Friday, March 30, 2012

Scratch board

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My wonderful friend, Susie Clark, came to help Marcy and I. It was Susie who showed me the idea for this project using gold and silver scratch board
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The kids drew out their designs on paper first, doing a face/mask and a border.
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They placed the paper drawing over the scratch board, and with a ball point pen, traced the image onto the scratch board. Then, with a sharp pointed dip pen (with no ink) they scratched in the design.
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It was focused, concentrated work, so the last 15 minutes, they really enjoyed running around our back garden area!
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Friday, March 23, 2012

The Book of Me

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Don't try this at home! Collage with magazines is the best, but you need room to spread out.
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We traced the kids profiles, and then they cut them from cereal boxes to create book covers.
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They cut pages from different colors of construction paper. Since, they were creating a "Book of Me" they cut out images that represented them..or stuff they liked...or colors...or whatever, and collaged inside the book.
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Notice the giraffe?
cupcakes
CUPCAKE break!
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Book title: "BFF~ Unforgettable days of Sophie and Kylee."

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Painting on location

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It was a beautiful day, so the kids and I spent time on the grounds of California Center for the Arts, Escondido, where our Mundo Lindo classes are held.
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These are mosaics by artist Niki de Saint Phalle, and they were made to climb on and admire. 
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I showed them how to draw and then paint in watercolor.
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Cris drew Javier!
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Thanks to Tracie Lyn Huskamp for donating the fabulous watercolor journals. They were perfect to use outside! and the kids were really appreciative! 
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Energy was still high, so we held a paper airplane competition.
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The three finalists.........
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The winner!