Annabelle just loves doing art projects. I think she really has a good eye. I love when she gets really into a project- - I get to scratch my "teacher itch" while I encourage her to use different mediums and try new techniques...
A few days ago she was snipping some paper with her scissors. She held up a shape she'd cut and I said, "Wow that shape really looks like a bird." I pointed out the different parts and she agreed saying it looks like, "that kind of bird with the beautiful tail." I pulled up a picture on my computer of a peacock and printed it off-that is when AB went to town.
She started with her colored pencils and was so detailed, drawing each part she could see on the print out. I suggested using some markers to make her work really stand out- She then thought glitter paint would be "even fancier!!" How can you argue that one?
After she was satisfied with her peacock, I suggested she make the peacock a habitat! (can you hear me scratching my itch!) It was morphing into a learning experience about peacocks. We looked up online where peacocks live. After reading a bit we looked at some images. She chose a picture that showed a peacock standing in a garden with flowers.
We used water color, markers and crayons to create the background- where AB glued the her peacock.
While we waited for everything to dry we discussed 'warm' -'cool' and 'neutral' colors. We even played a game with it-
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| Finished piece! |
I really like watching her enjoy art. I always enjoyed an 'art project' (still do!) and it's fun sharing that with her. We have been going to our friend's art studio for her to do some art work with Ms. Anna too! Some art camp days with Ms. Anna are in our summer time future!
Do you recognize the sun in our peacock picture? Yep, it's the new "Ms. Anna sun" she'd learned at art camp the day before.
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