{"id":5711,"date":"2014-12-26T10:37:20","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T17:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.happyhomeschooling.com\/?p=5711"},"modified":"2015-05-19T10:47:00","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T16:47:00","slug":"homeschooling-assignment-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/happyhomeschooling.com\/site\/homeschooling-assignment-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Homeschooling Assignment #4"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Did you do Assignment #3<\/a>?\u00a0Here’s my favorite assignment:<\/em><\/p>\n

Assignment #4:\u00a0Paint a Picture<\/h4>\n
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\"watercolor-487996_1280\"Easy and fun. Just get out watercolor paints<\/a>. You can use whatever you have. The cheap kind that are in a box with a brush inside is fine. Or use more exotic art supplies. A fine point brush is great for adding details if you have one. Q-tips even work. Set the dining room table with paper cups half fun of water, some rags or paper towels and a stack of blank paper. Put a newspaper sheet on each person’s spot to give them license to paint right up to and over the edge of their paper.<\/span><\/p>\n

Put on some light classical music<\/a>\u00a0CD or classical FM. Mozart is nice, or anything you have. If just sets the mood to have music going.<\/span><\/p>\n

Now paint!<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0You do it, Mom, right along with the kids. That is the important part. Show them how to dip your brush in water and drip a little water onto each color of paint to soak in a bit. Show them how you rinse and wipe dry your brush between colors. That is all the instruction they need. Now just paint whatever you feel like. A sunset. Tulips. Butterflies. The baby’s face. Underwater fishes in a coral reef.<\/em> Anything at all. Once you finish one page, set it on the floor against the wall to dry. Now get another page and keep painting. Smile and enjoy!<\/strong> This is not perfection or anything close to artistic talent. If you goof up, say “Art isn’t meant to be perfect”<\/strong><\/em>. After several paintings, you’ve done your assignment!<\/span><\/p>\n

The point?<\/em> Kids need to see you involved and enjoying your homeschool time together. Kids need to see you create. Kids need to think of you as a person, one of them, a creative person with feelings. They will do a lot of watching you paint (and learning about you and your attitude towards your own creative efforts). Be upbeat and self-accepting.<\/strong> That attitude unleashes creativity and frees them<\/em> from being the self-critic. If they have been in public school, they may\u00a0be prone to self-criticism, and perhaps a “dare not try” or “I can’t do it” attitude. Unchain them by your own example.<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"gerbera-55276_640\"You will find them copying your work. That is okay. Don’t mention it. They are learning that it is okay to free flow, by watching you.<\/strong> They have to take the secure road first before moving on to really being creative\u00a0and accepting their\u00a0creative self.<\/span><\/p>\n

When the pictures are all dry, stick them on the dining room wall with sticky tack or push pins, creating a little gallery of paintings<\/strong>. Enjoy your visitor’s admiring comments. Make some comments of your own during breakfast. Let your kids know their work is creative and beautiful.<\/span><\/p>\n

If you need a little inspiration to get going, take a look at my easy video on watercoloring<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Now, try\u00a0<\/span>Homeschooling Assignment #5<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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