Homeschool Art

Ever since I was a child art has always been one of my favorite things. As an adult though, I do not take time to enjoy creating often enough. In fact, this summer my mother in law brought some of my old art that she was storing, to give to me. It was so fun to see but I'm not sure I will put it on my walls, lol. Maybe some day I'll get brave and post some pictures of it though. 

I do try to periodically do art with the kids as they both really enjoy it. With soccer and baseball ending for the season we will have a little more time at home. I'm hoping to get Z~girl and possibly A~man involved in an actual art curriculum to go along with the fun art we do. Last week one of the homeschool groups I belong to had a fun arts/crafts festival! It was so much fun. Of course part of the art we were going to bring to it fizzled...and wasn't done in time. So instead we brought some arts and crafts that they had entered in the fair this summer.

Here are two of A~man's creations. The dark spot on the sunflower is a bumble bee! :) I especially LOVE this John Deere tractor painting with the cat beside it. I need to get it framed and put on his wall!

Here are Z~girl's creations. The fabric with the Z on it is actually felt she felted while on a Girl Scout field trip. I would LOVE to make some more of this as it was a lot of fun. The other bottom one is a crocheted dish towel that she received a red ribbon on at the fair. 

Time goes by so fast. I can hardly believe I have two middle school age children! Just like my parents kept my art on their walls,(until a few years ago actually as my mom had to move to somewhere smaller) I hope to keep A and Z's art around me to remind me of this very special chapter in our life. It's always full of ups and downs but I have loved our homeschool journey!!

Homeschool art

Every year our family looks forward to a downtown event that is put on by a local merchant. She started the event after seeing her own children when they were younger, drawing on the sidewalk in front of her shop. It has been an annual event for the last 16 years! Here is a video from last year that advertised both our local airport and the downtown "Chalk It Up" event.  (I was one of the many local people asked to draw on the runway...it was so much fun!)

This year, much to the kids and my disappointment, was rained out. Fortunately though, it had a rain date scheduled and the event took place yesterday. Both kids were very excited. (almost as much as I was!) A~man chose once again to draw a tractor. The boy LOVES John Deer tractors!

We've been participating in the event since A~man was 6 and Z~girl was 4. While taking a short break from "summer school", this event is a nice way to incorporate a little art into our week. I remember the first couple of years we were lucky if we were able to get A~man to even draw a few squiggles. Which was fine of course as we were just doing it for fun. This year though was the first time he has REALLY made a large recognizable drawing. Notice the autograph too? :)

A~girl excels in creativity! She has always done amazing sidewalk art. (says her gloating mama) She also stresses about what she is going to draw for weeks. (I wonder where she got that? lol)

 Even after choosing what she was going to draw I could tell early on that she thought her picture wasn't going the direction she wanted it. She pulled it together though and it came out so whimsical! 

It looks so much better in person. The sun was shining so bright that it's hard to see the detail and color.

We LOVE art in our house and this fall we will be adding some online art classes into our learning. To tie things up I will add my art from yesterday too. I wasn't going to as it didn't work out the way I originally had planned either. It still was a whole lot of fun though!!