Creative Corner: A Hawk, Figurines, and fun painting

Violet completed this sketch of a hawk using Hammond's Lifelike Drawing.

Benny asked to be allowed to paint the two Cars figurines that he received for Christmas,

and Henry (determined not to be left out) broke out the washable paint on his own to make the above creations.

Creative Corner: Flower Painting and watercolor snowman

Violet completed this flower using Hammond's Acrylic Painting.

Benny chose this watercolor snowman with the bird,

and Henry decided to give it a try as well.

Creative Corner: A Pot and a Bird in a Cage

Violet chose this pot project from Acrylic Painting by Hammond,

while Benny completed this watercolor bird in a cage using these directions.

Creative Corner: Clouds, turkey, mushroom, and Santa

Violet completed this cloud painting using Acrylic Painting by Hammond.  She also spent two weeks on a monochrome landscape painting but didn't want the picture posted.

Benny completed this Thanksgiving turkey in crayon,

 snail on a mushroom in Sharpie and watercolor,

and Santa stamp with marker.  All three projects came from artprojectsforkids.org.  He also drew a Phoenician ship and a Trojan horse but chose to leave the as unfinished sketches.

Creative Corner: Towels & Teapots; a Fish, a Cat, and a Pharoah

Both of Violet's completed art projects from the last three weeks come from Lifelike Drawing by Hammond.  This is a hanging towel and

a pewter teapot.

Benny completed this cartoon fish with Sharpie and crayon,

a Halloween cat in a pumpkin with Sharpie and watercolor,

and a pharaoh with Sharpie and chalk pastels.

Creative Corner: Ink bottles, Seascapes, Barns, and Apples

Violet completed this pencil drawing of an ink bottle using Lifelike Drawing by Hammond

as well as this monochrome acrylic seascape using Acrylic Painting by Hammond over the past two weeks.

Benny drew a country barn using Sharpie and crayons and

this basket of apples with Sharpie and watercolor.

Creative Corner: Teapots and Tigers

Violet completed this acrylic painting of two peaches and a teapot using Acrylic Painting by Hammond

Benny used these directions to create a tiger with black Sharpie and oil pastels.

Creative Corner: A Couch and a Fall Landscape

Violet completed a couch pencil drawing this week using Lifelike Drawing by Hammond.

Benny used these directions to complete a fall landscape with Sharpie and watercolor.

Creative Corner: Acrylic Apple and a Sphinx

Violet completed another acrylic painting project from Acrylic Painting by Hammond.  It took her a couple of tries before she was satisfied with her final apple.

Benny tried his first project from Draw and Write Through History and drew this sphinx but wasn't interested in coloring it so we left it as a sketch.

Creative Corner: Painted grapes and watercolor seahorse

Violet did her first acrylic painting project this week using Acrylic Painting by Hammond for instruction.

Benny used a combination of crayon and watercolor following these directions to create this seahorse picture.

Creative Corner: Watering Can and Klee Style Castle

This is another project from Lifelike Drawing by Hammond.

The block style castle is made based on the style of Paul Klee using oil pastels on construction paper and these directions.

Creative Corner: Basic Shapes and Cupcakes

Violet completed this pencil drawing of a sphere following the directions in Lifelike Drawing by Hammond.

Directions for Benny's watercolor cupcake came from my favorite online art blog.

Art for Benny's 4th Grade

For Benny's art next year, I went web surfing back to my favorite blog for art ideas.  I chose a mixture of watercolor, oil pastel, and crayon or colored pencil.  Since we are also covering ancient history this year, I added in a few of the more simple drawings from the two corresponding Draw and Write books by Gressman.  Benny is too much of a perfectionist to tackle many of these projects for now.

Week 1 - Cupcake Painting
Week 2 - Paul Klee castle drawing
Week 3 - How to Draw a Seahorse
Week 4 - Draw and Write pyramid (Draw and Write Through History: Creation Through Jonah by Gressman)
Week 5 - Draw and Write sphinx (Draw and Write Through History: Creation Through Jonah by Gressman)
Week 6 - Watercolor Landscape Week 7 - Tiger Drawing
Week 8 - How to Draw a Country Barn
Week 9 - Layered Apple Basket
Week 10 - Cartoon fish
Week 11 - Cat in Pumpkin Painting
Week 12 - How to Draw King Tut
Week 13 - Draw and Write Phoenician ship (Draw and Write Through History: Creation Through Jonah by Gressman)
Week 14 - How to Draw a Flamingo
Week 15 - How to Draw A Turkey Tutorial
Week 16 - Mushroom painting
Week 17 - Draw and Write Trojan horse (Draw and Write Through History: Greece and Rome by Gressman)

Week 18 - How to Draw a Santa Stamp
Week 19 - Bird in a Cage watercolor tutorial
Week 20 - Draw and Write Parthenon (Draw and Write Through History: Greece and Rome by Gressman)

Week 21 - Close Cropped Snowman
Week 22 - Draw and Write pharos lighthouse (Draw and Write Through History: Greece and Rome by Gressman)

Week 23 - Little Birdy Snowman
Week 24 - Draw a winter town
Week 25 - How to Draw Symmetrical Valentine Birds
Week 26 - How to Draw an Elephant
Week 27 - How to Draw an Airplane
Week 28 - Watercolor Dragonfly
Week 29 - How to Draw a Rooster
Week 30 - Watercolor Fishbowl
Week 31 - Toucan Drawing
Week 32 - Bumblebee Painting
Week 33 - Spring Landscape
Week 34 - Mother's Day Giraffe Painting
Week 35 - How to Draw a Pug
Week 36 - Sailboat on a Lake

Creative Corner: Sketch of Hogwarts and a Completed Landscape

 Violet began working on Hogwarts by sketching from a picture I found online.

Benny completed his landscape using oil pastels based on these directions.

Creative Corner: A Dollhouse

Violet attempted to put her perspective lessons to use this week by drawing her dollhouse.

Benny began a landscape project that will be finished next week.

Creative Corner

Violet completed some two point perspective worksheets this week.

Benny made a crayon and watercolor butterfly piece using these directions.

Creative Corner: One Point Perspective and Cityscape

 Violet completed these one point perspective worksheets this week.

Benny worked very hard on his beachfront city drawing following these directions.

Creative Corner: A girl, an ice cream cone, and Veggietales

Violet drew a young girls from the cover art of one of our books.

Benny completed this watercolor ice cream cone following these directions (with a tiny bit of help from his younger brother on painting the background).

Henry drew his favorite art subjects, Bob and Larry, and then turned them into trees just to be silly.

Creative Corner: a lady and a birdhouse

Violet completed another drawing from our 1-2-3 Draw People book this week.

Benny followed these directions to create another Popsicle house which he painted as a bird house.  We also added a magnet to the back and placed it on the fridge.

Creative Corner: A Gymnast and a Dog

Violet drew this gymnast using 1-2-3 Draw People by Levin.

Benny followed these directions except that we used crayon instead of Sharpie to trace the outline in order to keep the watercolors from bleeding.