Author: Scarlett

Photography

Photography Practice

 All the photography articles I’ve been reading lately have said late afternoon/sunset  is the best lighting for outdoor shots.  So I set out to take some pictures on one of the trails in our neighborhood right around 8 o’clock.  My daughter agreed to be the subject.  I envisioned a woodland musician, with […]

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New Comrades

We headed out to the local library today.  Our home library does not contain a set of encyclopedias, so we were forced to pursue public resources for some of our school work this week. My 7th grader also needed a book on market bubbles.  More on that later. As we entered […]

Art With Children

What’s Your Favorite Color?

   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 […]

Drawings

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. […]