I am a very biased user. My pastor’s wife is the creator and I have been helping her to promote her dvds at homeschool conventions, BUT the reason that I volunteered to help her is because I LOVE them SO much!
Sharon teaches art lessons to students in my area – her classes are SUPER expensive and I had so been wanting my girls to take lessons from her (they are currently 6 and 8), but my dh said, no – because my girls are not artistically gifted (in his opinion). So I got one of Sharon’s dvds (the pastel of Peaceful Lake) and I completed it with them and it is AMAZING what they were able to do – their work is GORGEOUS. I have it hanging in my dining room in beautiful frames because the work is such high quality.
Sharon is successful at teaching children art for a number of reasons – first she’s a professional artist (sculpted dolls for Danbury mint! and HSN) so she’s VERY talented. Second – she’s an art teacher, so she’s experienced at teaching children (primarily homeschooled) projects that she KNOWS they can find success with. Third – she’s a former homeschool mom, so she knows we’re concerned about value and that we don’t want to use an intimidating program that requires lots of preparation or knowledge on our part.
I helped connect Sharon with SCM because I use so many of SCM’s products and her videos reminded me very much of the handicraft videos that SCM sells. And it’s such a good match because just like SCM, Sharon is very customer service oriented and is striving to create products that her customers are 100% happy with.
I love her vidoes, because while your child is learning how to complete a very specific project, they are also learning the concepts and techniques that they need to build a foundation to create their very own works of art.
The pastels are the easiest medium to work with, so I would encourage you to start there. You also get the most bang for your buck because one pastel can be broken into 4 or 5 pieces and used for multiple children and multiple projects (I’m super excited that she’s using MANY of the same colors from the peaceful lake project to create a NEW project to be released soon – so you don’t have to buy all new supplies!) I may get in trouble for mentioning it, but there’s rumor that a pirate ship is in the works! (You didn’t hear it from me and I have no idea when it will be released – I was sneaking around her studio – shhhh!) It will probably be a level 2, so get started with level 1 now!
http://pinterest.com/fullofvirtues/beautiful-artwork/ You can view my girl’s artwork on my pinterest board. The pictures don’t do the real piece justice, but hopefully you get the idea!
Blessings,
Rebekah
