Lately, my 7 year old has been coming to me with heavy sighs, saying pitifully,” I’m bored, I don’t know what to do.” Now, this is something new and not at all normal for her. […]
Author: Scarlett
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 […]
Psalm 4:6
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]