February 25th Art Merit Badge

Tonight we will be working on our Art merit badge. We will be working on requirement # 3 which is:
3. Render a subject of your choice in FOUR of these ways:
a. Pen and ink, b. Watercolors, c. Pencil, d. Pastels, e. Oil paints, f. Tempera, g. Acrylics, h. Charcoal, i. Computer drawing or painting.

I will have the bold items there for you to use. The troop has some paint but I am not sure which type it is.

Please bring something you want to draw. (If you want to also work on requirement #2 please bring a picture of a pine tree to draw.) If you want to render your subject in one of the non-bolded items please bring the materials with you.

February 11th - Sculpture Merit Badge

Hi Scouters,

This Wednesday we will we working on our Sculpture merit badge requirement # 2(a) Model in clay a life-sized human head. Then sculpt in modeling clay (such as Plastine or Sculpey) or carve/rasp in wood or soft stone a small-scale model of an animal or person. Explain to your counselor the method and tools you used to sculpt the figure.

I will bring the oil based modeling clay that I have so we can make the life-size human head. We will be taking pictures of your creations if you plan on using my clay. If you want to keep the head please bring your own clay. If you want to carve wood or stone you are welcome to but you will be on your own for the tools and other materials needed.

We will also be working on picking a scout name, song, and yell that is not copyrighted. We need to decide this so we can design our troop logo and put it on our troop flag on February 25th when we work on the Art Merit Badge.

I have arranged for a Merit Badge counselor to come to scouts on February 25. This counselor is for both the Sculpture and Art Merit Badges. So be sure to fill out your merit badge worksheets so you can pass them both off on the 25th.

New Blog Features

I'm looking for some feedback on the Troop Blog. I met with Dallin and Zach and we decided to move the calendar to the bottom so that you see the most recent post first. I've also added to the sidebar a list of the merit badges that your patrol leaders have chosen to work on in the order that we will do them. Instead of assigning certain merit badges to specific weeks, we will just start at the top of the list and work on that merit badge until it is finished. Hopefully we can get most of them done in one or two weeks. The more that you work on at home, the faster we will finish and be able to move on to some of the really fun merit badges. The goal is to finish the required merit badges before camp so that you can all have lots of fun at camp and not have to worry about the ones that aren't as fun. Finally, I will put a new post on the blog on Monday or Tuesday of each week telling what we will be doing for the activity that week (i.e. what you need to bring or work on beforehand!). If you have any other ideas, leave a comment. We want this to be a resource that will be really helpful to you, so let me know what will help you the most.