Art Lesson #1 with 5 yr-old Owen!

I am working with my son, Owen, on my new Art lessons for Children! Periodically, we will share his masterpieces! We’ll be having fun with the following class:

Mixed Media for the Budding Artist: Children’s Book Illustrations!
Children will discover the world of drawing, mixed-media painting, plasticine art and collage by studying some of the most popular children’s books, from Eric Carle’s Hungry Caterpillar, to Barbara Reid’s plasticine art to Lauren Child’s Charlie and Lola series of books and more!
Ages: 4 – 6

Here it is!:

What a great job he did and he is so proud to have it framed and displayed in his room! We read a few Barbara Reid books and other similarly illustrated books and decided on illustrating a mouse in a field. We both warmed the plasticine in our hot little hands and he went to work on the background with very little assistance. We discussed what shapes we needed and I taught him how to make them, how to roll them and then smush them (carefully) on to the background. Then he applied all the fine details using some common kitchen tools. The final touch (Owen’s idea) was a pretty little yellow flower beside his little mouse.

During our lesson, on his own, Owen also drew a house on the workspace area of his illustration board. He said it was for the mouse and it had 3 stories, complete with stairs, furniture and it even had ghosts in the attic (yes, Hallowe’en must be near)! Of course I was not going to interfere with an artist who was so inspired, so I let him run with it and I really enjoyed watching his creativity shine. I look so forward to our next lesson.

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