Category Archives: Art and creativity

Art and colour

Posted on March 23, 2013 by dhahabu

Art in our house has become both prolific and spasmodic.  Prolific in that the children, especially Edward, independently produce multiple drawings per day, Isaac is going through a papercraft phase (daily making paper creations of his own design) and we … Continue reading →

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Picture Study – How we do it…Monet

Posted on March 25, 2012 by dhahabu

I love art but have never learned much about it, much to my disappointment.  However, Edward loves drawing and painting and really enjoys art and I like the Charlotte Mason idea of picture study so I’ve decided to make it … Continue reading →

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Our Week

Posted on February 17, 2012 by dhahabu

This week has been dominated by our first little girl turning 2.  We had the teddy bears’ picnic party on Thursday and Gran came from Wednesday to Friday to join in the celebrations.  It was also half-term week in ‘school … Continue reading →

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More Art Please!

Posted on January 20, 2012 by dhahabu

One of my resolutions this year is to do more art – practice and appreciation. Today I was reminded of this when we started some art and Edward said excitedly “I love art!”  I’ve found a wonderful art book that … Continue reading →

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Box zebra

Posted on February 14, 2011 by dhahabu

We had a lovely day today.  This morning we all went for a walk at Anglesey Abbey to see hundreds of snowdrops.  It was a beautiful day, one of those days that feel like the beginnings of spring. At Arts … Continue reading →

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Arts and Crafts group

Posted on January 17, 2011 by dhahabu

Edward is prolific in his drawing at the moment, producing several per day, usually of trains and tracks, cars, monster trucks or other vehicles (he made me a lovely picture for Christmas of unicycles!).  Isaac is also finding his feet … Continue reading →

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Appreciating Art

Posted on July 25, 2010 by dhahabu

Art appreciation is one part of Charlotte Mason’s idea of ‘spreading the feast’ before children, exposing them to great thinkers, writers and in this case, artists.  Her method of picture study is gentle and inviting: showing the child a picture, mentioning the … Continue reading →

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Junk modelling

Posted on July 7, 2010 by dhahabu

Cars are currently the vehicle of choice in this house, primarily because they can be crashed together, crash into posts, made to go over the level crossing when the train is coming and…you’ve guessed it, crash with the train!  To divert … Continue reading →

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Arts and Crafts group

Posted on July 5, 2010 by dhahabu

I recently started a HE arts and crafts group with a friend and local artist, Phyll.  I had been wanting to start such a group for a while and when Phyll offered to help, I was thrilled.  She is a talented and … Continue reading →

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Mr Scarecrow

Posted on June 22, 2010 by dhahabu

We now have a scarecrow in our garden by the name of Mr Scarecrow (Edward’s choice!).  Last weekend saw our village fete and for the first time, they held a scarecrow competition.  Sadly, Mr Scarecrow won no prizes but we … Continue reading →

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