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Arts and Crafts Explained: Beginning Colored Pencils, by Apryl

  Colored pencil has to be my favorite medium to work with. I love the control and the feel of using them, and I love the results. “Emma” colored pencil portrait.   FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS What is a...

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Arts and Crafts Explained: Our Chalk Walk Experience, by Apryl

  Recently I, along with my daughter and niece, had the opportunity to participate in Knoxville’s Annual Chalk Walk. Each year they open Market Square to artists of all abilities to create a chalk...

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Arts and Crafts Explained: Needle Felting! by Apryl

  Needle felting is a fiber art that has been gaining popularity, and for good reason. It is fairly inexpensive to get started and not difficult to learn. Your creations are only limited by your...

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What Does Creativity Have to Do With Classical Education? by Briana Elizabeth

  What if I told you everything? Stratford Caldecott in his book Beauty in the Word renames the Trivium’s Grammar, Dialectic, and Rhetoric as Remembering, Thinking, and Communicating. Or Jenny Rallens...

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Inspiring Creativity at Our House, by Apryl

  Inspiring creativity in our children can be intimidating for some families. Many have no idea where to begin, or believe that since they aren’t artistic or crafty themselves, that they have no way to...

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Plugged Into a Different Creative Outlet, by Lynne

  My favorite gift as a child was a banker’s box filled with art supplies. I couldn’t imagine anything better than a box full of colorful paper, crayons, glue, sequins, and glitter. My sisters each...

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Arts and Crafts Explained: Clay! by Apryl

  If, as a homeschool mom, you have ever considered going beyond Play-Doh for teaching your kids a little about sculpting,  you may have noticed that there are a lot of choices out there for clay. The...

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A Gallery of Science Photos

Art and Science Collide A peek into what homeschooling science looks like.

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Student Spotlight: Botany Studies Through Drawing, by Sydney

Art and Science Collide My name is Sydney, and I live in the rural area of southeastern Ohio. In addition to my daily studies, I’m also involved in a local school of martial arts. I plan to finish high...

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The Science of Color, by Apryl

Art and Science Collide   To understand color, first we must understand how we see it. Our eye is much like a camera. It contains a lens that focuses the light, an iris (aperture) that controls how...

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Student Spotlight: Pencil Drawing, by Olivia

Olivia is a sixteen-year-old writer and artist who enjoys spending her time sewing, first person interpretation acting, and attempting to exchange dairy goats for small children under the age of one....

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Student Spotlight: The Rise to the Land of Peace, by Eddie — Age 13

Eddie is participating in an arts contest for the Jewish Federation’s annual commemoration of the Holocaust. This year’s theme is “Out of the Darkness and Into a New Life.”  He created this 3D piece of...

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Student Spotlight: Pontillism Duck, by Louisa

By Louisa, age 9 Genevieve–is a former public and private school teacher who has five children and has been homeschooling for the past thirteen years. In her free time she provides slave labor to...

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Student Spotlight: Art and ASL

I took an eight-week workshop on using American Sign Language in song and dance. The first thing we learned was the alphabet. I love toContinue Reading

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How the Arts Can Fill “Holes” When You Don’t Do Formal Preschool, by Cheryl

Our family owns a performing arts academy. Our kids have all done a lot of dance and music for preschool, both at the studio andContinue Reading

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Student Spotlight: by Madeleine

Acrylic on Canvas, by Madeleine

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Arts and Crafts at Home: Watercolor Cityscape Project, by Apryl

My 14 year old daughter came to me with this project that she saw on Pinterest.  She wanted to recreate it for her room, andContinue Reading

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Student Spotlight: Mixed Metals Sculpture, by Olivia

Olivia is a sixteen year old writer and artist who enjoys spending her time sewing, first person interpretation acting , and attempting to exchange dairyContinue Reading

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Arts and Crafts Explained: Kandinsky Collage, by Apryl

Vasily Kandinsky was a Russian artist who was born in 1866.  He was a pioneer of the abstract style of painting, and his work wasContinue Reading

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Arts and Crafts Explained: Colored Pencil Lesson Roundup, by Apryl

Pictures from students who participated in Apryl’s Beginning Colored Pencils lesson:   Apryl–Born and raised in Tennessee, Apryl is a southern girl at heart.  SheContinue Reading

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