Christmas Special 2022 Dec 23, 2022

Sing with me: O Come All Ye Faithful, The Glance by George Herbert, Liturgy for Seasons of Illness, A kind review and thank you, Drawing board question, Tea recommendations, Color Connections full video course update, A.D.E. At Home Conference is on February 3rd- I’m doing a tutorial on the color PINK, Affirmations for you going forward with a creative endeavor, It’s a lie to believe that you’re not creative, Go play!

Music Bed Licenses for this episode:

Homecoming- Judah Earl

O Come, All Ye Faithful (Adeste Fideles) by Jesse Brown

Good Days by KENA

Christmas Style by Drew Holcomb and the Neighbors

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Extra vocals by: Dallas Nachtigall

Books:

EVERY MOMENT HOLY, VOL. 1 by Douglas Kaine McElvey

Waiting on the Word by Malcolm Guite

Color Connections: Color Theory for Beginners Aug 14, 2022

You need a color theory course, right? Listen up!

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Take advantage of the current pre-sale and lowest prices that all of my courses will ever be at from now until August 14th, midnight CT:

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Color Connections: Color Theory for Beginners

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Happy Drawing!

Wrapping Up My Presence Dec 23, 2021

Today's topics:

When your Mind’s Eye is Blind
When You’re Totally Distracted
When The Glory Is Too Much
What To Expect This Year from BTB
The Lamp Post submissions to Adele:

Submit to: the.lamp.post.newspaper@gmail.com

Want to learn how to draw and paint at home? Check out my Video courses!

Subscribe to my YouTube channel

Sign up for my newsletter (Videos early, what I’m learning, drawing lesson ideas)

Mentioned this episode:

Book: Deep Work by Cal Newport

Article 1: The art of Aphantasia: how ‘mind blind’ artists create without being able to visualise

Article 2: When The Mind's Eye Is Blind

Article 3: The First Artwork Made in Space

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Music: Dansu- All You Got, MusicBed

Work In Progress with Clara Lieu Dec 10, 2021

Need some serious encouragement today? Listen to this conversation I had with with Clara Lieu. She is the founder of Art Prof, which is a free online resource for learning visual arts! She was an adjunct professor at the Rhode Island School of Design, where she taught in the departments of Foundation Studies, Printmaking, Painting, and Illustration. She’s done many other things in the “art world,” but now she and her team create a huge online library of instructional materials for anyone who wants to learn how to draw, paint, illustrate, sculpt, and more!

We touch on some really helpful points, like:

Being intellectually diverse
Giving yourself “little sandboxes” to play in
Scoffers and snobs
Being willing to learn, over and over again
You don’t have to have it all figured out
The importance of getting good feedback early in your process
Failure is critical–bad drawings are REQUIRED
“Imposter Syndrome” and other unhelpful mindsets

Clara’s thoughts on these matters are so heartening. You’ll keep coming back to this episode when you are feeling down about your art practice or skills.

Art Prof’s Curricula & Resources

Artists mentioned:

Stephen Hillenburg - Spongebob illustrator

Robert Lang - Turned from science to origami

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Episode intro/outro music: Dansu- All You Got, MusicBed

The Newsless Newspaper: The Lamp Post with Adele Handfield Nov 30, 2021

Adele is a 13-year-old Charlotte Mason style student from Alton Bay, NH. She's created a new publication called The Lamp Post. I had the privilege of subscribing to the very first issue and was so surprised, entertained, and positively stirred by the articles and calls for entries! It’s such a rich and diverse collaboration paper, and I think you and your family will really enjoy this debut issue. But, mostly you'll enjoy all the other issues that you can help create!

Send your entry here: the.lamp.post.newspaper@gmail.com

Bestowing The Brush 20% off SALE! Enter code: btbthanks2021 at checkout for 20% off any of my digital courses, even group courses! Think of your homeschool or your co-op who wants to learn drawing and painting. Offer ends midnight November 30th, 2021. * Does not apply to physical products, like picture planes. *

Registration for A.D.E. At Home, A Delectable Education's second virtual conference! (I'll be providing a charcoal lesson demonstration.)

Podcast mood music:

Dansu - "All You Got" - Courtesy MusicBed

How We Met Nov 04, 2021

This week’s episode is kinda personal. I took questions from you on Instagram a couple of weeks ago asking what you’d like for me to discuss with my dear husband on air. I thought Caleb (Nachtigall) would make a perfect guest, because he was homeschooled K-12! If there was ever a person who embodied education being “an atmosphere, a discipline, and a life,” it’s him.

This episode covers more intimate topics (that I have honestly had a hard time publishing):

How we met
Our testimonies of faith in Christ
We beatbox duet for 8 seconds--so you have to stick around until the end
His beard care routine

Hopefully, you enjoy our banter and our answers to the frequently asked “personal” questions in the wrap-up to this series. Find Caleb @kingsfelldice, or at kingsfell.com.

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Episode intro/outro music: Dansu- All You Got, MusicBed

My Homeschooled Husband Oct 29, 2021

My husband, Caleb, talks with me about his favorite memories of being homeschooled K-12, what we really think of the Charlotte Mason method, his homeschooling philosophy in general, and about the husband’s role in home education. What are your family’s educational values? Can you define them? Do they change?

Caleb also debunks the “Homeschoolers are under-socialized” myth, and he tells us about where his art degree got him...but also what he did to self-educate his way into a few different career paths over the last ten years.

If you’re not doing the Charlotte Mason method perfectly, like us, then this episode is for you.

For extra fun, join my Brush Club Newsletter, follow me on Instagram @bestowingthebrush, and check out my lessons on YouTube as well! You probably already know about my full-length video drawing courses, but if not, go here!

Episode intro/outro music: Dansu- All You Got, MusicBed

Art Is War with Tilly Dillehay Oct 21, 2021

We all have to deal with glory. As image-bearers, each of us carries borrowed glory from the Father. As we look at each other and see the glory we each have, it’s natural for our hearts to envy, rather than to glorify God. Today, Tilly Dillehay (author/ blogger/ podcaster) helps us sort through the topic of envy. She clarifies how this sin plays out from one image-bearer to another, especially with artists. You’re going to want to read her book whether or not you are an artist, because her insights are so true and convicting! Listen in.

Read her here:

Broken Bread

Seeing Green

“Dear Hemlock Series” Tilly & Justin’s blog: https://justinandtilly.com/

She was influenced by: C.S. Lewis The Weight of Glory

Listen to Tilly’s podcast with Abigail Dodds: Home Fires

Music credit: Dansu- All You Got, MusicBed

A Tale of Praise with Elizabeth Michel Oct 15, 2021

Elizabeth Michel, plein air painter, portrait artist, and book author/illustrator, is with me today! She also works with children ages 10 and up to improve their drawing skills. Today, we discuss a new book that she’s written and illustrated for you: “Honk! A Tale of Praise” is in bookstores and available online for you now! In the episode, we also discuss making drawing a part of your home culture and how to make it a consistent habit in the home.

Buy the (US) book here: https://word-alive-press-bookstore.myshopify.com/collections/fiction-0-6/products/honk

Get to know Elizabeth on her website: https://www.elizabethmichel-authorartist.com/meetelizabeth

And on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elizabethmichel_artistauthor/

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Episode intro/outro music: Dansu- All You Got, MusicBed

Bouncing Back From Failure Oct 07, 2021

A story of guts and glory. How to bounce back, putting in your best effort, knowing your limitations, and self-idolatry. Also, I ask for your feedback on your desire to purchase any art prints from me...Just thinking about it...Contact me here and the same place if you want to confirm that you also have a strange pride disease.

Then, I have notes for newbies-- training your children in proper brush care, giving them liberal amounts of paper and time, not micromanaging or setting up unnecessary expectations. I also show you how to practice with the drawing prompts from my courses! And I give you some helpful housekeeping hints about getting back into the course after a long pause. The platform I host both courses and the picture plane product on is called Gumroad. If nothing else, search your inbox for that word to retrieve your old link.

Find those courses with the awesome extra drawing prompts here! Thank you for listening. Happy drawing!

Music: Dansu- All You Got, MusicBed

Simple Nature Study, Deep Work, & Observation Oct 01, 2021

A short episode about what I'm currently reading. Within are bits about drawing, nature study, and observational skills. Enjoy!

Handbook of Nature Study, Anna Botsford Comstock

Deep Work, Cal Newport

The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency

For extra fun, join my Brush Club Newsletter, follow me on Instagram @bestowingthebrush, and check me out YouTube as well.

Intro/Outro music: Dansu- All You Got, MusicBed

Is Art School Worth It? Sep 23, 2021

I talked with Felicity Harrison this time last year. She and her mom had some questions about what art school was like as she was trying to decide what the next steps were for her future. It’s a year later now, and Felicity has focused on her art business, but our conversation was helpful for her to try to figure out how to best spend her time. I also talk about tuition costs, toxic ideologies students will have to fight, and about how to be creative with your future unknown vocation. Who knows what God has for you or your student?

Sensitive content warning: Midway through our interview we briefly touch on school requirements for drawing nudes, also known as life drawing.

Follow her @flissyartgirl or on her business page @stars.and.lemons

* Check out my art courses and picture plane here: https://bestowingthebrush.gumroad.com/l/jPzFE

* Watch sample videos and find more info on these courses here:

http://bestowingthebrush.com/

* For extra fun, join my Brush Club Newsletter, follow me on Instagram @bestowingthebrush, and check me out YouTube as well.

Intro & outro music: Dansu- All You Got, MusicBed

What If You Could? with Danny Sabra Sep 15, 2021

“Trees are dumb, birds are dumb, nature is dumb…” But what changed Danny Sabra’s mind? Let’s hear this self-taught artist’s perspectives on learning drawing and painting after thinking he didn’t have the talent. We, as always, talk about our mindset, and he and I chat about how artistic elitism can really ruin you. Plus, many other helpful things come up. Trust me.

Also, listen all the way to the end to score a sweet code that will give you a 10% off discount on all my video courses from now until Wednesday, September 15th at midnight! This special promo is in celebration of Bestowing The Brush’s 4th year in existence! Toast with me, will you?

The plexiglass picture plane shop is finally OPEN! If you have my second video course, you'll probably be wanting one of these tools per student to aid in seeing the shapes and lines of your world better.

* Follow Danny on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/dannysabra/ and over on YouTube as well! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KvquB3G-xak

* Check out my courses and picture plane here: https://bestowingthebrush.gumroad.com/l/jPzFE

* Watch sample videos and find more info on these courses here:

http://bestowingthebrush.com/

For extra fun, join my Brush Club Newsletter, follow me on Instagram @bestowingthebrush, and check me out YouTube as well.

Music:

Intro: Dansu- All You Got, MusicBed (Thank you!)

Outro: Gymnopédies - la 1ére. lent et douloureux, circa 2008, http://www.musopen.com, Agathe Laforge (Thank you!)

Harnessing Authentic Curiosity with Jack Laws (John Muir Laws) Sep 08, 2021

Jack's working definition for creativity is the ability to make useful connections between seemingly unrelated things. Give us your ears for an hour if you've ever felt completely paralyzed by perfectionism, notebooking guilt, or have been tempted by the harassment of your inner gremlin...

After all,

"The point of nature journaling is to give ourselves a tool that is going to help us to slow down, to be in a deeper communion with nature, to be present at a deeper level. If we start to look at it as making an art portfolio, then it’s scary...It becomes more about ‘How does the journal look?’ rather than, ‘What did I observe in nature today?’”

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You're also helping me celebrate my 4th year of Bestowing The Brush this episode! Listen in to score a sweet code that will give you a discount on all my video courses! Special promo is just for this week of Sept. 7th-midnight of Sept. 14th, 2021. Also, my plexiglass picture plane shop is finally OPEN! If you have my second video course, you'll probably be wanting one of these tools per student to aid in seeing the shapes and lines of your world better.

* Check out my courses and picture plane here: https://bestowingthebrush.gumroad.com/l/jPzFE

* Watch sample videos and find more info on these courses here: http://bestowingthebrush.com/

For extra fun, join my Brush Club Newsletter, follow me on Instagram @bestowingthebrush, and check out YouTube as well.

Course 2 is Here! + What's Happening Season 3? Jul 05, 2021

We deep-dive into exactly what’s in my new intermediate video drawing course and why you want it for your homeschool drawing lessons! The sale ends tonight at midnight! (7/5/2021) I also tell you about some exciting guests that will be on the podcast this September 2021. Get ready.

Course launch sale ends July 5th, 2021 at midnight. Check out the sweet deals here:

Get my *NEW* second video course!
Here’s my beginner video course.
Now, there's also a BUNDLE!
Explore your options for group courses, too. Your co-op with thank you!

Podcast Hiatus Until Course 2! Feb 04, 2021

Updates for my favorite people. And a genuine thank you.

Teaching Drawing with NO Experience Jan 30, 2021

Two articles today! Readings & commentary of "Art Training in the Nursery" & "Hints on the Teaching of Drawing in the P.U.S." by M.L. Sumner and Emeline Petrie Steinthal, respectively. A lot of parents are very intimidated by going about teaching drawing in their homeschool lessons. It doesn't need to be complicated and the good news is that children have a natural affinity for this kind of thing. All they need is a little direction and encouragement! Listen to find out how to do it with no art training yourself...

Mentioned in this episode:

A.D.E. At Home Virtual Conference

The Secret Lives of Color by Kassia St. Clair

The Fésole Club Papers by WG Collingwood

Workable Fixatif

AND...I'm in production of another video course! If you want to give me feedback from my first one, Brush, Chalk & Charcoal, or if you want to give input on the new coursework, send me an email with your requests! I'm all ears.

Clay Modeling & Your Nature Notebook Jan 21, 2021

Is clay modeling just number 591 of aaaalllllll the subjects you need to include in your Charlotte Mason homeschool lessons? Or, is it something much more simple and profound? I guess you can decide after listening to Nicole Handfield and I talk about our experiences with this medium and all its benefits and pitfalls. How does this relate to the nature notebook, too?

We talk motivation, materials, mistakes and mother culture in this episode. Hopefully you can learn from what we've tried and what we like!

Clayette Oil Based Clay

Terra Cotta Clay

Unwin Book

Simple Clay Tools

Growth Mindset with Marley Peifer Jan 14, 2021

Marley Peifer helps us guard ourselves from nature journal comparisons by taking on a growth mindset, gives us excellent tips on nature journaling in the snow, and shows us the value of direct experience versus indirect knowledge.

This episode will equip you with a healthy attitude and very practical steps you can take to start right now!

Go check out Marley’s great offerings for online group nature journal classes!

Find him on his website, Instagram, or tune into The Nature Journal Show on YouTube!

Two Moms, Nine Kids, One Course Jan 08, 2021

Alanna Hendon and Catie Newby talk with me about how they've worked my drawing lessons in their homeschools. I love hearing their feedback and I think you will, too! Especially if you've been on the fence about purchasing Brush, Chalk & Charcoal: Foundations in Drawing.

Their kids range in ages from toddler to twelve and if you stay tuned to the end, they have great ideas on buying materials within a budget! Enjoy.

@tealmonkeyediting for Catie's editing help!

Brush Drawing by Miss K. Loveday (Parents' Review Article) Dec 17, 2020

Why, why, WHY do we do brush drawing for our drawing lessons? Miss K. Loveday has the answer in this episode and I couldn't agree more...Not only does she present the motivating ideas for why we draw in the first place, but she helps us with very technical matters, too. Listen in to learn about the specifics of the brush, seeing broadly, perfecting our touch, and many other things!

Give my course as a gift this Christmas!

Here are great stocking stuffers to boot: brush drawing supplies & charcoal supplies

DM me on Instagram to ask about the technical drawing visuals from this episode: @bestowingthebrush

Have a Merry Christmas, and I'll talk to you again in a few weeks!

Technology and Art with The Modern Homeschooler Dec 10, 2020

Molly the Modern Homeschooler and I talk about how technology hinders or helps us in pursuing art education, slowing down for artistic development in a fast-paced world, the problem of internet comparison, and being comfortable with not knowing an "end game" for this subject of study. It's a great episode, tune in!

We also found 1,954 analogies for how learning to draw is just like other subjects. Buckle up.

Find Molly on Instagram: @themodernhomeschooler

and on her website: The Modern Homeschooler

Brushwork by Mrs. Henry Perrin II (Parents' Review Article) Nov 26, 2020

More on Brushwork from Mrs. H. Perrin of the Parents' Review, AKA Brush Drawing. If you need to know the intricacies of exactly how to practice this skill, you've tuned into the right podcast. Drawing lessons can be a breeze for your Charlotte Mason homeschool after you listen to the ideas in this paper. Enjoy!

My Brush Club Newsletter

My awesome drawing resources.

My video course: Brush, Chalk & Charcoal: Foundations in Drawing

Follow and talk to me on Instagram, I love hearing from you @bestowingthebrush!

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Reclaiming Your Creativity with Jane Boutwell Nov 19, 2020

Do you ever feel like somewhere along the way, you said goodbye to making art? Do you want to reclaim your creativity? Listen to this episode to hear Jane Boutwell and I talk about the inner critic and those pesky little lies we believe that hinder our creative expression. Whether you express yourself through music, writing, painting, or any other medium, this episode will give you fresh wind in your sails!

Find Jane on IG: @janeboutwellstudio , @growingcreativefellowship

Growing Creative Fellowship

Get your free "Start Sketchbooking Guide" here!

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Brush Drawing by Mrs. H. Perrin I, (Parents' Review Article) Nov 11, 2020

Why in the world did Charlotte Mason discourage the use of a black-lead pencil in drawing lessons??? Mrs. H. Perrin tells us the secret...

Also in this episode are some great drawing prompts that you and your children can work starting today! They're so simple, and there's no doubt you'll feel motivated to try these after Mrs. Perrin teaches us how to do it. If you try them, I'd love to see them on Instagram with the hashtag #btbdrawingprompt. Or mention me @bestowingthebrush if you'd rather put them in your Stories.

Also mentioned in this episode are all the free resources for you to learn how to draw on my website and YouTube channel. I also talk about how these very concepts from this article are gone over in my video course:

Brush, Chalk, & Charcoal: Foundations in Drawing

33 high-quality videos that take you from "I don't know how to hold a paint brush" to "Now I feel confident with seeing my subjects and brush drawing them from life!"

Find so many free resources for drawing instruction here!

Heads, Hands & Hearts with Meghann Dibrell Oct 25, 2020

What does working with your hands have to do with character? Meghann Dibrell of Rooted Childhood and I talk about this topic in today's episode! Handicrafts, drawing, and painting all involve hand skill, so I thought we'd talk about how training these habits in our children can bear good fruit for a lifetime.

Visit Meghann on Instagram @rootedchildhood

And check out her great handicraft, song, poetry, & picture book resources at:

https://rootedchildhood.com/

If you need a drawing course for your homeschool check out:

http://bestowingthebrush.com/

How do you and your kids work with your hands? Let me know over at @bestowingthebrush. I love to chat with you there!

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Architecture of the Soul Oct 01, 2020

Want to listen to this nerdy paper I wrote about Ruskin and Collingwood? Listen in to hear about art and building one thing upon another truly!

Riverbend Press, The Fesole Club Papers:

https://www.riverbendpress.com/shop-books/fesole-club-papers-collingwood

My course, the prerequisite to this material:

http://bestowingthebrush.com/courses

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Perfectionism vs. Praise with Elizabeth Michel Sep 24, 2020

Perfectionism. If you or your children struggle with this condition, then listen in! You have hope. Elizabeth and I talk about how we overcome it in our lives and how you can, too!

The Peacock’s Praise by Elizabeth Michel for PRESALE right now:
https://gumroad.com/l/PBJF

Find her on Instagram: @pleinairfinds

Have you checked out my drawing course yet? Brush, Chalk, & Charcoal: Foundations in Drawing. Find out more about this fantastic homeschool art lesson resource here: http://bestowingthebrush.com/courses

Here's many more resources for your home school drawing lessons: http://bestowingthebrush.com/resources

Join my newsletter here: http://bestowingthebrush.com/

Music: "All You Got" by Dansu. Licensed from MusicBed.

Early Drawing Lessons (Parents' Review Article) Sep 16, 2020

Let’s read a Parents' Review article together! This one is by Lucy Gore about how to teach drawing to the littlest of students. Hint hint: They are people, too, and you have so much freedom with lessons! Listen in to hear about the art of seeing, brush drawing and what even is an indiarubberless drawing!? This lesson is Charlotte Mason approved.

My video course, “Brush, Chalk & Charcoal: Foundations in Drawing”

http://bestowingthebrush.com/courses

My Resource Page (books, articles, art supplies, scope & sequence)

http://bestowingthebrush.com/resources

My YouTube Channel

https://www.youtube.com/bestowingthebrush

Balloons Lesson! Doodling with Dallas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cf-ZOcOWZac

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Art as Tool, Not Talent with Maria Coryell-Martin Sep 09, 2020

Maria Coryell-Martin of Art Toolkit challenges us to view art as a tool versus a talent. To use sketching as a means of scientific inquiry, communication, and connection to the world. Listen to hear us talk about her wild glacial painting adventures, about how to sneak up on walruses, and how some of her most remarkable mentors have impacted her thoughts and processes of making expeditionary art!

Listen to this episode to get a special coupon code to https://art-toolkit.com/ for purchasing your own set of media for expeditions of any size or nature.

E P I S O D E L I N K S :

Check out Maria's personal website at: https://expeditionaryart.com/

Use your special listener coupon code BESTOW15 at https://art-toolkit.com/ to get yourself an amazing tiny watercolor palette or other miniature field sketching supplies for on-the-go observation!

Kristin Laidre Greenland trip: http://imagingthearctic.org/ <<-- her scientific collab post-school

Tony Foster: https://www.tony-foster.co.uk/ <<-- large scale watercolors en plein air

Aki Kurose: https://historylink.org/File/9339 <<-- her first grade teacher “A creative person is never bored.”

Bestowing the Brush

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Art Principles + Photography with Heather Hall Sep 02, 2020

This is a conversation with a dear friend, Heather Hall, who is a professional photographer. We talk about art principles and teaching them to our children through various mediums- what works and what doesn’t. Then, she turns the tables and interviews me! What is Bestowing The Brush and why do I make this show? Why do you listen? Find out!

Also- did you know that I now have a full drawing course for you? Find out more about this fantastic home school art lesson resource that covers brush drawing, charcoal drawing, and more here: http://bestowingthebrush.com/courses

Are you wondering what my videos are like? Check out my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/bestowingthebrush

Here's many more resources for your home school drawing lessons: http://bestowingthebrush.com/resources

Join my newsletter here: http://bestowingthebrush.com/

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Music: "All You Got" by Dansu. Licensed from MusicBed.

Season 2 is coming! + Resources Aug 07, 2020

Hi again! This episode gets you ready for the 2020-2021 season of podcasts and also tells you all about my video course. I think it's totally right for your home school. Find out why!...

Click here to preview my video course: http://bestowingthebrush.com/courses

Click here to snag your copy of The Fésole Club Papers: https://www.riverbendpress.com/shop-books/fesole-club-papers-collingwood

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Updates + Drawing Is The Best Way To Learn Nov 13, 2019

Hi, everyone! To you who are listeners only and haven't been in the know via Instagram, we have new things going on here at BTB Studios. Listen to learn what's up and to hear the reading of this article by Anne Quito called Drawing Is the Best Way to Learn, Even if You’re No Leonardo da Vinci. It's based on a book called Stick Figures: Drawing As A Human Practice by D.B. Dowd. And thank you, as always, for listening and showing your support! I appreciate you so much. Let's stay in touch on my new Brush Club Newsletter! Details below.

Also highlighted in this episode:

By joining my Brush Club Newsletter, you will get video content first as well as other exclusive content- video drawing lessons, tutorials, ideas, art supplies I'm testing, etc.!

My NEW YouTube Channel - Subscribe and click the bell icon to get notified about every new video. Share with a friend that you want to help, too!

My NEW website- bestowingthebrush.com! I hope it's an amazing resource to your home school and to families who want to learn how to draw or teach drawing in the home. Charlotte Mason style.

BTB episode 23: "The Book of Nature with Nicole Handfield"

Stick Figures: Drawing As A Human Practice, book by D.B. Dowd - I'm drooling over this one, folks. (The article I read in this episode is based on this book.)

Drawing On The Right Side of The Brain Betty Edwards

Nancy Kelly's Living Education Retreat - Nicole Handfield and I spoke about Charlotte Mason Drawing Lessons in July of 2019.

Drawing For Life Jun 06, 2019

Enjoy the reading of and extra commentary on this drawing talk I did last summer at the Morning of Living Ideas retreat. Have a fantastic summer, everyone!

Mention me @bestowingthebrush in Instagram posts if you or your students work any of the Fésole Club Papers, do any color swatches, or try any other drawing practice. You know I love to see!

Regularly scheduled IG posts will resume in July and Season 2 of the podcast will start in August. Happy drawing, folks!

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Sources mentioned in paper:

Francis Bate and Juliet Williams of the Parent's Review

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Photo credit: Heather Hall Photography

The Book of Nature with Nicole Handfield May 15, 2019

You get to hear me talk with Nicole Handfield on this episode about the magical practice of the Nature Notebook and drawing in it, along with a few other topics, too. Nicole has generously shared with us a huge stockpile of resources for nature lore books, nature journaling, and some inspiring ideas as to WHY we do this. Listen in!

In A Large Room Retreat: https://www.inalargeroomretreat.com/

What Nicole has written at CMP: http://charlottemasonpoetry.org/author/nicolehandfield/

Nicole on social media: @handfieldshalom, #keeperofglory on Instagram

The story of writing and compiling “Charlotte Mason’s Great Recognition”: https://sageparnassus.com/the-story-of-charlotte-mason-and-grea/

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Like Bestowing The Brush on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bestowingthebrush/

Send comments, questions, & Fésole Club entries to: bestowingthebrush@gmail.com

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Nicole’s Wonderful recommendations for Nature Lore & Nature Study Resources:

“Handbook of Nature Study” by Anna Botsford Comstock

The Laws Guide to Nature Drawing and Journaling: https://johnmuirlaws.com/product/the-laws-guide-to-nature-drawing-and-journaling/

John Muir Laws FREE science curriculum:

https://johnmuirlaws.com/journaling-curriculum/

Eyes and No Eyes, Arabella Buckley

“The Year Out of Doors” Dallas Lore Sharp, a series

Your Local Field Guides

A Nature Study Guide & Countryside Rambles, by W.S. Furneaux https://www.amazon.com/Nature-Study-Guide-Yesterdays-Classics/dp/1633340384

“Botany in a Day” by Thomas J. Elpel

“Exploring Nature with Children” - a resource for getting to know your Handbook of Nature Study by Comstock- Not written as a CM method resource (more of a unit study) https://raisinglittleshoots.com/2015/08/14/exploring-nature-with-children-a-complete-year-long-curriculum/

“Handbook of Nature Study” by Dietrich Lange

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Special Thanks to:

Nancy Kelly at https://sageparnassus.com/

Ambelside Online at https://www.amblesideonline.org/

Art Middlekauff at http://charlottemasonpoetry.org/

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The Fésole Club: Flower Studies in the Fresco School May 01, 2019

May's Fésole prompt! Want to join this Fésole Club virtual correspondence art class? (THIS may be your LAST CHANCE before you loose time to complete the foundational work from the first two Collingwood papers!)

***If you haven't already, go back and listen to "The Fésole Club: The Lemon" and do a lemon drawing or two-- reading my critiques on Instagram of the other lemon paintings submitted that month. When you feel confident, move on to number 2: "Boughs of the Branstock" prompt and practice one of those (check IG for comments on others' trees, too) before moving on to this Spring- themed prompt!

Step 1: Listen to my reading of Collingwood’s third paper on this podcast and be totally inspired. Listen to the end for my suggestions and recap!
Step 2: Gather and ready the materials mentioned.
Step 3: Draw, paint, make mistakes and draw again! Practice is your friend.
Step 4: Submit your best drawing for comments by emailing it to me at bestowingthebrush@gmail.com between now and May 22nd. One submission per person for the month, please :)
Step 5: Post your drawings (practice and final) to Instagram, tagged with #fesoleflowers, for me and others to see!

*** Email submissions CLOSE at 6pm CT on Wednesday, May 22nd! ***
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READ this paper in these places:
Ambelside Online Transcription of this paper: “Flowers in the Fresco School” https://www.amblesideonline.org/PR/PR02p184FesoleClub.shtml
Archive.org (Redeemer University) PDF: https://ia601205.us.archive.org/8/items/p001-080PRv14n1/p021-027PRv14n1.pdf
Paper 3: "The Boughs of the Branstock"
Google Doc of the collection of links for The Fésole Club, courtesy of Emily Kiser:
Click paper number III:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xEggdH61cWhq6yECVnr6rvZRjBCQBxhQhTctLPewa3k/edit
Further research for you: A Delectable Education Podcast, Ep. # 98 on Drawing:
http://www.adelectableeducation.com/2017/11/episode-98-drawing/
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Sources mentioned: Ambelside Online, A Delectable Education, W.G. Collingwood, John Ruskin, Charlotte Mason's writings, transcribed by Ambelside Online volunteers: https://www.amblesideonline.org/CM/toc.html

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Special thanks to:
Caleb Nachtigall, Kateri Ewing, Richele Baburina, Emily Kiser, Kevin McLeod, Heather Hall, Nicole Handfield, Brittney McGann, Art Middlekauff, Ambelside Online, Audrey Hockel, Lisa Osika, Nancy Kelly, Abe Books, Rachel Lee, Charlotte Mason, W.G. Collingwood, John Ruskin, and all of my listeners!
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Follow me on Instagram: @bestowingthebrush Use the videos on my IGTV page to help and guide you! https://www.instagram.com/bestowingthebrush/

Email me: bestowingthebrush@gmail.com
PC: Heather Hall Photography http://www.heatherhallphotography.co/
"Too Cool," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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The Art of Seeing with Kateri Ewing Apr 17, 2019

I have Kateri Ewing on the show with me today. We talk about the impact John Ruskin has had on us as artists, about her work and teaching, and about her unique point of view on drawing and learning to see. We touch on many things here- I cannot wait for you to take a listen! Stay until the end for a beautiful reading of one of her poems and for some notes for my listeners participating in this month's Fésole Club! #fesolebranstock

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Find Kateri Ewing's work here:

Personal website: https://www.kateriewing.com/

Her NEW drawing book: "Look Closer, Draw Better: Expert Techniques for Realistic Drawing"

https://www.amazon.com/Look-Closer-Draw-Better-Techniques/dp/1631596225

Instagram: @kateriewing, @kateriewingart

Courses on Blueprint: https://shop.mybluprint.com/painting/classes/startup-library-painting-with-watercolors/475128

Courses on Craftsy: https://www.kateriewing.com/craftsy

Courses on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/kateriewing

Kateri on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/kateriewing

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Sources Mentioned:

Ruskin's works: The Elements of Drawing, The Nature of Gothic, The Laws of Fésole, and Unto This Last

Charlotte Mason Volume 1, Home Education

Andrew Wyeth

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Send comments, questions, & Fésole Club entries to: bestowingthebrush@gmail.com

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The Fésole Club- The Boughs of the Branstock Apr 03, 2019

April's prompt! Want to join this month's Fésole Club correspondence class? Go back and listen to "The Fésole Club: The Lemon" and do a lemon drawing or two, in conjunction with reading my critiques on Instagram of the other lemon paintings submitted. When you feel confident, move on to this month's prompt and submit by the deadline for critique!

Step 1: Listen to my instructions and reading of Collingwood’s second paper on this podcast and be totally inspired.

Step 2: Gather and ready the materials mentioned.

Step 3: Draw, make mistakes and draw again! Practice is your friend.

Step 4: Submit your best drawing for critique by emailing it to me at bestowingthebrush@gmail.com between now and April 24th. One submission per person please :)

Step 5: Post your drawings (practice and final) to Instagram, tagged with #fesolebranstock, for me and others to see!

*** Email submissions CLOSE at 6pm CT on Wednesday, April 24th! ***

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READ this paper in these places:

Ambelside Online Transcription of this paper: http://amblesideonline.org/PR/PR14p092FesoleClub.shtml

Archive.org (Redeemer University) PDF: https://ia601205.us.archive.org/8/items/p001-080PRv14n1/p021-027PRv14n1.pdf

Paper 2: "The Boughs of the Branstock"

Google Doc of the collection of links for The Fésole Club, courtesy Emily Kiser:

Click paper number II:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xEggdH61cWhq6yECVnr6rvZRjBCQBxhQhTctLPewa3k/edit

Further research for you: A Delectable Education Podcast, ep. 98 on Drawing:

http://www.adelectableeducation.com/2017/11/episode-98-drawing/

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Sources mentioned:
Ambelside Online, A Delectable Education, W.G. Collingwood, John Ruskin

Special thanks to:

Caleb Nachtigall, Kateri Ewing, Richele Baburina, Emily Kiser, Kevin McLeod, Heather Hall, Nicole Handfield, Brittney McGann, Audrey Hockel, Abe Books, Rachel Lee, Charlotte Mason, W.G. Collingwood, and John Ruskin

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PC: Heather Hall Photography

"Too Cool," Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

Memory Drawing with Emily Kiser Mar 28, 2019

In this episode, Emily Kiser and I talk about an often underused or misunderstood tool in drawing lessons in P.U.S. schools - Memory Drawing. Emily did a systematic look through the P. R. programmes and found out just how foundational and crucial this exercise is within a Charlotte Mason education. Listen in to hear about how training in this area harmonizes with and supports many aspects of a person's education and artistic abilities!

Find Emily Kiser's work here:

A Delectable Education podcast: http://www.adelectableeducation.com/

A.D.E.'s episode 98 on drawing here: http://www.adelectableeducation.com/2017/11/episode-98-drawing/

Find A Delectable Education on IG here: @adelectableeducation

Sources Mentioned:

The Teaching of Drawing and Its Place in Education, Juliet Williams (PR Article)

Brush Drawing, Mrs H. Perrin (PR Article)

Fesole Club Papers, Mr. W. G. Collingwood

"Early Drawing Lessons." L. Gore

Charlotte Mason Volume 1, Home Education

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A personal thank you to Emily Kiser, Liz Cottrill and Nicole Williams for all your hard work in helping to bring Charlotte Mason's philosophy and method to more of the world through A Delectable Education and other means. Thank you for your services!

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One Year of Nature Drawing Mar 13, 2019

I began reading Mason in 2016, but never had I made a Nature Journal a part of my life until a little over a year ago. It has been a vehicle for change in my life in many ways! Listen in to hear my story...

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Talked of in this show:

@pleinairfinds, Elizabeth Michel, on Instagram- Check her out for a great view into home schooling and drawing and painting in plein air

@naturesketches who is a fellow nature journalist, listener of the show, and maker of wonderful handmade sketchbooks

The Laws of Fésole , John Ruskin

"All Great Art Is Praise," John Ruskin

Scripture on the role of artisans in the building of the Tabernacle: Exodus 31: 1-11https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Exodus+31-35&version=ESVUK

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The Fésole Club- The Lemon Mar 06, 2019

Let's go on a drawing adventure together! Details within. Never heard of W.G. Collingwood? You're about to find out about he and Mason's historic Fésole Club. Get your brushes ready, I'm taking submissions NOW for this reincarnation of a lost Art Club established back in 1891!

Join the Virtual Fésole Club!

Step 1: Listen to my instructions here and Collingwood’s first paper for you on the podcast, and be totally inspired.

Step 2: Ready the materials mentioned.

Step 3: Draw, make mistakes and draw again!

Step 4: Submit your drawings starting NOW, March 6th, 2019, on Instagram @bestowingthebrush or to my email: bestowingthebrush@gmail.com

OR simply use the hashtag on Instagram: #fesoleclubthelemon

*Submissions CLOSE at 6pm CT on March 26th!*

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READ this paper in these places:

Ambelside Online Transcription of this Paper: https://www.amblesideonline.org/PR/PR14p021FesoleClubPapers.shtml
Archive.org PDF:

https://ia601205.us.archive.org/8/items/p001-080PRv14n1/p021-027PRv14n1.pdf

Paper 1: I-Wo Die Citronen Blüh’n

Google Doc of the collection of links for The Fesole Club, Courtesy Emily Kiser:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xEggdH61cWhq6yECVnr6rvZRjBCQBxhQhTctLPewa3k/edit

A Delectable Education Podcast, ep. 98 on Drawing:

http://www.adelectableeducation.com/2017/11/episode-98-drawing/

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Sources mentioned:

Ambelside Online, A Delectable Education, W.G. Collingwood, John Ruskin

Special thanks to:

Caleb Nachtigall, Kateri Ewing, Richele Baburina, Emily Kiser, Kevin McLeod, Heather Hall, Nicole Handfield, Brittney McGann, Audrey Hockel, Abe Books, Rachel Lee, Charlotte Mason, W.G. Collingwood, and John Ruskin

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PC: Heather Hall Photography

Too Cool, Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

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Episode 16: Brush Drawing & Geometry with Richele Baburina Feb 27, 2019

In this episode, Richele Baburina and I conclude our talk on Brush Drawing and get down to some lesson time atmosphere considerations and practicals. We also discuss how brush drawing manifests in the nature notebook, and muse over the wonders of geometry in this beautiful world God created. Listen in!

Find Richele in these places:

Charlotte Mason Poetry, Math Resources: http://charlottemasonpoetry.org/math-resources/

On Instagram: @rbaburina

Her Brush Drawing course produced by Twenty Twenty Press: https://www.twentytwentypress.com/?product=brush-drawing-kit-a-basic-course-by-richele-baburina

Her Elementary Arithmetic Series: https://simplycharlottemason.com/store/charlotte-mason-elementary-arithmetic-series-book-1/

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SHOW NOTES:

- Of Richele's comments and research Part 1 and 2 of discussion:

Emeline Steinthal, "Letters to the Editor," in The Journal of Education, (May, 1900), p. 297.

W.G. Collingwood, Fésole Club Papers, (W. Holmes, Ltd., 1906) p. 20.

Charlotte Mason, “Children are Born Persons," in The Parents’ Review, volume 22, June, 1911 (CharlotteMasonPoetry.org), pp. 419-437.

Charlotte Mason, “Books,” in The Parents’ Review, volume 6 (1896), p. 156.

Charlotte Mason, “Books,” in The Parents’ Review, volume 6 (1896), p. 476.

Charlotte Mason, Parents and Children, (Charlotte Mason Research and Supply, 1989), pp. 202, 203, 282-285.

Charlotte Mason, Ourselves, Book I, Self-Knowledge , (Riverbend Press, 2017), pp. 42, 43.

Emeline Steinthal, “Aunt Mai’s Budget,” in The Parents’ Review, volume 10 (1899), p. 90.

Art Middlekauff, “Nature Notebooks in the 21st Century,” (CharlotteMasonPoetry.org, May 8, 2018).

A.C. Drury, “How to Keep a Nature Notebook”, in The Parents’ Review, 1941, (Charlotte Mason Poetry.org, Jan. 8, 2019), pp. 218-233.

Christine Verspaandonk, "Memories of a PNEU Education", (AmblesideOnline.org, 1999).

Irene Stephens, “The Teaching of Mathematics to Young Children,” in Special Reports on Educational Subjects (London: Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1911), No. 11.

Of my readings of John Ruskin: "The Laws of Fésole."

TIME STAMPS:

17:00 Geometry and John Ruskin

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Episode 15: Brush Drawing with Richele Baburina Feb 20, 2019

In this episode, I'm discussing Brush Drawing with Richele Baburina! Richele not only writes articles for Charlotte Mason Poetry, but also manages the CMP math resources page, has written three math books, and has created a beautiful basic Brush Drawing course, all the while home educating her two boys and helping her husband with flat art preservation. Listen in and learn about this watercolor art form that is a critical part of a Charlotte Mason education!

Find Richele in these places:

Charlotte Mason Poetry, Math Resources: http://charlottemasonpoetry.org/math-resources/

On Instagram: @rbaburina

Her Brush Drawing course produced by Twenty Twenty Press: https://www.twentytwentypress.com/?product=brush-drawing-kit-a-basic-course-by-richele-baburina

Her Elementary Arithmetic Series: https://simplycharlottemason.com/store/charlotte-mason-elementary-arithmetic-series-book-1/

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Email me, Dallas Nachtigall at: bestowingthebrush@gmail.com
Follow me on Instagram at: @bestowingthebrush

NEW- Follow my Page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bestowingthebrush/

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PC: @TheHeatherHallPhotography

SHOW NOTES:

- Of Richele's comments and research: