If you or your students are serious about continuing to work with pastels, it makes sense to protect the pastel sticks with storage. We’ve had a few questions from artists so I am sharing more on soft chalk pastels: storage and cleaning. Soft Chalk Pastels: Storage and Cleaning This week I decided that the children […]
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Fall Walk in the Woods Chalk Pastel Art Tutorial
We thought it would be nice to enjoy our To The Woods Chalk Pastel tutorial again. But this time in fall colors. We’ve been enjoying some fall walks in the woods. And this is a perfect lesson in perspective. A Fall Walk in the Woods Chalk Pastel Art Tutorial. Fall Walk in the Woods Chalk […]
Chalk Pastels and Children’s Books
A wonderful way to introduce and encourage children in a love of art is to do a project around a beloved book. Chalk pastels and children’s books. Dianna recently asked: Q: I’m pulling together resources for later this summer and fall to get started. Do you have art lessons tied to Five in a Row […]
Ultimate List of Easy Slow Cooker Recipes
Give me easy. Mix a few ingredients. Make it simply delicious. Easy Slow Cooker Recipes. In the practical world of homeschooling and feeding a crowd on a budget, a long list of ingredients does not make the menu plan. I want to put the slow cooker to work while I take care of other things. […]
Easy Homeschool Routine
Does getting back into a homeschool routine make you feel like you are pulling some heavy weights a long distance? I understand. Me too. The planning, the gathering of resources for so many ages! I do have a solution I’ve found that I want to pass along that just may work for you. For many […]
Oreo® Truffles
Just three ingredients for this Oreo® Truffles recipe. Oreo cookies, cream cheese and melted chocolate morsels. Three steps to yum. Start by crushing your Oreo cookies. (Approximately one package. We used two sleeves from a warehouse-sized box). Either recruit a child to use a rolling pin or whiz them up in your handy food processor. […]
IKEA for Homeschool – Organization Update
Are you organizing? Both July and late December seem to be THE organizational times for us. Both being before back-to-school times. I recently had a question from my friend Pamela on our IKEA for homeschool organization. And I asked if I could share her question here since it was about time for an organizational update. […]
Harry Potter Hogwarts Great Hall
There’s just something enchanting about the floating candles in the Hogwarts Great Hall! The Christmas trees…We are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the publication of the first Harry Potter book with chalk pastel art! Harry Potter Illustrated: 5 Days of Art Tutorials You will want to subscribe to our You ARE an Artist YouTube channel […]
Harry Potter Quidditch Snitch
This will be a fun challenge! Capture the Quidditch snitch in chalk pastels. Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the publication of the first book, Nana shares a Harry Potter Quidditch snitch art tutorial! Harry Potter Illustrated: 5 Days of Art Tutorials You will want to subscribe to our You ARE an Artist YouTube channel because […]
Harry Potter Firebolt Broom Art Tutorial
The wizard’s broom is a fun subject to paint with chalk pastels. We are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the publication of the first Harry Potter book with Nana sharing a Firebolt broom art tutorial! Now we decided on the Firebolt simply because it was a bit more substantial to paint. So this is breaking […]
Harry Potter Sorting Hat
Now the Harry Potter sorting hat is quite the character! This is going to be so much fun for you artists to paint. Just imagine placing the hat on your head and what it might say. This art tutorial is very colorful and fun, so let’s get started… *This post contains affiliate links to frugal […]
Harry Potter Wizard’s Wand Art Tutorial
Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the publication of the first Harry Potter book, Nana shares a wizard’s wand art tutorial! Harry Potter Illustrated: 5 Days of Art Tutorials You will want to subscribe to our You ARE an Artist YouTube channel because we will release a new video art tutorial every day of this series! […]
Harry Potter Illustrated: Lightning Scar
Starting now and with five more video art tutorials we will be having fun with the art of Harry Potter! Are you ready? June 2017, we are celebrating the 20th anniversary of the publication of Harry Potter and The Sorcerer’s Stone. With this series, we will create chalk pastel art of the familiar favorites. We […]