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01.07.09Sketching with Children
Aquaria, documenting nature, Fish, Sketchbook, tools (5)The world is rich with movement and texture and pattern and form, and while a child can joyfully paraphrase his real or imagined world in his art, there will come a time when he wants to capture more. Let's assume your child has come to you asking for help drawing something difficult, something from life. What do you do? There are several ways in which you can capture your subject on paper, but the method you choose to capture it will depend on your subject. Let's talk about the several approaches to sketching that you can take: gesture sketching These are quick ...
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01.05.09observational drawing + whale bones
documenting nature, mom, Skinning, Taxidermy, tools, wood (6)The boys do a lot of imaginative or "free" drawing, but they spend less time doing observational work. Earlier this week Chas broke down in the back of the car when he couldn't synthesize a drawing of a Bionicle. I explained to him that something so complex as a Bionicle can be very difficult to recreate on the page from memory, and that most often, to replicate an image with that much detail, I draw from observation. We would have to do an "exercise in seeing," I told him, and so this day was earmarked with Chas in mind. The 'Sketching ...
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12.24.08Hurry! Last Minute Christmas Presents! Handmade Chopping Blocks!
Crafts, tools, wood, xo (5)Dad, truly the king of resourcefulness, presented us one Christmas with a set of beautiful cutting boards that he had made, himself. There was a long maple board for bread, a small poplar board for cheese and a couple of other general purpose boards thrown in, just for the hell of it. We use them all of the time and the smaller ones are perfect for the kids, who help out quite a bit in the cooking. Our new, but very old kitchen has raised tile lips on the countertop, which calls now for a taller work surface, so I bought ...
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