Creating a Masterpiece question

Actually, each disc has about 10 lessons that are each supposed to take about an hour once a week – Sharon told me that she wants the kids to take a break each week so that they really can create a nicely done masterpiece that is not sloppy.  

Once I looked at each disc as being a creative art class for a term, the price became more palatable. 😉

I watched a little 5 year old girl make the level one bluebird during the convention. It was cute – she has this beautiful fat little bluebird and then signed her name with the S backwards. So adorable!  

I think that your kids could do it…always understanding that while they learn and create now, their fine motor skills will be better still in future years. You could almost rotate the dvds every few years so that you can see their progress. Sort of like rotating through the history modules.

Consider yourself hugged! LOL  I think that the rotation might be really cool…and it doubles your investment.  =)  

Heeheehee! We had so much fun! =) I’m pretty sure that Sonya didn’t look at any of us during that session. 😉 And – isn’t she great?? I so enjoyed talking with Doug, Karen and Sonya. My life changes are still happening!

Hmmm…I just got mine at Convention and hadn’t used them yet. I was under the impression that there were 10 lessons per DVD. (I wonder how I got that number fixed in my head!!??)

I can’t check them all – a friend has some of them, but the one I do have right here only has 3 lessons. So…argh! But still, the rotation thing would work. *sigh*  Sorry, Mrs. McCardell!  Maybe you could still stretch some of them out.  Now I will have to rethink my plans and money. 😉 Thanks for the clarification, Shannon.

I thought the silk screening looked more difficult than the others – the sculpting one might be challenging, too. I really want to do these, but I also don’t want it to be a lesson in irritation and frustration on my part or my children’s part. 😉

You might consider doing something like the HodgePodge Chalk Pastel lesson books as you wait for the kids to get a little older, Mrs. McCardell. We’ve used these, and I like the open and go aspect, the price, and the convenience. The chalks are fairly easy to use, too, so mistakes aren’t so drastic for perfectionists in case you have that issue. Here’s some links:

Books:

http://www.southernhodgepodge.com/now-you-can-have-a-master-artist-teach-art-to-your-entire-family/

Free tutorials:

http://www.hodgepodge.me/2011/01/pastels-plus-links-to-tutorials/

We’ve done the Turtle Sculpture.  There are four lessons, but we did it in 3 sessions because my daughter’s friend was joining us and can only come every other week, and we didn’t want it to get too long and drawn out.  I think we will watch the lessons again, though, because my daughter already has ideas of what she wants to sculpt next.  This time, we’ll watch the lessons, and apply the techniques to new shapes instead of just copying what the instructor does to make the turtle.  I’m hoping all the DVDs will work the same way – that we can apply what we learned to other ideas.

We also plan to cycle back through the projects.  My oldest, the artistic one, is 8, but my youngest is only 4.  So we’ll do the projects all again for the youngest, and I’m sure my 8yo will want to join in again.  My son is in the middle, and only participates because he is expected to, so he might just do them once.