Thursday, May 19, 2011
king
(Note from Mom: The assignment for Nickolas was to make an illustration for the story for last month. He originally attempted to free hand stick figures. I then pulled out a how to draw book and we found one he could try. This is a FAR cry better than his original attempt!)
Robot Cyborg and Mech battle
This is a battle V'S a Mech (the one on the left) and a Cyborg Bionicle, i made the mech by starting with the hands and working from there and the cyborg i built in a hurry for this pic.
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Woo-hoo! First Ever Post in Our Art Blog! Letterboxing
We were introduced to Letterboxing a couple of days ago and we fell in love with the activity! We have been Geocachers for about 6 years or so and Letterboxing is right up our ally!
To participate in Letterboxing, it is not necessary to hand carve your own stamp, but it makes it more personable. Following the simple kids instructions found on the Letterboxing site, James and Nickolas carved their very first stamps. Each boy chose their design from something in their mind (I had planned to give them some printed options, but didn't need to). Nickolas loves fish and loved the idea of a cross inside the Christian fish icon. James chose to use a letter "N" to represent his nickname: Nibbs.
I helped Nick to get his idea drawn onto the artgum eraser we bought at Hobby Lobby, mostly because it was both our first attempts and we were learning. However, using my leather hole punch sets, he carved the whole thing himself.
James drew his own design and carved the whole thing himself. While the design isn't exactly what he had drawn ( a slip of the tool took off a curly q at one end of his N), it is pretty darn close. I was impressed that he'd drawn such a beautiful N free hand.
To participate in Letterboxing, it is not necessary to hand carve your own stamp, but it makes it more personable. Following the simple kids instructions found on the Letterboxing site, James and Nickolas carved their very first stamps. Each boy chose their design from something in their mind (I had planned to give them some printed options, but didn't need to). Nickolas loves fish and loved the idea of a cross inside the Christian fish icon. James chose to use a letter "N" to represent his nickname: Nibbs.
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| Nick's Handcrafted Stamp |
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| James' Handcrafted letter N |
James drew his own design and carved the whole thing himself. While the design isn't exactly what he had drawn ( a slip of the tool took off a curly q at one end of his N), it is pretty darn close. I was impressed that he'd drawn such a beautiful N free hand.
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
What this week, Feb 7th-11th, will entail
Our bible study is focusing on The Armour of God and so, for art, we are going to use this theme. For the first technique we will utilize the grid idea to get a feel for our subject, either a knight, armour, or their steads.
Let the art begin! (Tomorrow)
Let the art begin! (Tomorrow)
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