The Brit Lit kids are going to make their own Illuminated Letters. This Art lesson fits into the Anglo Saxon era. I want to add more art to Brit Lit. I made a simple example for the kids, too. I drew an ‘s’ with a sharpie, added a little water color and a few ink vines. Take a look.
Next Wednesday, Brit Lit begins. Here is the introductory slideshow. It is likely I’ll add a few more links before Wednesday.
Have you heard of Open Textbooks? These are free Canadien textbooks. Here is a bit of background about Open Education. Take a look at this Chemistry textbook. Here is Brit Lit.
Did you know Dick Blick has art lessons? Here are the plans for Illuminated Initials. Here is the link for lesson plans from Dick Blick, a popular source of art supplies to schools.
I am hunting down ideas to make Brit Lit fun. Here are the instructions for faux stained glass CDs. I am pretty excited to see what the kids produce. Stand by!
Update: Here are instructions from Dick Blick to make relief rubbings.
I want more art in Brit Lit. Brass Rubbings date back to the thirteenth century. I want my kids to make rubbing plates. Here and here are my inspiration projects. Here are detailed instructions from the Monumental Brass Society if you can access brass inscriptions. We will try black and gold crayons. The traditional wax is heelball wax. You might try Faber-Castell Bees Wax crayons. Anything worth doing is worth over-doing.
I want to add more art to Brit Lit. Artistic kids are much more engaged when I add art to the curriculum. Let’s make Leaf Prints and Hammered Leaf prints. One of my goals is to add art and artists to Brit Lit. During the Victorian era, William Morris was famed for his leaf prints. Let’s add some art to make Brit Lit even more fun. I’m going to let my kids chose leaf prints, rubbings, or hammered art.
