Category Archives: Sketch Tuesday

Weekly Wrap-Up::October 3-7, 2011

It’s hard for me to believe that just nine days ago we were living it up at Walt Disney World!  Truly, this week we jumped back in with both feet and our highly anticipated vacation seems like it was weeks, … Continue reading

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Sketch Tuesday (on a Monday)

At the the beginning of the school year, sketching was an intentional part of our week.  Now that I’m trying to vary the type of artwork we do each week, the girls are more or less taking the lead on … Continue reading

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Sketch Tuesday & Some Resources

It has been a couple of weeks since we’ve participated in Sketch Tuesday at Harmony Art Mom.  Things got a little hectic around here for a while (who am I kidding–they still are!) and I had a hard time making time … Continue reading

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Sketch Tuesday

Barb‘s challenge for this week’s Sketch Tuesday is to sketch something that floats.  The girls (mostly under Lulu’s guidance) at first thought they’d sketch the Niña or the Pinta (scroll down to see the pictures), but when it came down to it last … Continue reading

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Sketch Tuesday

This week, it’s something with whiskers.  This coincided with the scripted sketch lesson number two in Drawing With Children, so we all drew this rather stylized lion.  Lulu wanted hers to be a stuffed animal on a bed, and after … Continue reading

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Sketch Tuesday

Barb’s challenge for this week’s Sketch Tuesday was to sketch something that uses a battery.  I gave the girls free rein and let them pick whatever they wanted to sketch.  As usual, Louise followed Lulu’s lead.  I thought they’d pick … Continue reading

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Sketch Tuesday

Have you ever thought you had a terrific idea and were so pleased with the way things worked out, only to realize you were mistaken about some minor detail which meant, then, that nothing worked out?  That’s where we are … Continue reading

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Sketch Tuesday (on a Monday)::Zoo Dwellers

I’m posting the girls’ sketches for Sketch Tuesday today instead of tomorrow because tomorrow is the end of the To Kill a Mockingbird Reading Challenge, and I didn’t want to bury this post under that one.    The prompt for … Continue reading

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