I'm the first one to admit that I think art is important, but I often put it on the back burner for what I call the "core" subjects. I know it's wrong when I'm doing it, but it just happens (LOL) We recently found a great online art program that really walks you through the steps. Sharon Hofer has come up with Creating a Masterpiece to make art easy for everyone. She has a Monthly Plan that gives you access to several levels of art instruction ranging from beginner up to Level 5. There are a few other options as well :)
Acrylic
Batik
Block Printing
Carving
Conte" Crayon
Copper Tooling
Glass Mosaid
Gouache
Ink
Mixed Media
Oil Painting
Oil Pastel
Pencil/Charcoal
Sculpture
Silk Paining
Soft Pastel
Watercolor
Wood Burning
Thanks so much for your review. I think your watercolor paintings turned out so nice as well as your other pieces as well!
ReplyDeleteIn the future I will make sure I draw the beginning steps a little darker as some screens just don't show the contrast as well.
Sharon Hofer, Creating a Masterpiece
I wanted to mention one more thing. You said, "I really feel that unless your child is gifted in art that some of the projects will frustrate them. My son just kept saying that his didn't look anything like Sharon's work. We told him she's an artist, so hers will look better than all of ours. I feel this really would work better for about twelve and up unless they are really artistic. I just didn't feel that really young kids would do well with the projects."
ReplyDeleteFirst of all, I would encourage you to allow your son to do the projects by himself so he doesn't have the pressure of comparing his work with others. Secondly, if you make him slow way down by pressing the pause button often, he won't feel rushed and won't be frustrated. You don't have to be an artist to do these projects, you just have to slow way down and then you will have a masterpiece. I believe that you will see a big change of confidence in him after producing just a couple projects in a slow manner. Don't let him rush. Kids are all different but you can see from other student's artwork that very young children can do this and make their projects look as good as mine.
I hope this helps as I really want to encourage your son.
Sharon Hofer, Creating a Masterpiece