A couple years ago I got each of the boys a canvas to paint on. Since artistic interest and ability have changed so much since they first painted on them, I decided to start over. I repainted them all white- using wall paint since it is what I had on hand...
Cale and Cohen picked their subjects and got right to work. Cohen chose a warm and cool color pattern with his handprints all over. Cale chose to do a melted crayon picture.
Lakin also wanted to do his right away. He splatter painted on his canvas using tempera paint cakes. I also traced his silhouette onto contact paper before he started.
Here is Cohen's finished project! I love how it turned out.
And here is Lakin's. The contact paper didn't hold up to the wet paint, but I think it looks kind of neat the way the silhouette turned out.
The main reason I wanted to redo these now was to fill empty wall space in our school room. The new room is almost wall to wall shelves with a lot of wall space up high, but not large enough for our big wall maps.
Our Friends painting went above one shelf, but I had a couple other spots I wanted to fill in with the kids art work.
Here are Cohen and Lakin's hung up above our science and math items.
Cale's will take a few weeks to finish first and Rylan is still narrowing down his subject.
Annika got to do a canvas of her own too. This is the first time she's used paint.
She only tasted it once...
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And this is the face she gave the brother to told her she wasn't supposed to do that.
Your boys are so artistic . . .and your girl is too. Your school room looks fantastic.
ReplyDeleteWonderful artwork - they all turned out so beautifully!
ReplyDeleteLove, love, love letting kids get creative!! Their artwork came out very nicely. I especially like the way the silhouette looks.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely GORGEOUS artwork .. from them all! :) Love them! thanks for sharing! and Way to go with the book wall :P hahah! i love books! I need a library lik on Beauty and the Beast LOL
ReplyDeleteSo many times I browse what ya'll been up to and wish I lived close enough to hang out and absorb some of your creativity. I sure am glad you have a blog!! Thanks for the inspiration!!
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