It has been a longer-than-usual winter here in North Carolina and we are ready for some spring weather!
Because we were pining for a warm day at the park, my children and I decided to have a nature study day at the park last Friday morning.
We had a wonderful time despite the fact that it was 42 degrees! Brrr.
Lesson learned: If you want to have the park equipment all to yourselves, go on a morning where the temperature doesn’t get above 45 degrees. 😉
A little peek at spring!
I captured these gorgeous purple flowers at the park.
Drawing Bird Nests – Chalk Pastels
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We have a pair of cardinals that are building a nest in the tree we can see directly from our school room windows. I have yet to snag a picture of them, but I can’t tell you the pleasure my children and I have gotten from watching these two!
With all of the talk of birds this past week (and how they must be confused because one day the temperature is 72 and 3 days later it’s 34 degrees), it seemed like the perfect idea to draw a bird’s nest this week for art!
If you read here at Mama’s, you know my children and I adore chalk pastels. They are easy for moms because they require very minimal prep time. Even though they’re a bit messy, the clean-up is fairly minimal. They’re a frugal art activity that all ages can participate in – even my 3-year-old!
And best of all? Nana gives step-by-step chalk pastel tutorials.
Nana’s tutorials are the best!
My children love her because they also have a ‘Nana.’ 🙂
You can watch Nana’s tutorial for drawing the birds nest here:
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- Rain
- Rainbow
- Spring Tree
- A tree swing
- Three little chicks
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What artists you have!! And I don’t think I realized that your children have a Nana too. This is absolutely wonderful and I love how you have made the most of this crazy weather and celebrated with the park and pastels. (So smart to cover the laptop with a towel!) Beautiful birds nests. Thank you for sharing!
Good morning from Nana at Hodgepodge! I was so excited to see your absolutely wonderful bird’s nest pastel paintings! What a wonderful job you all have done! I am so proud that your Nana and I share the same blessed name from you…tell you what: I can be your Nana # 2 anytime! Keep up the beautiful work…and always, always remember: You are ALL artists!!
Forever,
Nana #2
My children love watching the tutorial a lot. We use to use crayons here to color which are similar to pastel, I think. We are going to use them for drawing as it is in the video. Thank you very much for sharing.