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05 Jul

Have you been following us in our brushwork series? If you are a homeschooling family who follows the Charlotte Mason method, this is for you! There are so many benefits to learning brushwork - and we're just getting started! We are working through the book, Brushwork Elementary Brush-Forms by Marion Hudson, a series of 30 lessons, teaching the basics of brushwork. Today we will be doing brushwork lesson #3, which teaches oblique brush forms. Materials Needed The book, Brushwork, Elementary Brush-Forms by Marion Hudson (also available online HERE) 1″ absorbent grid paper Watercolor paints Watercolor Paintbrush, we used Princeton Velvetouch round size 6 or round size 8 A glass...

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28 Jun

We are continuing our trek through the book, A Manual of Clay-Modelling by Unwin. Today we are making model #15, a clay model of a broad bean. This model was very similar to model #7, a model of a pea pod. In fact, model #15 had no instructions of its own; it simply referred to model #7 for instructions. What is a Broad Bean? Our challenge with this model was not the clay modelling portion, since it was a little repetitive. Our challenge was finding the object itself! First of all, I had no idea what a...

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21 Jun

I've been so excited to start this new handicraft! Brushwork is our precursor to watercolor painting. In this handicraft, we are going to learn the basics of watercolor - how to handle and control a brush, how to load a paintbrush, and how to maneuver a brush on paper. Having covered all of the basics in A Beginner's Guide to Brushwork in a Charlotte Mason Education, we will be moving on to brushwork lesson #2, which involves making a pattern with brush forms. Materials Needed The book, Brushwork, Elementary Brush-Forms by Marion Hudson (also available online HERE) 1" absorbent grid...

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14 Jun

I am so excited about our newest handicraft - BRUSHWORK! Brushwork in a Charlotte Mason education, is a watercolor technique that is typically used to illustrate objects in nature. It begins with the most basic brush exercises, teaching a solid foundation (I think of it as a precursor) for watercolor painting. Watercolor painting is something that I have wanted to learn my entire life, and today is the day I am going to start learning. I have always loved watercolor paintings - I have them scattered throughout my home, decorating my walls and bookshelves. I admire how the...

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07 Jun

I'm not sure I've ever seen the need to make a clay model of a potato, yet here we are. In this week's video, we will be making model #14, a potato, from the book, A Manual of Clay-Modelling by Unwin. Each lesson in this book features a progressively complex skill set. Since we had already mastered the rather basic skill of building up a blob the size of our object and placing it on the armature, we focused this lesson on creating texture. Materials Needed The book, A Manual of Clay Modelling by Hermione Unwin (or free online HERE) Modeling Clay (the book suggests...

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31 May

We are busy working through the book, A Manual of Clay-Modelling by Unwin, as we learn about clay modelling. Today, we will be making a clay model of an onion, which is model #13. I guess we're working through all of the fruits and veggies! So far we've made an orange, an apple, a plum, a pear, a lemon, a pea pod, and a tomato. For this model, we went picked up a nicely shaped onion at the grocery store. It will serve two purposes - a model for our clay modelling, and then dinner. Materials Needed The book, A...

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