Color Class~ Week 2!

Today we had our second color class with everyone and it was wonderful! The lesson today was about mixing secondary colors! It was alot of fun! The kids were asked to trace different shapes onto their paper in an overlapping design. Then they were to paint circle blue, squares yellow, and triangles red. The parts that were overlapping remained white, and they were filled in with the secondary color the two shapes made. This was a fun way to see the color mixing happen. It was a little tricky at first for the kids to do, but then they got the hang of it! They all did great work and I hope they learned about which colors mix to make other ones! :) Here are the pictures of our class!

The "Little's" were able to paint today! They loved it! The looks of concentration are so cute! :)

Here is their finished art!

Here is the teaching portion of the lesson! The color wheel one of the focal points!

They also looked at some art to see how the primary colors are the first your eyes see, then you see the secondary colors! It was fun to see how that was true in each picture! :)

They started by tracing shapes onto their paper.

The next step was to paint the primary colors.

Then we had a demonstration of how to mix colors.

Here is one proud artist!

Here is another!

Here are the final paintings waiting to dry!!!! :)

They all did such a great job! I loved all the finished products!!!! Next week have another one, and tomorrow we have a student blogger so check back soon! Happy Schooling!



Advanced Art Class~ Week 1~ By JL (age 15)

Well everyone, I have another student blogger today! He is one of the students in the advanced art class an they are working on drawing. So welcome JL!

In this week’s art lesson I learned contour drawing, which is where you try to drawing the exact same shape and bends of wire that you have twisted. The purpose of this is for you to learn to look at shapes as just lines instead of what they really are. So when I did my drawling exercise which was to draw a bird, a chief, and an owl I drew them upside down. I also learned to look critically at my art which is when you step back and look were you could do better, this way you can learn from your mistakes. It was a lot of fun to learn and to do and I can’t wait to learn what’s next.

JL's drawing (he did upside down!)

Book's Drawing!

JL did an amazing job! I cant wait to see what else he does! This is yet another stellar example of student art! Thanks so much JL for sharing! Stay tuned everyone, Week 2 art class is tomorrow!!!!

Art Class Week 1~ By KL (age 12)

Well I am honored to introduce to you today one of the students from our art classes. She has asked to write a post about our first class and what she learned!!!! So without further ado, here is KL, our Student Blogger today:

Art by: KL (age 12)

For our first art class we learned about primary colors. Primary colors are red, blue, and yellow. You cannot mix any other colors to make these colors; they make all the other colors. For an example, red and blue make purple, blue and yellow make green, and red and yellow make orange. But if you mix a little more red than yellow, you will get red orange, or if you mix a little more yellow than red, you will get yellow orange, etc.



Art by: CS (age 5)

For our project we did a pattern. First, we folded a piece of paper into eight squares, and then we drew what we were going to paint in one square. Next, we all started to paint. We were only allowed to use the primary colors. It took longer if you had a complicated pattern. They were all really cool patterns and each one was different. There was no pattern that was the same. It was really fun and I can’t wait for the next art project.

 Art by: HM (age 3)



Thank you so much KL for your wonderful summary of our first art lesson! Stay tuned everyone, Thursday is Lesson 2!!!! See you there! 

Color Class~ Week 1

Our first Co-Op event was put on my mom! She is doing a color concept course for kids 5th grade and under her basement art studio! Our first class the other day was a huge success! The kids learned about primary colors and how they are the the basis of all colors in the color wheel! We also talked about how certain color stand out more then others in a painting, and about patterns. The kids then had time to paint a repeating pattern picture using Primary Colors! They turned out really well and everyone had a great time! We will be having our color class once a week for 8 weeks. Here are the pictures from our first class!

Here is our art studio all ready for work! :)

We first had a teaching session....

....then everyone got to work!

Here is Bunny (my 5 year old) working!

The goal was to paint the same primary color pattern in all 8 squares on the paper.

Here are the finished painting! They turned our really well!

Even our smallest artist got a chance to work! They worked with bingo painters for the first part of the class!

Here is Pup (my 2 year old). She is really proud of her work!

So is her friend!

Even the baby had fun!

After the bigger kids had finished, the little ones were invited to paint too!



All in all this was such a HUGE success! The ids loved it and I really think that they learned alot! We cant wait till next week! See you then! Happy Schooling!

Welcome to our new Blog and Group Plan!!!!



Well everyone, here it is!!!! The new and improved HOPE in the Home blog site! I am really excited to be using this space to keep track our fun events and to showcase the work that our kids do! We are all here to educate our kids and doing it together is the best way! :) So with that being said, HOPE is moving toward a more Co-Op style group! The goal is to share the skills and information that we know well with everyone in the group so we can all learn the most we can! It is such a great way to really expose our kids to a variety of subjects that we as parents may not know much about personally. So I really want to encourage you all to dig deep and if there is something that you are really good at or that you have a speciality in, I really encourage you to think about how you can share that with the group! If you are a part of the group, then you could set up a class or a project that we can do together. If you are one of our really great readers, then we would LOVE to have you as a guest blogger! So if you know alot about a subject or are passionate about something, contact me and we can host you as a guest blogger! My email information is on our contact page at the top!
So that is what we are hoping to achieve in the HOPE in the Home blog space! Here's to a great school year and to all of you who educate!!!!! Happy Schooling!