Enjoying the Chaos

My kids love art and so my older two were really please to review a new homeschool art curriculum  from  ArtAchieve . There are three levels available and we have been working with level III the highest of the levels. Although I love art I'm not really talented or educated enough to teach my older kids now we have moved out of the glue stick and construction paper art phase. This is one of the reasons I loved this program so much. The lessons are taught in video format so the kids actually get to see how the project is supposed to look before they try it. They can watch the whole process before they begin or they can pause it as they work so they can take their time. As I said earlier I chose to work on level III for my high-schoolers. We are schooling through the summer but on a lighter schedule so it's been fun to spend more time doing art projects than we can sometimes give during the regular school year when we get so busy with our regular schedule. It's eas...

We love art and I love  Artistic Pursuits  we have reviewed two of these books before. Jam was the first one to review and then Captain. We had a great experience with them. This time I gave Boo the chance to choose a topic to learn. She was really excited and chose the  Middle School Grade 6-8 Book Two Color and Composition . As soon as we knew we had been chosen for the review I went on a little online shopping trip and stocked up on all the supplies we needed for the course. The first page of the book includes a table of contents and art supply list. Boo was very excited when our box of art supplies arrives and was chomping at the bit ready to begin. Art Supplies needed (brand recommendations) 1 - Nupastel assorted colors, set of 24 or larger 1- Sakura Cray Pas Junior Artist Oil Pastels, set of 50 1- Pastel paper pad in assorted colors 1- Drawing paper pad (white) 1- Paper stump 1- Kneaded eraser 1- Vinyl eraser 1- sharpener 1- Natural Chamois 4x4 ...