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23 Aug

Have you ever attempted to make a clay model of a cockle shell? You'd think it was a simple little project, but I'm here to tell you, it's harder than it looks! We are working on the 19th model from the book, A Manual of Clay-Modelling by Unwin, which is a cockle shell. Some lessons in this book seem very simple and straight forward, a logical progression from the lesson before. But this lesson was a bit of a jump. With all of the intricacies and details, this clay model of a cockle shell gave us a...

06:00 / Charlotte Mason / Craft Projects / Happy Handicrafts / Homeschool
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16 Aug

Our next lesson in our brushwork series is more than additional practice. Brushwork, lesson #6, from the book, Brushwork Elementary Brush-Forms by Marion Hudson, is a model lesson on hips and leaves. It takes an autumn nature walk and turns it into an in-depth examination of nature. If you are a Charlotte Mason homeschool family, this sort of lesson will feel very familiar. You can seamlessly incorporate this lesson in brushwork into your nature walks. What are Hips? Let's us first start with a definition and concept of what these plants are. This book was originally published in 1903...

06:00 / Charlotte Mason / Craft Projects / Happy Handicrafts / Homeschool / Nature
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09 Aug

We are back today to make a clay model of a carrot. Let's get a big cheer for the fact that we didn't have to substitute or spend an entire day hunting all over town for our model! This one was sitting in our kitchen pantry, just waiting to be used. The carrot is model #18 from the book, A Manual of Clay-Modelling by Unwin. This model brought together the last several lessons, providing valuable practice in creating forms, modelling the form, and adding detail to that form. Materials Needed The book, A Manual of Clay Modelling by Hermione Unwin (or free...

06:00 / Charlotte Mason / Craft Projects / Happy Handicrafts / Homeschool
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02 Aug

So far, our brushwork series has moved at a comfortable pace, allowing us to practice and improve our brush strokes. Today we are doing brushwork, lesson #5 from the book, Brushwork Elementary Brush-Forms by Marion Hudson. This lesson has us doing all of the previous brush forms in a decorative pattern. Once again, like in lesson #4, and I'm going to assume in many of the upcoming lessons, the grid paper used in the book seems to be about 1/2″ squares. Our grid paper is 1″ square grid paper, and probably a different size overall. Therefore, unfortunately,...

06:00 / Charlotte Mason / Craft Projects / Happy Handicrafts / Homeschool
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26 Jul

Every week, in preparation for our clay modelling session, we check our book, A Manual of Clay-Modelling by Unwin, to see what we will be modelling. We then go on a hunt for the object. Sometimes it's in our backyard, or pantry, and sometimes we prowl the neighborhood, parks, or grocery stores looking for the item. This week we had to go on the hunt. A simple poplar leaf was all we needed for model #17. I assumed I could drive past our local nature preserve and grab one - but no. There was no...

06:00 / Charlotte Mason / Craft Projects / Happy Handicrafts / Homeschool
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19 Jul

Although we are still in the beginning phase of our brushwork series, we are loving it! It's exciting to learn how just the smallest tweak of the brush, or just a little pressure can change everything that you are creating! I'm even more excited to experience where this is going to lead us, as we practice more and more. Today we are doing brushwork, lesson #4 from the book, Brushwork Elementary Brush-Forms by Marion Hudson. This book gently walks the student through a series of 30 lessons, with the goal of training oneself in the beginnings of...

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