Click to read more about this collection. You can also get a free sample of Fine Art Pages.
Click to read more about this collection. You can also get a free sample of Fine Art Pages.
So many moms have told me that they love, love, LOVE our Fine Art Pages, because it adds beauty to their home, and allows their children to become familiar with many works of art without demanding any time or energy from the school day or from mom!
If you have been looking for one lovely thing to include in your homeschool that doesn’t run on Mom Power, this is it.  The concept is simple and effective:  Print ’em out, put ’em up.  Stick these works of art on the walls in bedrooms, bathrooms, by the kitchen sink, or on the backs of doors.  Anywhere the eye naturally falls is a spot that you can infuse with something lovely, interesting, or inspiring, and feed good art right into the brains of those you love.  🙂  Why not get a few sets of Fine Art Pages and start trying them out in your home today?
We have a tradition that we try to keep going at our house. Â During the school week we generally don’t play video games. Â Saturdays are “Game Day” when the kids can play video games all day long if they want to. Â Sunday is “Screen-Free Day” which the boys often act like they hate, except once the screen time is removed, they find other things to do that they really enjoy.
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I try to help remove the boredom/lack of direction/hopelessness that kids can sometimes feel when you just took away their favorite thing and they don’t know what to do next. Â My favorite thing to do is to clean off the kitchen table and set up something that I think they will enjoy. Â It might be a puzzle, a game, sculpey clay, a baking project, or art supplies. Â This is what I set up today:
Nothing fancy. Â Just clear space and simple materials. Â
Within a short time they all gravitated toward the invitation and were doing this:
I had some nice music on in the background.  My daughter was at another table working on a 1000-piece puzzle.  I was making pancakes and reading.
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I find that clearing spaces and creating invitations is a really nice thing to do for the family. Â It provides an opportunity to bring out those card games/art supplies/stickers/projects that sometimes get forgotten during the regular weekday life. Â I’ve never set up an invitation at the table that the kids didn’t want to do.
That’s right! Â This isn’t a sample. Â This is the full product. Â What a great way to give your friends a gift and introduce them to what Enrichment Studies has to offer!
What a cool opportunity to watch Kandinsky actually creating a piece of art! Â His work is typically well-received by children, and I think this is a perfect example of the elements of drawing, if you’re sharing those with your kids. Â (what are they? Â Lines, curves, angles, dots, and circles!) You can see a lot of Kandinsky’s works here.
My kids and I have done this super cool 3D hand art project a couple of times, and I think you will love this. Even if you lack strong artist talent, you can do this! Â All you need is ordinary while paper, pencils, a sharpie, and some bold colored markers or highlighters. (colored pencils or crayons can also be used, but don’t come across as well)
This video does a great job of showing you the how-to. Â I’d add a few tips:
1. Â If you make your lines too close together, it takes a long time to color each line in. Â On the other hand, if you go too wide, the effect isn’t as cool. Â So, think about spacing carefully.
2. Â When you’re going to draw the lines, start at the bottom of the paper. Â It’s easier to get the hang of creating the “bump” line when you go over the hand part down by the wrist.
3. Â When coloring your lines, I have found that if you leave just a tad bit of white space between the straight lines and the bump lines over the hand, it comes out looking better.
Here are some pics of what me and my kiddos did last year:
This is an example of how things don’t work out as well if you aren’t careful to get a good “bump” line when going over the hand.” Make your bump really different from the straight-ish lines on either side.
This is mine and you can see how I left some white space around the fingers. Looks cool, right?
My ultra-talented artist daughter had her own spin on the project by patterning inside of the traced hand. Zentangle could work really well for this as well.
Just a touch of something unusual in there. Peek-a-boo!
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Welcome to the Enrichment Lifestyle Blog! I'm so glad you're here. :) I'm Erica Johns, and I love to encourage homeschool moms and help them enjoy more of the beauty of the arts in everyday life.
About me: I started my homeschooling journey in 1997 and graduated the last of my six children in 2021. Amidst all the hard work, crazy days, uncertainty, and lost pencils, what I think we really gained was the gift of a lifetime: TIME TOGETHER. So awesome! Click my pic to learn more.
