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28 Mar

Our handicraft project today, is Lesson #20 in our brushwork series, from the book, Brushwork Elementary Brush-Forms by Marion Hudson. Brushwork Lesson #20 is a Lesson on Ivy, and it build perfectly on the brush forms that we have been learning in the past 19 lessons. By the end of this lesson, you'll be effortlessly painting creeping ivy leaves with highlights of berries! Redrawing the Design on Our Grid Paper Your grid paper is probably going to be different than that in the book. I say this because I looked everywhere for grid paper that was similar to the book...

06:00 / Charlotte Mason / Craft Projects / Happy Handicrafts
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14 Mar

Today we are moving on to our next project in our brushwork series, which is lesson #19 in the book, Brushwork Elementary Brush-Forms by Marion Hudson. This is part of our homeschool handicraft curriculum. Brush lesson #19 is called a Lesson on Ducklings and Pond, and since there is not much cuter than some little, yellow ducklings, we are excited to get started! If you've been following along with us in this brushwork series, you will find much of this very familiar, as we covered similar brush strokes and animals in A Beginner's Guide to Brushwork, Lesson #19, which was...

06:00 / Charlotte Mason / Craft Projects / Happy Handicrafts / Homeschool
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07 Mar

Our next clay model is going to be my favorite vegetable. As part of our homeschool handicrafts curriculum, we are working our way through the book, A Manual of Clay-Modelling by Hermione Unwin. This is model #33, which is a Windsor bean. As a kid, we called these beans "fat beans" and, no, they were NOT my favorite vegetable. I HATED these beans and would do anything to avoid eating them! My Mom would slip them into a dish of peas and carrots, hoping we wouldn't notice. But there was no mistaking the texture and flavor of...

06:00 / Charlotte Mason / Craft Projects / Happy Handicrafts / Homeschool
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28 Feb

Today for our homeschool handicraft lesson, we are going to make a clay model of a poppy capsule. We are working our way through the book, A Manual of Clay-Modelling by Hermione Unwin. The poppy capsule is model #32, and once again, presented a real challenge to find! First of all, it's wintertime, and secondly, I've never seen an actual poppy grow near us. So, in what appears to be our norm, we found an alternate solution - a dried seed capsule of some sort. Along with a few pictures, we were able to make a poppy capsule....

06:00 / Charlotte Mason / Craft Projects / Happy Handicrafts / Homeschool
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22 Feb

After abandoning our design grid in our last lesson (and loving it!), for our brushwork lesson #18, we are returning to the grid. We are working through the book, Brushwork Elementary Brush-Forms by Marion Hudson, as part of our homeschool handicraft curriculum. Lesson #18 is a Lesson on Hares and Leaves. Now, I'm going to be honest - the hares may take a little imagination, and the leaves look a little more like lily pads, but again, this isn't about realism. Our goal is to practice and improve our brush forms, while enjoying the process. ...

12:25 / Charlotte Mason / Craft Projects / Happy Handicrafts / Homeschool
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