Our core subjects haven't gotten as much attention as I'd like lately, but we've gotten in several art projects lately.  I had intentionally wanted to increase the number and scope of art or arts & crafts projects this year since that is something C enjoys so much.

C's Self Portrait - I have a friend that does art projects in the classroom for her PS daughter.  She wanted to share this with my kids, so we went over to her house today.  Before completing their portraits, they studied a self-portrait by Van Gogh, one by Kahlo, and a couple of others.  She and K really enjoyed this project.

K's Self Portrait - His is as if he's standing in front of our house.  The house is behind him, along with a tree in our back yard. The brown on his face is a Band-Aid, due to a recent run-in with the fence.

The kids participate in an Art Around the World project at the library each month. September's project was bolo ties.  I never would have come up with this one on my own!

Then on our own we did these offsetting striped pictures.  K's is a dinosaur, while C chose a fish theme.  They liked how these turned out.

And finally, a couple of weeks ago we did seasonal trees. C's are on the left and go in order - spring, summer, fall and winter.  K chose to do some modern trees (pink, purple and striped) and his are spring, autumn, winter, summer. 

If only they enjoyed the core subjects as much as art!