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I need your feedback this week
Don't let your kids see, but I posted a poll on our private FB page for something I'm putting in their boxes next month. I'll be packing soon so need to know what you think they'd prefer. Thanks!!
I can't share the specific post link but it's very recent and pinned in "Featured". (If you're not in the group yet, you'll be prompted to request access after clicking the link. I'll let you in!)
Lesson 6
October 22nd &23rd • N.C. Wyeth • Dynamic Lighting
This Week's Class
Class 1 • Beatrix Potter • Creating a Scene
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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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.
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 Art and where N.C. Wyeth lived. You can even 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:
Not required but recommended especially for my distant artists.
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.
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)
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!
DownloadLesson 1
Beatrix Potter • Create a Scene
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
Lesson 3
Beatrix Potter • Finishing our Projects
Lesson 4
N.C. Wyeth • Dynamic Figures
Lesson 5
N.C. Wyeth • Guiding the eye
