Winter Salve

 

 Good for Winter-chapped hands, feet and lips.

An Arty Post

“Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.”
― Mahatma Gandhi


Thought I'd cobble together some recent art moments from around here. It is not easy to weild a camera while juggling art materiels and a baby so sadly, a lot of our work in progress remains unrecorded.
Once the works are complete I often forget to post about them altogether which is a shame because art and craft are a staple of our homeschool life.
The kids have inherited from me the idea that life is often best understood and processed through an artful lens :)


Emmy and Boo have been learning about Abstract Geometric Art... Boo's work is the one in the middle... Emmy's is nearest and in the frame.




An Abstract Geometric Feline... Emmy is working on four paintings of cats at the moment, each cat will be painted in the style of a different art movements. She just started working on an impressionist style cat, for which our very own Florence, modelled obliviously in her sleep.



Setting up our space for the "dreaded" home school inspection day :)


The girls have also been enjoying their pastels recently. 

Clockwise from top left Matilda, Seraphina, Bujana and Emmy' s peacock feathers.

It is really an amazing thing to look at a peacock feather for any length of time. They are so incredibly detailed and beautiful.

 Capturing their iridescence on paper is another matter all together...


Emmy's made a willow dream catcher made using these instructions...

The origin of the Dream catcher... quoted from this source
"It was traditional to put a feather in the center of the dream catcher; it means breath, or air. It is essential for life. A baby watching the air playing with the feather on her cradleboard was entertained while also being given a lesson on the importance of good air."......"Dream catchers made of willow and sinew are for children, and they are not meant to last. Eventually the willow dries out and the tension of the sinew collapses the dream catcher. That's supposed to happen. It belies the temporary-ness of youth."
 

Boo made this little boatmobile last week from instructions found in this wonderful little science book for under 10's...


Big sis carrying baby sis around.

One of the joys of having the girls at home is watching them bond. 

They spend so much time in each other's company, time that they would have spent apart if they were at school. 

Nola has brought such a warm energy into our family. 

This little babe gets an awful lot of attention you know :)

Making Cornflour Gloop

Just one cup of warm water...


And two cups of cornflour later...

Makes hours of messy gloopy, tactile fun....

But here's the science bit...

Apparently this mixture is a non Newtonian substance.
The surface wrinkles and forms ripples when blown on, you can drag a paint brush through it and even slide it right out of the bowl.

However the substance is responsive to pressure and when touched or hit with an object it immediately hardens to a solid.

It has the weirdest texture and is really fun to play with.



Here's a step by step guide on you tube with lots of great ideas for playing with your own gloop.