a whole mess of Green Lantern paper cut outs... long live the corps!
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a whole mess of Green Lantern paper cut outs... long live the corps!
My summary of art for the year!! I finally have enough pieces to do one of these things and that alone is a huge accomplishment for me!
I feel like I’ve said it a lot, but when I say I haven’t made this much art ever I really mean it. 2018 ended with just under 50 pieces and in the past years the only art I was completing for the most part was for school with a few other things here and there.
I wouldn’t say there’s much progress to be seen here, but I do feel like I have gotten better and learned new things this year.
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besides a witchy plant loving introvert, im a mama who unschools three wild children (11, 8 & 2) and so the next few weeks are all about gearing up for autumn. we don't stop learning because summer arrives, instead of taking our minds outdoors amongst the flora & fauna and the beach. i like to mark a special day, our own "not back to school" day because it helps us move from one mindset to another. we leave out little bolga baskets the night before (which i use for daily materials for each) and the fae folk leave heaps of new materials for our autumn learning. there's always pencils and art supplies to re-stock on, but i also seek out beautiful learning tools that follow whatever our main lesson block will be (even though we are unschoolers at heart, i'm a waldorf lover mama, and so we have a rhythm to our day which includes a daily main lesson for each of the bigger kids, and daily journaling either in art or nature books) i thought i'd share some of the things this mama-faerie bought from etsy, because it's my favorite for handmade everything, buuuut also a kick ass resource for homeschool folk.
twig and moth have lovely nature journals and i scooped up two designs for this year. i love their instant pdf’s (flash cards of the moon cycles, butterfly & moth varieties laminted? swoon. we have a laminated print of the rock cycle for geology this year) they also have affordable experiment sets
enchanting stamps has been my crush for awhile, and this year i made room in the budget for each kiddo to have 1-2 stamps in their baskets. they aren’t crazily priced considering their beauty, but our collection will be slow growing so we can savor each one. this year i focused on gelolgy and botany since those are two of our science main lessons
i love these boxes so much i could squeal. we have been reading aout the history of curiosity cabinets and so these are perfect for building our collection. each box has crystals, fossils & bones, bugs, nuts and seeds..and laminated cards with info on each. i love when someone makes the learning beautiful, functional, and easy for mama. the above from red oak adventures
i love this shops geoboards & wooden clocks. teaching littles to read actual old-school clocks is something that i found out most kids, gulp, can’t do. there’s cell phones for that. the geoboards we use for mathmatics and keeping my toddler busy, that alone making it worth the moola. there’s also beautiful layered cycle-puzzles which i would love to get, but alas the pieces would end up as dog treats so i have to hold back
hearth magic has been my favorite since forever. their rhythm cards, the main lesson guides (we have the secret garden, norse mythology & the hobbit for this year) + their festival guides, and the dream planner are just some i use / plan on using. her art rocks, the prices rock, and i have a mama crush for sure.
i don’t want to overwhelm myself, nor anyone who reads this thing, so tomorrow i will post part 2 of my unschooling-waldorf inspired-mama must haves wishes and dreamy goods. for those who asked, my budget for the ak to school baskets (which again are all used for the lessons planned) i aim for $200 at the most. i like to buy handmade, local, and indie which of course affects the price a bit, but quality over quantity. i also totally and without shame copy some of the styles i see, and make my own materials (for instance oh! i like that rock sifter but it’s a LOT, lets see if i can DIY it)
love and light
Heroes & Villains The DC Animated Universe - Paper Cut-Out Portraits and Profiles
Elseworlds Addendum - O’Sensei
The mysterious O’Sensei was a master martial artist to the highest degree. Having accrued skills from different masters over countless years he had honed his capabilities to such an extent that they were ostensively metahuman. He was able to slow his aging process and possessed super human speed, strength and dexterity.
Having achieved this, the master took on the name O’Sensei and shared his wisdom with pupils he deemed worthy. Situating himself in a remote dojo in a hidden location in rural Japan, O’Sensei sought appropriate candidates to become his students; in time these candidates would come to seek him out. Although the sensei would only agree to train those who possessed a noble spirit. Among the sensei’s students were a young Bruce Wayne, and later Victor Sage, followed by Ben Turner, Richard Dragon, Lady Shiva and Jade Nguyen.
Although O’Sensei did not appear in the original DCAU, a version of the character featured in the animated movie, Batman: Soul of the Dragon, where he was voiced by veteran actor James Hong.
Creativity Decoded by Matthew Shlian
"Creativity is complete enthusiastic surrender"