The Lion from lesson 2 - 1st attempt.
The Lion from Lesson 2, second attempt. The book shows you how to draw the basic lion shape in simple steps. The coloring and creativity is all Emily's. I think it is impressive that she is drawing with markers and can't erase.
And the bird from Lesson 1... this was the second attempt as well.
The change in the weather got me digging through our bags of clothes. I found these hand-me-down jammies from Emma. Lia couldn't look any cuter in them! Thanks Peg for sending them our way.
And she looked awfully cute tonight, mopping my floors!
We are all feeling better... Thank goodness. Last week we ventured out to the pond for some nature time and tried not to breathe on any of our neighbors. David and Lia really liked this pink dragonfly.
Here is the beautiful white bird that hangs out at our pond.
And the always hungry, very agressive ducks that David likes to terrorize.
This post is primarily for my Mom because I thought she'd be interested in the "formal" art lessons I started giving Emily today. We began my discussing the 5 elements of shape... the dot, the circle, the line, the curved line and the angle. The purpose of the book is to train your eye to recognize these elements of shape so it is easier (less intimidating perhaps) to draw. We looked for each example around the house... like angles in the floor tiles, curved lines on the grandfather clock, open circles on Daddy's crocs...
The next excercise had the student look at the shape on the left and find its match on the right. She had to look carefully, but Emily had no trouble with this either.
The next excercise had the student draw the mirror image of an object. Drawing from the Right Side of the Brain (or was it Left?) was quoted in this book and I remember seeing my Mom doing these excercises when I was still at home. As you can see these didn't stump Emily...
This one was a little bit more challenging for her. She drew the curvy "bubbles" and the triangular shape at the bottom inward instead of outward. She realized right away that it didn't look right and gave it another shot. She figured it out on the 2nd try though!
And last, because she still wanted to keep going... she copied these drawing of familiar objects and recognized they were just groupings of the 5 elements of shape.... and nothing to be intimidated by.
And then she wanted to know if we could have Drawing lessons every Saturday with David.
Pumpkin heads!
And yes, Lia designed her own pumpkin on Starfall too. She completely understands how to use her pointer finger to tell me what kind of eyes, nose, and mouth she wants for her pumpkin. I thought it was funny she chose to make a "mean" pumpkin. I had a little trouble getting her to let me take a picture...Emily thinks this picture is hilarious. The big kids follow instructions for our photo shoots a little better than she does.
