For stART (story + ART, hosted by
A Mommy's Adventures) this week, my oldest daughter decided to revisit a couple of the stories we read earlier in the week.
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She illustrated her own version of the Three Bears story, taking inspiration from
Magic School Bus illustrator Bruce Degen, and adding cartoon speech bubbles to the characters. I suggested, that she also add some short fact sheets about bears, like we've seen in some of the other Magic School Bus books, but I was informed, that the fact sheets, and reports only appear in the chapter books, and clearly, Goldilocks and The Three Bears is a picture book. Okay then.
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She chose to do all of her drawing in pen. I had originally thought to have the little ones color them in later, but she's done such a nice job of shading, and adding texture, and details with the pen, it doesn't seem necessary.
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Adding the little bubbles, prompted her to think more about the characters, in order to give them personality, and it showed up in her drawings as well. I especially like the little step stools under Baby Bear's chair, and the sippy cup on the tray Papa Bear is carrying
It's great to be a homeschooler.
8 comments:
I like her drawings! She did the expressions so cute :)
What a fantastic project!!! It came out really well :)
What a great little artist you have there. Her pictures turned out great!
Clever girl!
so very cute! I love the speech bubbles. I'm eagerly looking forward to that point in their development.
Your daughter is a very good artist!
I am very impressed with what your daughter did - her drawings are so detailed. I don't think I could do it any better than she did :)
What great drawings! Thanks for linking up :0)
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