Sketch Tuesday

I found Harmony Art Mom's blog sometime in the summer and decided that we would participate in her Sketch Tuesday challenge.

Last week the assignment was to sketch something that starts with the letter R. Only James and Suzy actually finished the assignment. (David and Emily thought it was babyish, I think, though the finished drawings submitted to the challenge surely do not fit that description.)

Here is the Flickr collection of all the submitted drawings.

James drew a rocket. The photo of it does not show all the shading he did using the technique he learned from Don West.

Suzy drew a scene with rain and ripples in the water.

Want to participate? Go HERE for this week's challenge. Then send your drawings to her in email and she'll include them in the slideshow. My kids already did their drawings for this week - yes, all 4 of them. You'll have to wait until next week to see them though!

Art Class

Art class happens once a month with Mr. West of Christian Art for Kids. He teaches the students step by step how to create a specific drawing, using skills that are transferable to drawing in general.

He calls the whole class up to his table to demonstrate the steps and techniques, then the kids go back and do it themselves. He also shows the steps on a whiteboard. After each child has completed the step, he brings it up to Mr. West for inspection. Usually he gives some very short encouraging statement to each child each time they come up. Lots of positive reinforcement and no one falls through the cracks.

I think the best parts of the class, however, are when Mr. West shares his stories and personal testimonies. He always guides the kids (and parents) to look to the Lord and always has a word of praise or encouragement!

David is on his third year with Mr. West, if I recall correctly. Emily is on her second year, and today was James's first class.

Their finished drawings from today (completed entirely in class) are below. Can you guess whose is whose?