Saturday, April 27, 2013

Making Art from Calendars

When I had surgery in January, I put the blog on the back burner. We've continued to do things, but I haven't bothered to document many of them. I think we're finally settling in to a new normal, and it's time to share updates about our family life.

We were given quite a few art supplies by a generous friend. For the last couple of days the kids have drawn and colored and rearranged crayons in almost every spare moment. Here's one of the projects we've done.


I don't now remember where I saw this idea, but I'm sure it's been around. We cut calendar pictures into strips using the grid lines printed on the back side of the page, then spread them out on a long piece of plain paper and glued the pieces down.


The students then fill in the gaps between strips.


It works best with landscapes, not so well with still life or animal pictures.


We haven't finished any of these, but even in progress, it's fascinating to see the children's different development levels and artistic tendencies.