guy:

 This man was an actor in the movie Lord of the Rings (which my children have not watched, but they read the books so they looked at “how they made the movie” book)~

I try to gather and save art work and I put it in a portfolio that I found on sale.  It’s fun to leaf through.

This is one of Jacob’s earlier works, and a drawing by Caleb; The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything (veggietales)

Buzz Lightyear, by Caleb

A drawing by Davy~

 

 

 

If the child tells me a random comment about their drawing, I write it down, like this one.  (“coffee” meant “copy” SO CUTE!!)

This went along with the above drawing.

We also have some REAL art books, to inspire us. 

Grace likes to draw, too, but I didn’t find any of her stuff today to photograph.

Do you like to draw?  Do your kids?  Do you take them to art museums?  Do you have any favorite artists or paintings?  Any good books for kids on the subject?  Whenever I see a “how to draw” book at library book sales I scoop them up.  Oh, and we also enjoy tracing Charlie Brown and Snoopy.

I love art, it really is a peaceful, soul-satisfying, enjoyable study.  God is an artist, you know, the best one!

Happy Friday!