Peacock Scratch Art {Virtual Fridge}

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I found a fabulous book at the library and we've been doing a few of the projects suggested in it.  This project was inspired by Edward Bawden (1903-1989) Aesop’s Fables: Peacock and Magpie artwork. 

You can find this project's step by step instructions on page 15 of Get Into Art: Animals.

Peacock by Nathaniel

My scratch art peacock

We used a different medium to make ours than the book suggested.  Next time I do this project we will use wax crayons and paint as per the project instructions.


This weeks Feature

This weeks feature is a tutorial from over at Our Uncshooling Journey. You will find a tutorial on how to make these Colour Mixing Butterflies. This family are also tackling 100 days of Art and sharing their journey and art projects. If you are looking for some homeschool art inspiration be sure to keep checking their list as it grows daily.

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I invite you to take some photo's of your children's artistic pursuits put them in a post and link up with me I would love to come over and see the wonderful art your children have enjoyed doing.

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Chareen

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Get Into Art Animals {Tuesday's Treasures}

One of the things I enjoy about our library visits is discovering new books to bring home and explore. Upon a recent visit to our local library I discovered a new book with plenty of hands on step by step projects. Get into Art Animals is not a typical art projects book. 

This book is two fold in it's approach.  Firstly it introduces the reader to a famous art piece and the artist who created it, then it gives a step by step hands on project for you to create your own version of the art work you have just learned about.

Susie encourages us to know that art is not only something we observe but rather something that we can all do, she does a wonderful job encouraging the reader to try new mediums to create their own masterpieces of art.

The Details

• Title: Get into Art Animals
• Format: Hardback
• Number of Pages:31 
• Publisher: Pan MacMillan  
• Publication Date:20 Aug 2013 
• ISBN 10: 0753470586 
• ISBN 13:9780753470589 
• Author  Susie Brooks 
• Illustrator: 

There are 12 art pieces and artists:

1. The Snail - Henri matisse
2. Suspense - Sir Edwin Landseer
3. Crinkly Giraffe - Alexander Calder
4. The Bird - Georges Braque
5. Peacock and Magpie - Edward Bawden
6. Fish - MC Escher
7. Carnival of Harlequin - Joan Miro
8. Totem Poles - Wayne Alfred, Beau Dick and Ellen Neel
9. Yellow Cow - Franz Marc
10. Dragon Dish - Chinese Artist
11. Portrait of Maurice - Andy Warhol
12. Jockeys in the Rain - Edgar Dagas

Other Books in the Series

• Get Into Art People
• Get into Art: Stories
• Get Into Art: Places

Blessings
Chareen

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Reflections - More Beautiful Bible Verses for Colouring {Review}

One of the most popular trends to happen in the last six months has been the adult colouring craze.  I used to enjoy colouring as a child and wondered if I'd enjoy this new craze ? I began looking for a resource and was overwhelmed by what was available.  So my quest continued until I saw a friends beautifully illustrated scripture page she had just completed.  After a little more research I discovered the artist behind the beautiful illustration was Lorien Atwood. I found her website and emailed Lorien to find out more about her latest publication titled Reflections. She blessed me with a copy of Reflections - More Beautiful Bible Verses for Colouring.

About the Book

• Title: Reflections - More Beautiful Bible Verses for Colouring
• ISBN: 9780994497536
• Cover: Card stock
• Pages: Each picture is printed on heavy duty paper to prevent bleed through.  The pages are also perforated to make it easier to remove from the book to gift to someone.
• Illustrations: There are 18 illustrations/scripture meditation pages
• Group Licensing is available over at Firewheel Press.

• Page 1 starts with a welcome note from Lorien and an encouragement on how to proceed with the book.
• Page 2 - Four tips on how to get more from meditating on God's word and how not to sink into mindless colouring but rather focusing on God.
• Page 3 - 18 different scriptures. Each one has been uniquely illustrated.
• Last page - A beautiful easy step by step tutorial on how to design and make your own scriptural colouring pages
• Back page - Each of Lorien's books come with a link to a FREE copy of the illustrations to download and print.  This is so that you can print more pages to colour and gift to someone.

Purchasing Information
Lorien has designed postcards, books marks and published two colouring books for purchase.

• For more information US residents: Coloring In Truth USA.
•  the Australian site is: Lorien Illustrations
• Book Depository 
• Reflections Colouring Book
• Meditations Colouring Book
• Bookmarks: Oh Give Thanks and  Everlasting Rock
• Postcards: 
  
  • Peace and Courage(Set of 4 or Set of 10 Mixed) 
  • Peace (Set of 10 or Set of 4) 
  • Courage ( Mixed 4 Pack  or Mixed 10 pack)

Connect with Lorien on Social Media

• Follow Lorien on Facebook: Lorien Illustrations
• To see more of Lorien's beautiful illustrations visit her blog.
•  Lorien has some FREE pages for you to download and print in the File section of her group page.  Be sure to see who the author of each picture is as Lorien encourages us to draw our own pictures and share them with the group.
• For colouring inspiration take a look at the Photo's of completed works on Facebook.
• Join the Colouring In Truth group on Facebook.
• Follow Lorien on Instagram @lorien_illustrations
• Share your completed works using the hashtags:#colouringintruth and #lorienillustrations, plus #meditations or #reflections depending on the book you are colouring from.

Reflections - More Beautiful Bible Verses for Colouring is a beautiful book. I am impressed with the quality of the paper and I've really enjoyed colouring each design.  Lorien has thoughtfully designed each picture to reflect the truth of each scripture.  I love that each page is a unique design and reflects the truth of each scripture illustrated.

"I have loved using art to reflect on Gods word for ages, and I really like how scripture colouring pages take all the anxiety out of producing something ‘beautiful’ from scratch – that terrifying blank page moment and frees up people’s brain space to actually meditate on the scripture. As people occupy their hands and engage their senses with the colours and the repetitive movement of colouring, they can find a small stillness that is quite hard to come by in everyday life. In this quiet space, they can listen more intently to God and hear what he has to say to them through the words of the Bible... " - Lorien Atwood Read more about the back story of how the books were birthed.

If you are looking for a beautiful scriptural colouring experience I highly recommend the books and cards from Lorien Illustrations.

Blessings
Chareen 

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