There were several things I did not appreciate in the public school system. One of these things was the perpetual crayon shortage at my elementary school. Have you ever read The Art Lesson by Tommie DePaola? My experiences were worse! I distinctly remember trying to color with building blocks when there were no crayons. That’s […]
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Sea Shell Finale!
There have been many sea shell drawings around my house lately, and they haven’t all been done by me. My sea shell tag art has inspired my 7 year old and she has been sketching away. This is just one more thing I love about starting this blog. It […]
Sea Shell Tag #12 –the end.
Drawing these shells has been good practice. Yes, it would’ve been so much easier to buy a unmounted sheet of shell stamps somewhere, but again, the goal was drawing practice. So here is #12- A ‘skillets macron’ shell, to be exact.
Graduation ’09
Last night I attended a homeschool graduation ceremony for the first time. We were invited to see a good friend of mine’s son graduate, along with two others. I had been prayerfully working […]
Happy Birthday, Mary Cassatt
Mary Cassatt is one of my all time favorite artists, both in style and subject matter. Since I recently posted my pen and ink rendition of “The Bath” I had to flip through some of my other drawings and see if I had anything else I could post for her birthday. […]
Pink Surprise
Well, hello there Ms. Gladiola. And just where did you come from? I haven’t seen you in any of the neighbor’s yards. I know I didn’t plant you, so I am very curious as to how you came to be in […]
Sea Shell Tag #11
Text says, “And it came to pass that when Jesus had finished these sayings, he departed from Galilee and came into the coasts of Judea beyond Jordan. And great multitudes followed…”
John 15:8
Yep, it’s another pic. from Washington. Blackberry bushes surrounded our apartment complex in Bothell and were heavy-laden with ripe, sweet berries for several weeks toward the end of the summer. Every day, in between showers, we would head out for […]
Sea Shell Tag #10
I drew the giant conch by hand with a hard graphite pencil and then used Prismacolors pencils for color.