Topic: Kids Art Class
Native American designs, lodging, hunting, and game; foods; and family gatherings - motifs to explore this November. Download this Native American designs page (900 kb pdf), a sample from North American Indian Motifs , by Dover books.
Have fun trying my recent demonstration drawings of bears here, and click the titles for larger versions to print out.
Brown Bears Fishing, coloring page
Winnie-the-Pooh coloring page, after E.L.Shepard
The ongoing children's drawing classes at Rockland Library that I teach are free, with all materials supplied. They're geared for ages 6 and up, unaccompanied adults are welcome! Children age 10 and under should be accompanied by an adult. We usually do some follow-along drawings. I demonstrate a few lines and people follow along on their papers, step-by-step,until we have finished an motif or scene. There are many ways to draw something. I may draw something quite "wrong", but in drawing surely, firmly, we all draw something with life and appeal.
Native American stories for children:
These are from library catalog listings. Perhaps your library has some of these. You can also find most of these books of Native American stories at my 'bookshop' at Amazon.
Keepers of the Earth (1998) Caduto, Michael J - Juv 398.2 C13ke
Keepers of the animals (1991) Caduto, Michael - Juv 398.2 C13Ka
Nine Micmac legends (1983) Nowlan, Alden - Juv 398.2 N867
Spirits, heroes & hunters from North American Indian mythology (1981) Wood, Marion - Juv 299 W8503s
Stories in stone : rock art pictures by early Americans (1996) Arnold, Caroline - Juv 709 Ar638s
Thanks to the Animals (2005) Allen Sockabasin - JPic So135t
The long-tailed bear, and other Indian legends. (1961)Belting, Natalia Maree, 1915- - Juv 398.2 B419L
Owl Eyes (Lothrop, Lee & Shepard, ). "It explains why the owl has such a short neck, why its eyes are so large and why it is nocturnal. Frieda Gates, part Mohawk herself, retells this marvelous legend, accompanied by expressive illustrations by Yoshi Miyake. One double-spread painting looks like the owl is going to fly right off the page."
Red fox and his canoe. (1964) Benchley, Nathaniel, 1915- JPic B431
Six Micmac Stories/Ruth Holmes Whitehead. 1989. Juv 398.2 W587si