I thought it would be cool to see the before & later the after. A crazy media for painting the koi…The bottom shows how I taught the girls the lines when drawing the fish. I told them to ink- I had not done that yet, so I inked one scale & used what media?
May 17, 2013
my big kids koi art project-incomplete
May 14, 2013
and all I had was my iPhone
I, being the perfect daughter (dripping sarcasm, i write), visited with my mother (i am blessed) on Mother’s day. No camera, only iPhone (Ggrrr). I should know by now that I should never go home…(oops) to my parent’s house, without my (damn) camera. My mom made this piece of art (that I left behind 
when I went home). My mom never stops making art (never, ever). Her love of glass, paper & rocks are all over the house (gosh, its like a museum). Every nook & cranny filled bronze, wax, beads, and glass (every media known to man, really, if there is one they forgot, I would love to know it.). I will go back to my parent’s house to take pictures of all of the art. I will share & show how art is in my blood & bones. (and I thank God for it)
http://www.louisrosenthalmuseum.org
He is my Great Grandfather.
May 9, 2013
Wednesday Afternoon art class
All my classes are three children or less. I find that the smaller the class the more I can get to know & understand their individual skills. Most of the kids come to me after school & they begin art using the logical side of their brain. They press too hard with pencils…its wonderful to watch their frustration disappear when I say, “you’ve got your school brain on, lets switch to the art side” The pencil lines begin to lighten, curves begin to come without effort. The tension in their necks & backs relax. I LOVE IT!!!
Anyway, this class finished their project fifteen minutes early, so I french braided their hair by request & begging.
The arms around one another is a beautiful thing to see.
May 9, 2013
chance of a lifetime
My son & I were driving to the grocery store. When we pulled out onto the main road, we were behind a BMW, in front of the BMW was a dark blue NEW Ferrari! We were peeking around the BMW to watch that piece of metal silk driving on the same road we do, when H. screams, “MOM, A RACE CAR! A RACE CAR! A REAL ONE! IT’S GOT THE NUMBER 6 ON IT!” I see this car at the Shell gas station. We pull in the station, blocking 4 people & I get out with my iPhone. The coolest man ever says, “Tell your son to come & sit in the drivers seat”
April 22, 2013
Fun ART project for big grown ups
I took the photo of this beautiful bag’s logo with my iPhone. The logo was so cool. I put the logo in pic monkey & changed it into a bookmark. I’m not going to sell it, because the logo belongs to another. My point is you can a picture of something you like, drop it into a editing pictures program to make it yours in a way. -amy
April 12, 2013
This one was put into my toy box folder…
I forgot about the bucket full of baseballs. These sit in our garage, unused. The iphone shocks me sometimes. It seems to do its best shocking in low light situations. My Nikon would have needed a tripod for this shot.
