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Photography

Photography Class Tips

I’m enjoying my Art Photography class this summer.  It’s a very informal class but I’ve already learned a lot of great tips on how to make my photographs better and more meaningful.   I’m learning how to use lighting more effectively, and how patience (a virtue that I and my small […]

Painting

Sweet Success

   When we found out we would be moving back to Texas after only one year in Seattle, we were both excited and disappointed at the same time.  We had made some friends, bought a house, and had finally gotten used to the rain!  One of us, in particular, was […]

Art With Children, Photography

Mice on Main

Main Street in downtown Greenville, South Carolina, is filled with art!  Art was everywhere: on the walls, in the windows, and on the ground!  As we explored the fountain area, we discovered that art was also hidden all around! A bronze plaque on the streetside of the fountain explains the […]

Christian Art, Mixed-Media Art

Distich Flash Cards

A distich is two lines of Jewish poetry.  You are probably familiar with distiches if you have read through Proverbs.  As our family has read through Proverbs the last few months, I noticed that there were several different ways these two lines of poetry were arranged.  Upon further investigation, I discovered […]