Owl from Bali Art Project

This week's ArtAchieve art project is the Owl from Bali which was inspired by a wood carving from Bali. This project is from the Level I bundle. Oil pastels, a charcoal white pencil, and Artagain paper were utilized in this drawing and painting. The supply list called for black or dark blue construction paper, but we used a higher quality paper that we had on hand.

This lesson focused on contrasting warm and cool colors. It also focused on the use of drawing lines to create patterned designs. She was a little nervous when the instructor told her to color her entire owl and moon white, but she realized that it helped the objects stand out from the background. She used warm oil pastel colors to color her owl and cooler colors for the background.

Furthermore, she learned about the island of Bali (part of Indonesia) which lies south of the equator between Asia and Australia before beginning her art project using the cross-curricular links found on the website.

Coloring the Owl and Moon White

Adding Warm Colors to the Owl 

Happy and Hard at Work! :)

Adding Cooler Colors to Background Design

The Owl from Bali
Final Art Project
Using Oil Pastels 

I will link this post up at The Virtual Refrigerator Blog Hop. I will also link this post up at Blogging through the Alphabet. This week the focus is on Letter O. Check out all the neat posts!

N is for The Plate from Nepal

You'll need a 10" heavy duty paper plate, fine tip black permanent marker, and acrylic paints for this cool Nepal Plate art project. First, we learned about Nepal and Mount Everest using the cross-curricular educational links provided on their website. Nepal is a country between India and China.

Then, the video took us through the bird drawing process after the grid drawing and relaxation exercises. As we watched the video presentation, the term "motif" was explained and then motifs were drawn on the feathers and plate border. A motif is a repeated pattern.

Grid Drawing Exercise

Relaxation Exercises

Drawing the Border

Final Black Marker Bird Drawing

Alyssa also learned about warm and cool colors this week while completing her ArtAchieve Level 1 The Plate from Nepal art project.

Plate from Nepal Final Art Project
Using Acrylic Paints

I will link this post up at The Virtual Refrigerator Blog Hop. I will also link this post up at Blogging through the Alphabet. This week the focus is on Letter N. Check out all the posts!

Masterpiece: Caribbean Lighthouse

One of our favorite Creating a Masterpiece projects was the Caribbean Lighthouse using acrylic paints. We didn't have the highest quality acrylics, but we loved how the project turned out. It was so colorful!

The project also taught concepts such as reflection, positioning, perspective, and color mixing. Alyssa enjoyed adding details to her masterpiece too. This art project was divided into four distinct lessons and was further broken down into shorter video segments. This was my daughter's first serious attempt at painting on canvas.

I will link this post up at The Virtual Refrigerator Blog Hop. I will also link this post up at Blogging through the Alphabet. This week the focus is on Letter M. I am combining my Letter L (Lighthouse) and M (Masterpiece) posts this week since we were sick last week. :)