My kids and I watched “Mary Poppins” recently and even my 3-year-old has been walking around the house singing, “Feeeed the birds, toppins a bag…toppins…toppins…” With this in mind I created these little bird-seed packets. They are made of pieces of wax paper, folded and taped along the edges with double-stick […]
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‘Cruncher and Muncher’, or, This Week’s Science and Art
Those are the names affectionately bestowed upon two colorful caterpillars the kids found nibbling on our garden carrots. We looked them up on the Texas A&M online insect field guide and identified them as ‘parsley caterpillars’. We gently relocated them, along with plenty of carrot leaves, to our bug tent so we could […]
Robert Frost Mixed-Media Piece–Somerset Studio Gallery 2010
I was surprised and delighted to see a piece of my art in this publication. I submitted this piece for consideration 2 years ago~ Right in the middle, on page 104… I’m thankful to have been published in Somerset Gallery. It is an honor and a privilege to be […]
I Heart Faces “Yellow” Challenge
This week’s theme over at I Heart Faces is “Yellow”. Each photo entered must have a face and the color yellow somewhere in the photo. I think this one fits the guidelines pretty well. I took this shot of my daughter last Fall when all of our ornamental pear trees […]
Photos–“Little Miss Fairfax”
Here is my sweet Little Miss Fairfax. She is wearing a lovely Regency style dress that I had custom made for her 8th birthday. If you are interested in having a beautiful dress like this made contact Wendy at… http://stores.ebay.com/Wendys-Doll-Closet My daughter made several comments about wanting a dress “like Jane Fairfax wears […]
Photo of the Week–“Drawing Practice”
Here’s a photo I took last week when my daughter was drawing the roses. I didn’t include it in the post because I wanted to spend a little time editing it. It was my personal favorite of the bunch. I was trying to follow the Rule of Thirds for this one: […]
Drawing the Roses
After a grueling week of speech preparation and competition, I was ready to get back to quiet activities at home. My daughter was recently given these lovely roses by her grandfather. We don’t have fresh flowers around the house often, so whenever we do have them, we use them […]
A Birthday Menu
I sat down with my daughter to plan her birthday menu. In our family, getting to eat your favorite things on your birthday is part of the celebration. She came up with all of her favorite foods (including a trip to Souper Salad with a girl- friend from church) and then I wrote it on […]
Pencil Drawing after Fragonard
Here’s my drawing practice project I’ve been working on these last two weeks. I use this book a lot when I’m looking for something to draw. It’s a thorough art history with lots of interesting information about the art and artists. It does contain all of the classic and contemporary nudes you […]