Renaissance and Reformation Art & Lapbook

Lindsey's 2nd semester history focused on the Renaissance and Reformation. She's spent a great deal of time working on art projects.  She has been quite pleased with herself as most of the art has turned out like it should (art is not her gifted area).

Her first project was working with chalk pastels, and she really enjoys these because they are so forgiving and easy to correct and or change.

Next she worked with tempera paint.  I have to admit I wasn't happy with the amount of eggs she used in her project to make her paints.  However it turned out well and she had fun so, who needs eggs right?

She then moved on to charcoals and worked on shading and depth in drawings.

 

 The next project was supposed to feature water soluble acrylics, which we didn't have.  In true homeschooler fashion we improvised and used watercolors and tada, problem solved.

To wrap up her study Lindsey assembled her lapbook and completed her notebook work.   Below are photos of her finished work.

 

In case you're interested, we used Renaissance and Reformation Project Passport from Home School in the Woods.   We've also used their The Middle Ages Project Passport in the past and my non-history lover enjoyed all the hands on activities, so we incorporated it again this semester.  She loves learning about the peoples lives and the things that were going on in a less "memorize the date/place/name" way, and this is a perfect fit for her.