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...
View ArticleArts 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...
View ArticleArts 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...
View ArticleWhat 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...
View ArticleInspiring 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...
View ArticlePlugged 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...
View ArticleArts 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...
View ArticleA Gallery of Science Photos
Art and Science Collide A peek into what homeschooling science looks like.
View ArticleStudent 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...
View ArticleThe 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...
View ArticleStudent 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....
View ArticleStudent 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...
View ArticleStudent 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...
View ArticleStudent 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
View ArticleHow 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
View ArticleArts 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
View ArticleStudent 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
View ArticleArts 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
View ArticleArts 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
View Article