my mother’s porch. her glass art, a miniature, sits atop her pile of stones. someday those stones could find themselves as sand, then fired in a kiln, made into glass… DIY art project…the stacking of stones is one anyone can do. Glue together if they are to sit in the garden.
Category: art studio
rock, paper, scissors & glass
her media choices are ever changing, her style changes as does the seasons. My mother finds an art form & takes it every direction she cares to, until she stumbles onto another. Her studio table, today, is covered in glass- bright, colorful & sharp. All waiting to be assembled. On her shelves, sit her origami…
paint the trains red
my beautiful son @ age two. I bought him the letters of his name in unfinished wood. His favorite color then was red & black. I LOVE his little curl at the top of his head. Wish I could time travel & snuggle with him for a while.
golden eye
Ivy laying in the art studio today. I barely caught her.
ah…a Camelot knight lives here
For this is a noble house of Saab. With Sir Henry charming his mother of Halloween candy for breakfast. Easy to make…pencil, matt board, acrylic paint, the AMAZING Chisel tip Sharpie (best invention EVER) for the back of the shield- two inch wide masking tape. So Henry could carry it. directions…8″ of tape then, 4″…
Cheshire cat made using matt board
Buy white matt board-full sheets. Use it to draw & paint & glitter designs for parties, classrooms, art studios 🙂 matt board is a wonderful way to paint on & its cheap, you can cut it into shapes (gotta have super strong hands) This cat was commissioned for a party- I painted this example because…
Sir Henry
We got home from school @ 3:45. Henry & I made the sword & shield out of matt board. He painted the shield, I did the sword. My daughter found the ‘&’ dragon on the internet & cut it out from photo paper. Outlined everything in jumbo sharpie. My silver shirt on backwards, my brown…
art class drop cloth
i used this drop cloth for every art class i taught for five years. it was my intent to have someone stretch it & frame it- it is canvas, but to my unbelievable disappointment…my very bad cat peed on it while i was in the hospital for a few days. revenge, i guess. i was…
DIY fake windows
we bought a house that had a room with no windows, it did have a half bath, so we knew the house had been remodeled to add another room behind the wall shown. we added natural light with a custom & crazy skylight. The house had so many additions added over the years, the roof…
