{"id":1191,"date":"2012-07-01T22:10:33","date_gmt":"2012-07-02T05:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/delightfilledart.wordpress.com\/?p=1191"},"modified":"2016-01-25T19:04:09","modified_gmt":"2016-01-26T03:04:09","slug":"more-art-with-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/?p=1191","title":{"rendered":"More art with children"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"kad-wp-gallery72\" class=\"kad-wp-gallery kad-light-wp-gallery clearfix kt-gallery-column-2 rowtight\"><div class=\"tcol-lg-6 tcol-md-6 tcol-sm-6 tcol-xs-12 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mg_7176.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mg_7176-600x600.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Working on our circle picture with pastels.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mg_7176-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mg_7176-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-6 tcol-md-6 tcol-sm-6 tcol-xs-12 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mg_7189.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mg_7189-600x600.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"Our Canada Day colouring project.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mg_7189-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mg_7189-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mg_7189-365x365.jpg 365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-6 tcol-md-6 tcol-sm-6 tcol-xs-12 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mg_7187.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mg_7187-600x600.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"4-year-old&#039;s collage\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mg_7187-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mg_7187-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"tcol-lg-6 tcol-md-6 tcol-sm-6 tcol-xs-12 tcol-ss-12 g_item\"><div class=\"grid_item kad_gallery_fade_in gallery_item\"><a href=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mg_7166.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox\" class=\"lightboxhover\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mg_7166-600x600.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" alt=\"3-year-old&#039;s collage\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mg_7166-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nancyduckhildebrand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/mg_7166-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" class=\"light-dropshaddow\"\/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p>A few weeks ago, I was making some birthday cards using collaged images, and my daughter so desperately wanted to put her own image choices into the mix. Short on time and patience, I banished them to watching a video so I could concentrate on my cards.<\/p>\n<p>So today, on Canada Day, we were all sick with colds and couldn&#8217;t really go anywhere. We pulled out some magazines and materials and worked on their first collages.<\/p>\n<p>It was fun trying to teach some of the basic principles of composition to young children, but overall letting them lead on their projects and ideas.<\/p>\n<p>We just happened to see the famous 1913 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.popartuk.com\/art\/wassily-kandinsky\/squares-with-concentric-rings-farbstudie-1913-6410305-mini-art-print.asp\">popart image by Kandinsky<\/a>, and I thought &#8211; hey that is an easy concept for my daughter and I to imitate. She loves bright colours. So we pulled out the pastels and got colouring. Here is what we came up with:<\/p>\n<p>I recommend doing something like this for 4-6 year olds. My son was too young (3) to be able to colour in a circle.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A few weeks ago, I was making some birthday cards using collaged images, and my daughter so desperately wanted to put her own image choices into the mix. 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