On November 13th and 14th, I was able to work with the Boy Scouts of America, in our local area, and be a volunteer Art Merit Badge counselor. Let me tell you, I had known about this awesome opportunity for about 3 months, and had slowly been preparing as much as I could before moving, but there was so little I could do before registration began for my class. So it wasn't until the week before my class that I was able to buy all the supplies, and then I also finished my power point presentation.
Here is what I offered the boys as art tools to use:
- Graphite pencils
- Colored pencils (Prisma Color)
- Charcoal in both the compressed stick form and the charcoal pencils
- Soft Chalk Pastels
- Acrylic paint
- Water Color in both pellet and pencil form
- And also the Batik art form using wax crayons, water color paint and printer paper
With 3 classes, 3 hours long each, I had a total of 17 students (with a few last minute cancellations) all of which earned and completed their Art Merit Badge so they could continue on their journey towards their Eagle Scout Award. The boys had a blast, and it was so fun to teach art to youth other than my own children. I would love to do more teaching and instructing with art! The favorite art media was the water color pencils, chalk pastels, and graphite pencils.
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Example of Charcoal from one of the Boy Scouts |
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Example of Chalk Pastel from one of the Boy Scouts |
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Example I gave the Boys, I painted this in 10 minutes from a Still Life I provided the Boy Scouts. |
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The Example of a Sunset, my 8 year old son painted for the Boy Scout to follow |