We're back with another drawing with kids post! It's been a while and I apologize. We've actually done all three drawing exercises from lesson 2 (drawing from graphics) over the past month and this lion drawing is the first of them.
For those who are joining in for the first time, my 7 year old and I are following the drawing lessons outlined in Mona Brookes' popular book, Drawing with Children.
Have you read Sky Color with your kids yet? Peter Reynold's newest children's picture book on creativity is about a young girl who is in charge of painting the sky in the class mural. When she notices that she is out of blue paint, she learns to think outside the stereotypical object-color identification system and really observe all the colors that the sky can be.
Riding home in the school bus, she sees the sky at sunset, bright with oranges and yellows.
The next day is rainy and the sky is decidely not blue.
My book has a cover! (with a photo by the amazing Lenka Hattaway of Lenka Hattaway Photography) And I just finished reviewing the designed page proofs of the book which makes it all seem so very real now. I can't tell you how excited I am!
It's been a long process, but I think the end result will be well worth the wait. The Artful Parent book has been beautifully designed, edited, and midwifed by the team at Roost Books. I couldn't be happier with how it's all come together.
Cathy James, mother of two, and the blogger behind NurtureStore, is the author of a wonderful new e-book on gardening with kids called, The Garden Classroom: 52 Kids Gardening Activities. Here she shares some tips for getting kids excited about gardening.
***Note: Readers will have a chance to win a copy of The Garden Classroom at the end of this interview.***
JEAN: So, tell us, was your childhood gardening experience as magical, fun, and educational as you seem to want to make it for kids today?
Would you like to win some Barefoot Books? I'm going to be giving away 18 books from my Barefoot stash over the next week so you'll have a new opportunity each day.
Why? As much as I love Barefoot Books, I've decided to end my stint as an ambassador with them. I'm SO not a salesman, for one thing. And I've decided I'd rather focus my time and energy on my blog and other writing for now.
Which means I have some extra Barefoot Books that I'd like to share with you!
