Zach Jedi drawing

This weekend Zach made a drawing for me of a Jedi in battle.

I gotta admit this is an action packed picture!This weekend Zach made a drawing for me of a Jedi in battle.

I gotta admit this is an action packed picture!

Meg's not so scary ghost

Last night the kids used the colored geometric tiles to make pictures. After Meg saw Zach and I building Buzz Lightyear she created a little ghost all on her own.

She was very excited about adding in the Boo and the nose.

Zach's Buzz

Last night the kids used the colored geometric tiles to make pictures. Per the usual my little guy was all about Buzz. I helped him out a lot on the body but Zach took the lead on the face and buzzes weaponry. Our Buzz comes fully loaded with laser blasters and light swords.

What Zach is thankful for

Thank you for buzz light years. I have 2 buzz light years. My dad buyed me abuzz light years football to play with.

Love,
Zachary

Zach's Marble painting

Zach's class used marbles to paint last week and this is the result. Zach had such a great time that he wanted Meg to try so this weekend Zach led us in marble painting. It was a lot of fun.

Snap Painting by Zach

Today in the art studio the children had the opportunity to explore "snap painting" in the Art Studio today. They used old picture frames, rubber bands , and paint to complete the project.

The rubber bands where stretched across the frames, then each child coated the bands with paint. The students snapped the rubber bands over a piece of paper to create a snappy masterpiece!

Zach Reflecting

We went to the Niki in the Garden exhibit at the Garfield Park Conservatory with some family visiting from way out of town. Both Meg and Zach had a great time running around and climbing on all the sculptures. This was the perfect art exhibit for Zach because it was art he could touch, climb and in many cases jump off.

The only trauma came when he slipped in the mud next to a lion sculpture. He didn't like that and let us all know. Click the picture below for a slideshow.

Meg's Shark

We did some water color painting this weekend. Meg is so careful when she paints with water colors. This is a strong contrast to her favorite artist and style, Jackson Polack and splatter paint.

Meg's Artwork

Check out Meg's art gallery on Flickr! (click here)

Zach's Art Gallery

You may not realize but Zach is a famous artist. Check out his art gallery at Flickr (click here)

Zach's Corny Painting

Lately, Zach has been coming home from the Little People's Art Studio with more of his work. This one is one of my favorites it is a painting htey did with corn cobs. If you would like to see more of Zach's artwork checkout his art gallery on Flickr by clicking here

Meg Created a Monster!

This weekend was the annual McLean family pumpkin carving. Last year Meg carved her own pumpkin all by herself. This year was no different she made the goolish face all on her own. It took her a little while because her pumpkin was very thick but I think it was time well spent after seeing the results.

The mouth originally had 2 teeth and in Meg's own words looked like a castle but one tooth was lost while the mouth piece was being removed.

The Mad Artist

Tonight our family created a fun fall wall hanging using a big roll of paper and pastels. Mom had some leaf stencils that we used to make and color fall while Meg and Mom did that zach and Dad worked on creating a tree. Everything was going well when Zach got "creative" and started drawing what I can only describe as the swirling winds that knocked the leaves out of the tree.

Meg and Jackson Pollock

I found a great website for creating paintings like Jackson Pollock (click here). Meg had a great time creating art on the site. It is wonderful because it is very simple a straight forward. move your mouse around to make splatters and click to change colors.

Our Artist

Meg has become a very good artist. She does such a good job coming up with ideas of things to draw. One night this weekend she wanted to do eagles, so her and I did our best. The product of my effort was Edward the Eagle. It is nice but I believe that Meg’s drawing is more fun.