….the zoo has wonderful birds
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A ‘Commingling’ of Swans, Gulls, Ducks and Geese
….after discovering some unfamiliar words in the latest book I’m reading
I thought it might be fun to take new words and find photos to illustrate their meaning.
com·min·gle
[kəˈmiNGɡ(ə)l, käˈmiNGɡ(ə)l]
VERB
commingles (third person present) · commingled (past tense) · commingled (past participle) · commingling (present participle)
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mix; blend:“the dust had commingled with the rain” · “publicly reproved for commingling funds”
ORIGIN
early 17th cent.: from com- ‘together’ + mingle.
Lesson 200 – 100 Photographs
…..Carla Sonheim gave us as assignment to go out and shoot 100 photos in the neighbourhood
I love this type of assignment. It gets me out walking and it makes me really look at a my surroundings. Once we took the photos we were to share our favourites. Here are 68 of mine.
Sure Signs of Spring
….as recorded by my camera
WPC – H2O
….next to trees I love photos of water
Spring Has Sprung
….despite coolish temperatures Spring has officially arrived
I mentioned in an earlier post that there were signs of spring here in Toronto if you take the time to look. On my walk today I purposely photographed as many signs of spring as I could. Enjoy!
Back to Basics-Part II
…..owls, ferns, cacti, fish, fungi, tulips and bikinis
I’m almost at the end of my 31 day challenge for drawing simple objects with Lisa Congden on Creative Bug. Here are a few more of my drawings:
Birds of a Feather
…..just add a beak to a scrap piece of paper and voila you have a bird
I got this idea from Carla Sonheim and I find that it works with all age groups. I’ve used it with kindergarten children and children in grades 1 to 5.
This year I had the children create a tree by printing the shape with the edge of a piece of thick cardboard dipped in brown paint. While we waited for it to dry I had the students practise drawing a variety of leaf shapes and then deciding which one they would use on their tree.
Once the paint dried I instructed the students to tear small pieces of coloured and patterned papers and then glue them to the tree branches. With a pencil or a black Sharpie they started creating their birds by adding a beak and then an eye. After that they could add as much or as little detail as they wanted. Once the birds were done they were instructed to draw the leaves in the open spaces and colour them in.
I love how these turned out. The following are examples from my grade two class.
Put a Beak on it!
…..another great art idea from Carla Sonheim that I introduced to my kindergarten art class
You may recall a post where I shared some art that I did with scraps of paper. By simply adding a beak, eyes and feet you can make fun bird shapes. I turned them into cards and small framed gifts that I gave to friends and family.
A couple of weeks ago I introduced this concept to my kindergarten art class. They made a very simple tree shape with 5 to 6 branches and then on each branch they glued a scrap piece of paper and then drew on the details to create their birds. Here are some of their creations.
Year of the Spark
….another great on-line art class with Carla Sonnheim and Lynn Whipple
In December I signed up for a year long on-line art class with two great artists, Carla Sonheim and Lynn Whipple. The class is called Year of the Spark and twice a month each teacher presents a lesson and several fun assignments. So far the assignments have been designed to get our hands moving and look at art and drawing in new ways.
Carla’s first class had us drawing dozens of one line sketches of animals, flowers, and houses and then choosing one favourite and drawing it again using many different types of drawing tools. We had to choose one finished piece in the end and frame it. Here are some of my one liners and my framed piece.
As much as I liked my dog drawings I decided to elaborate on my birds.
As you can see these drawings are intended to be fun and whimsical.
This week Lynn introduced us to pattern drawing and creating cards using people from old photos and a multitude of shapes of cut up papers. I’ve played with the pattern portion of the assignment but I haven’t yet started the card assignment.
The pattern assignment is a warm-up activity but I’m so addicted to this random doodling that it’s taking me hours to finish one page. Tomorrow I’m going to have to try to work faster and maybe use only watercolours to create my patterns. Keep it simple.
Mama Cormier 