Our Little Hands

February 2010

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This month we were excited to begin our new adventure with the Atelier Art Program.

For our composer study we watched a video on different musical instruments

and how they work.

The Atelier project was tearing paper to make penguins.

They tore....

and tore....

and pasted to make a scene.

Here is their completed projects.

February Meeting

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We will be meeting February 12th. We are excited to announce that we were able to get the Atelier Art program that we have been wanting for a long time. Lisa found the program on DVD for $5.00 at the Co-Op curriculum sale.

So in February we will begin our first Atelier art lesson. The kids will watch the video and we will supervise the art lesson. Lisa W will be doing the composer lesson on instruments.

Also all our meetings this year will be on the 2nd Friday of the month. (Except April, which will be cancelled.)

January Meeting Cancelled

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We had to cancel our meeting for January due to weather.

October M is for Melody and Foil Sculptures

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This month we read through M is for Melody (A Musical ABC book.) We learned about many different musical terms, instruments etc.

For our artist study we did this lesson out of the Usborne Art Treasury.

Little Hands September 2009- Bach and Matisse

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Our composer study for this month was Johann Sebastian Bach. We learned that he
was from Germany, lived in the Baroque period and listened to his Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring.

We also added hand prints to our tye dyed

shirts. (Which we did in August ).

Our artist for this month was Matisse. We learned about his "Drawing with Scissors"

I showed pictures of his Snail collage. We then made portfolios. We had each child bring in

2 pieces of poster board which we stapled together on three sides. Then we had them decorate the fronts with paper pieces they made, or punched.

This will allow for a large hole at the top where they can slide in their artwork.

These portfolios are ideal to keep under the bed.

They did a really good job on these.

Tye Dye Turn Out

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Here are some pictures of our shirts. I was excited today to start the rinse process.
I had to rinse for quite a while to get all the color out. (You are supposed to rinse until the water is clear.) Anyway the next post goes into the process.

The most important thing is that the kids got to make them, which makes them really awesome.
Here is Lexi's shirt.

Here is Peyton's.

Here is mine. (The pink spots were supposed to be star bursts.) It is the only one like this because I wanted to try it, before letting the kids do it. I think I should have allowed for more white in the midst of the pink.

Little Hands Fall Kickoff - Tye Dying Adventure

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Today was our fall kickoff. We decided to make our club T-shirts. These will be great to wear out as a group, or just to our monthly meetings, any paint etc. that happens to get on them will only add to the masterpieces!

(I purchased one of the bright tye dye kits when Walmart had them on sale for $10.00I looked the other day and they were $20.00. It says it will make 16 shirts but it would really make a whole lot more. We made well over 20 today.

Here are some pictures of the fun.

We placed the shirts in a plastic bag and sent them home.

At Home Instructions:
Wait 24 hours, then rinse the shirts with cold water. Cut off the rubber bands, then continue to rinse until the water runs clear. Wash in washing machine (with tye dye stuff only) with a little laundry soap, then dry in the dryer.

It is best to wash them by themselves the first couple of times.

Also, don't forget to bring them back next month. We will be adding our hand prints to them.

I also posted our semester schedule on the side bar, so you can remember what month you signed up for what. (We still have spaces available for those that missed the meeting or may join our group during the semester.) Please email me to let me know what you would like to do.

August - New Year Kickoff

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We will be meeting this Friday August 7th for our first meeting of the new school year.

We will be tye dying our club t-shirts and having snow cones for snacks.

Pics will follow.

June 2009 Warm and Cool Colors

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Our Little Hands art group met this month. We went over cool and warm colors. I had the children divide their papers in 1/2. On one half they drew something with cool colors and on the other half something with warm colors.

May 2009 Aboriginal Art

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For our May Little Hands Art meeting we learned about Aboriginee Art. Lisa taught the class. We learned what down under means, and where down under was. ( Below the equator, Australia)

We looked at some examples of the art.

Then we drew pictures and told our stories.

My lizard

DD's drawing

Now with paint dots.

April 2009 - Tessellations

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This month our art study was on Tessellations. We learned a little about Escher. http://www.precisionstrobe.com/jc/eschertiles/eschertiles.html I am really sad that I forgot to

take my camera to the group. I shot these pictures of my children's work after we got home.

For the process you make a pattern out of cardstock or cardboard, then you trace the pattern repeatedly on paper. You color the images alternating colors. This allows for a negative space and a postive space. But each space is the same design. It was really neat to learn how to do it.

Here is ds's (8) picture.

Here is dd's (age 7) picture.

March 2009, Michaelangelo

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This month our Little Hands art group met. The artist we were studying was Michelangelo. I prepared the lesson.

First we read a little about him, his life, etc. We learned that while he was a great painter, he really preffered sculpting. The pope commissioned him later to paint the Sistene chapel, which he did-reluctantly. it took him 4 years to complete the ceiling. The technique he used is called Fresco. It is a method where you apply paint to wet plaster. The two dry together and form brillant colors.

His other famous art works were David, Peita, and Moses.

We simulated a sistene chapel feel by taping paper under tables and letting the kids draw.

Then we had them sculpt their own statues. (Marble holds up much better than soap. We did have fun, but it was quite a mess.)

This is a sculpting of Michelangelo, and how he felt about having to

spend so much of his life working for the pope.

Don't laugh, It's mine

A fish

A Car

A Squirrel holding a nut..(Look Hard)

February 2009,

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Today our Little Hands Art Group met. Rhonda taught the lesson on Pablo Picasso. One thing I learned was that he was much more recent than I thought. In fact he died in 1972. (My lifetime.) He was born in the 1890's. He lived a long life. The book she used for the project information and instructions was:

The Usborne Art Treasury. It is a great resource for kid friendly art projects.

We looked at examples of his art work. She talked about his Blue Period and his Rose Period.

We also learned that he loved clowns.

We did a collage of a clown with curtains and a stage. The kids had alot of fun with this one.

They turned out great.

Here are some close ups.

October 2008

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We started up our Little Hands art group. This month we learned about Kandinsky and abstract art.

We looked at his work and then tried some of them on our own.

Here are some pictures.

April 2008 Cave Art

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This month we learned about Cave art. Prior to people writing on paper they first wrote using picture drawings in caves. It was a way to communicate and also they believed it could protect them. They would put the art on the walls to form a sort of sanctuary.

We also talked about God giving the 10 commandments to Moses on Stone Tablets.

We read a chapter out of a book called "Days of the Cave People". The chapter discussed the tools and materials they would gather together.

These are similar to the pictures I passed around. I actually swiped these from my friend Lisa's Blog.

I assembled a cave from tables and taped on brown paper so the children could feel like they were in a cave. They were given nature colored crayons (reds, browns, sepias, blacks, and greys) and were told to pick a part of the wall to draw something on.

We played a couple games. One was duck duck goose, but we used Cave, Cave, Art.And then we played Caveman says. (A clever improvise by one of the moms.)After the drawings were complete we cut out each child's art work and let them take it home for their portfolios.

November 2007

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To view the slide show for this activity you can visit. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/previewentry.php

For our project this month we made self portraits. Ms. Holly showed several different artists' self portraits. We let each child choose the type of medium they wanted for their projects.

A couple moms were brilliant and thought of some very clever ideas for their "perfectionist" children.

One idea was to print a black and white photo of the children on 81/2 X 11 paper and allow them to paint it. Another idea was to give the child a picture of themselves in a puzzle format and let them piece it together. ]

The children loved it and we had some really great self-portraits.

October 2007 Hokusai

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This month Ms. Lisa taught the class printmaking. We learned about Hokusai, and located Japan on the map.

We learned that he is most famous for his series of prints called "Thirty-Six Views of Mounth Fuji. "

This is also one of his famous paintings called "The Great Wave Off Kanagawa." and this technique of printing is what we learned today.

First we began with a piece of styrene, Lisa got us all chopsticks to use to draw our pictures into the styrene..(Keeping with the Japanese theme and all -so clever I might add.) So we drew our pictures in the styrene the lines with paint.

Then we used a hand roller to roll over the print. Above is the styrene with paint. Below is the print once transferred it is reversed-it looks more abstract butI was still pleased with the effect. Here is DD's print. The ink smeared a little. But I thought it was good. I'm guessing now it matters which way you roll it.

Little Hands Kickoff

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Today was our Kickoff day for our new Art Co-op. We voted to call the group Little Hands. The ages of our children are Pre-K -2nd Grade.

We are really excited about learning more about art. Each mom volunteers to teach one month. There is so much to glean from each mom and her different perspecitve.

Our plan is to meet together once a month to learn about one artist and do a project related to his/her technique. (At home we study more about the artist during the month.) We are also putting together 3 ring binders with page protectors. In this we store any handouts, our art examples and a few pictures of the artists paintings/work.

Linda taught us about George Seurat and Pointillism. We learned he was from France. So we learned to count in French to three. We also recieved a short bio hand out, an outline map of France and flag of France Page. (We plan to practice pointillism at home on those pages.) She read a book about Art and showed us a few pictures of George's work. You can see the dots placed together closely to make the colors meld.

September 2007 Club Tshirts, God the Master Artist

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We discussed God being the master artist and creator of art. We also talked about how we are all special in his site and are his masterpieces.

We looked at the Mud Handprint Circles by Richard Long. We used our hand and fingerprints to designe our new group t-shirts. We will use them each month when we meet.

You can visit this link for a slide show. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/previewentry.php