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NO CLASS this week. We'll resume in October.

Lesson 3

October 1st and 2nd •  Beatrix Potter  •  Finishing our art projects

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Supplies from Your Box 

Online and on-demand
This week, we'll add a frame to our scene, add front and back covers to our nature journal and have time to add any finishing touches to both projects.

• Lesson 3 pages from notebook
• Sleeve behind lesson 3: Paper with printed lines, fabric, board, batting, glue dots.

Any other supplies needed to keep working on both projects to bring them to finish. (Paint set, Brushes, Ruling Pen, Black Gel Pen)

Supplies from Home 

Online and on-demand

• Elmer's Glue - to add the frame and covers
• Scissors
• Ruler or straight edge to help them fold their paper frame.

• Any supplies needed to finish up their two projects from Lesson 1 & 2

Class Times

Live Online:
9:30am - 10:45am
10/2, 10/9, 10/16, 10/23, 10/30


In-Person:
A: 9am - 10:30am
B: 11am - 12:30pm
10/1, 10/8, 10/15, 10/22, 10/29

On-Demand:
Recordings posted
10/5, 10/12, 10/19, 10/26, 11/2

Book Recommendations

(Online and on-demand)

Getting books from the library will enhance these classes considerably.

Any Book by Beatrix Potter would be great during this unit:

• Her stories
• Her life
• Her scientific illustrations

One of my favorites is "Beatrix Potter's Art" by Anne Stevenson Hobbs


Article on her Scientific influence:
https://www.themarginalian.org/2015/07/28/beatrix-potter-a-life-in-nature-botany-mycology-fungi/

This Week's Class

Class 1 • Beatrix Potter • Creating a Scene 

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Lesson 2 • Heads up

Online and On-Demand:
For Lesson 2, your child needs various small found nature or garden type items.  For instance:

Rocks
Feathers
Leaves
Berries
Flowers
Sticks
Mushrooms
Fruits or veggies

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Head's Up for Lessons 4-7

We'll be looking at the artwork of N.C. Wyeth during October as well as Howard Pyle and other artists from the Brandywine school of art. 

Field trip possibilities:
The Brandywine Museum is located in Chadds Ford, PA. This was also a branch of the Brandywine school of artists and where NC Wyeth lived. You can get a tour of his art studio. 

The Rockwell Museum in Corning, NY has at least one N.C. Wyeth painting. Wherever you live, see if you can find any originals to visit. Your kids need to see all the thick brush strokes and texture in person... Mmmmm.

Library Book Recommendations:
There are many books on NC Wyeth that show a compliation of his work and some of the other Brandywine artists.

My favorite illustrations from Wyeth are from the following books -though you can find many of these  illlustrations in books on his art in general:
 
The White Company
Treasure Island
Kidnapped
The Last of the Mohicans
Robinson Crusoe
Rip Van Winkle
The Boy's King Arthur
The Black Arrow
Legends of Charlemagne

**Just a word of caution.  I will be careful what illustrations I show your kids, however, if you get a book for them, know these stories contain battles and fights that are illustrated etc. and some have images of Indians clothed as they would have been at that time. So as always, preview the art before letting your kids see. 

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Feel free to post pictures of your kids with their boxes and your kids' artwork. I'll post student work and classroom images from my in-person classes and anything I find that I think your kids will enjoy.  

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In-Person Location  

343 Day Street, Horseheads, NY 14845
(the only two-story house on Day street).

Students may come into my house 5 minutes before class starts to get settled and chat. They can come right in the door without knocking and at the end of class I will send them out when they see your vehicle.

FYI, we do have a dog, Zoe, who will give sniffs and licks and usually sleeps during class. (Yorkie/Schnauzer breed)

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Live Online Guides 

If your child will be live on Zoom with us either taking the online class regularly or joining due to a missed in-person class, please be familiar with these online guidelines so our classes run smoothly for everyone. Thank you!

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Lesson 1
Beatrix Potter • Create a Scene

Supplies from Your Box 

(Online and on-demand)
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• Lesson 1 pages from notebook
• All contents from sleeve behind lesson 1
• Paint set
• Brushes
• Ruling Pen
• Black Gel Pen

Supplies from Home 

(Online and on-demand)

• Pencil
• Scissors
• Elmer's Glue* 
• Glue Stick*
• Ruler
• Cup of water and paper towels
if we're painting (we are for these 3 lessons)

*If you don't have glue yet, don't worry, they can do the glue part during the week. 

I suggest you have a bin just for this class that has these supplies as well as all supplies from the box I've sent. This can be with your child during class so they don't need your assistance to find everything.

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I forgot to mention...

In your supplies for this class there was some fabric. I forgot to let the kids know during class that the fabric was for putting clothes on the characters if they wanted. 

Lesson 2
Beatrix Potter • Nature journals

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Supplies from Your Box 

(Online and on-demand)

• Lesson 2 pages from notebook
• Accordion Watercolor Booklet in the sleeve behind lesson 2.
• Paint set
• Brushes
• Ruling Pen
• Black Gel Pen

Supplies from Home 

(Online and on-demand)

• Various nature objects found outside (rocks, sticks, feathers, flowers, leaves, grass, deceased insects if desired... etc)
• Pencil
• Cup of water and paper towels

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