This week began our Art Camp! Each day we did some animal and I had the kids pencil the animal using shapes they were familiar with. We then erased the lines we didn't need and outlined the animal with sharpie and colored the rest with markers.
Here is Nicole's cat pic which I thought turned out awesome! I was amazed at how well the kids could draw with minimal help from me.
Jake enjoyed the different mediums- this was his exploration of oil pastel.
Michael usually started out with the project we were working on but then expanded the animal by either adding a lot of limbs or turning it into a robot. He also really likes writing his name. I didn't give him any direction, just let him do what he wanted and I was surprised by his abilities at four years old!
We used some fruits and vegetables to make patterns but it didn't work out all that well. The girls preferred using them as paintbrushes instead of stamps.
We made Monet-inspired bridge scenes. Jake did a letter "J" instead of a bridge and had lots of fun painting. I have never let him use real paint before since watercolors always always were a disaster if I turned my back for a second! But he did great and I forsee more fun opportunities to paint with him.
I told the kids to imagine a scene with a bridge and showed them Monet's painting to give them an idea. But I kept telling them "you are the artist, paint what is in your imagination" and they all did a wonderful job. I also made sure they painted with "dabs" instead of strokes and it looked great.
Michael really got into mixing colors :) But he did do a sun and sky without any direction from me so that was great.
Nicole's finished artwork
All three of the kids painted scenes.
The kids find turtles along with the many frogs they bring to me. Nicole was crouched near this turtle waiting for a pic and the little guy scrambled right through her legs. You can see she is a little hesitant to get close again! Jim told them to watch out because it can bite, but Mike put his finger in front of the turtle's mouth and said "Look Dad, it doesn't!" Of course later it DID but Nicole assured us it didn't hurt Mike.
Nicole's soccer season has begun! Being 6 in a 7-8 yr old league b/c of her bday is tough, but she just enjoys herself and tries hard. I love watching her bounce around the field trying to do her job and help the team. We were watching the game with friends and one of the times she kicked the ball we were so excited that she actually TOUCHED the ball we cheered (you would have thought a goal was scored!). She did get several chances to kick it and the coach gave her some great opportunities which was very kind. I was impressed at how well the kids play- they were dribbling and passing -accurately, I might add- at this young of an age.
The kids enjoyed wrestling while we watched the game. We had some favorite friends from DC visiting for the weekend that used to live in NC. Dallin wrestled with Mike and it was nice to see equal energy output collide.
Robin and I with the babies watching the game. So fun to have her visit!!
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