Author: Scarlett

Mixed-Media Art

Christmas in June

I’ve been going through and cleaning out hundreds of photos from my recycle bin.  Today I came across some photos from our first church art exhibit last Christmas.  I had forgotten all about these photos! I had put them on my FB page during the holidays, deleted them after New Year’s, and […]

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 […]