Drawing from a reference photo is sooo much easier than drawing from life, but sometimes you and your students don’t have a photo of your own that’s quite what you’re looking for. Using someone else’s photo without permission is copyright infringement! This is why I have a stash of photos available on Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/ridgelightranch/) with…
In this podcast episode, Deanna and Julie discuss tracing! Listen on iTunes | Listen on Google Play | Listen on Stitcher Here’s the Highlights: I’m a big advocate for tracing. I hope to make sure the whole world knows that there’s nothing wrong with tracing! Go! Be free! Learn to draw through tracing! 😉 Tracing…
This is the third and last post in a series all about tracing. First I convinced you that tracing is an awesome tool by explaining many of it’s benefits and addressing the main objections. Then I explained when and how to incorporate mindful tracing into your art lessons, including some thoughtful questions to help keep your brain engaged and…
I’m a big fan of NOT reinventing the wheel. So, of course I looked everywhere for a written out list of hand motions for Ephesians 6 since we’re memorizing it this year. Maybe I just didn’t look in the right places, but I couldn’t find it anywhere. So, I set out creating my own. However,…
In this short little post, I want to show you my system for organizing art as a homeschool community art teacher. I’ll walk you through my process including picking out projects, preparing for Tutor Meetings, and grabbing needed supplies on community day. You can listen to an audio version of this blog post at the Ridge…
I love how geography and art overlap in Classical Conversations! It’s been great for us and I want to share it with you. You can use it in your community or just in your own home. I’ll tell you how we structure the challenge, how I determine the goal number, how we track maps…
