Today we were painting Acrylic paints on canvas. We learned a little about the owl. Barn owls mate for life. They cuddle with their mate and babies. When one mate dies, the other one becomes depressed and might even die too. Owls can’t move their eyes. They must turn their heads to see. Over 200…

Well we had some catching up to do as Christmas eve was on the same day as the lessons. So we had a Saturday painting class instead. We decided to paint Fish for some of the younger children and Butterflies for some of the older children.   All the supplies are set up!  Blue seemed…

Th stands for Thrush. There are eight types of thrushes including the native and vagrant species that have been seen in North America. This does not include other bird species such as the bluebirds, robins, fieldfare, Veery and Solitaire, who are all members of the thrush family. Generally, thrushes are slender-billed songbirds. Thrushes vary from 13 to…

The polar bear or the sea/ice bear are the world’s largest land predators.  They can be found in the Arctic, the U.S. (Alaska), Canada, Russia, Denmark (Greenland), and Norway. Polar bears are marine mammals, and spend much of their time on Arctic sea ice. Many adaptations make polar bears uniquely suited to life in icy…

The Tropical bird lesson is a classic here. I think the reason it is such a great drawing subject is that there are so many colorful birds in the Rain forest.There are the Parrots, the Toucans,and the Macaws to name a few. Parrots have beautiful long feathers, that are a delight to draw. The Toucan…

This is one of my favorite lessons! The Sea Turtle! This lesson involved learning about the life cycle of the Turtle. How they are born, make it to sea and survive. We learned that Sea Turtles have patterns on their shell and their fins and that they have a beak for a mouth so they…

Lions are interesting and fun to draw We learned that the lion is one of the five big cats. Lions live for 10–14 years in the wild, while in captivity they can live longer than 20 years. Lions are unusually social compared to other cats. A pride of lions consists of related females and offspring and a…

The Giraffe is the tallest animal in the world! Characterized by its long legs, long neck, and distinctive spotted pattern, many people first believed the giraffe was a cross between a leopard and a camel, which is reflected in its scientific name, Giraffa camelopardalis. Giraffes live primarily in savanna areas in the sub-Saharan region of…

The yak is found throughout the Himalaya region of south Central Asia, the Tibetan Plateau and as far north as Mongolia and Russia. Most yaks are domesticated. There is also a small, vulnerable population of wild yaks,  In the 1990s, a concerted effort was undertaken to help save the wild yak population. Yaks are heavily…

I always look forward to the results of this lesson. There is vibrancy and many options that really get the students thinking. It is also a fun and educational lesson learning the human face in a simplistic way. This involved learning how the face will cast shadows on the skin. Students learned what a Pow…