2me4art project!

1. Watercolor paper. color a big swirl on one half of paper, using one color of OIL PASTEL. other side of paper, use another color & make another swirl in OIL PASTEL. i picked orange & purple. 2. paint– with WATERCOLOR paint, the colors that are closest to the OIL PASTEL color…i painted my purple…

The New Art Student…

Sometimes i play more often then i work…can you tell? I made this for my art students, he will be greeting them at the door for a few weeks.

it takes a (DIY) village to house the birds

Instead of doing the watercolor commission or editing photo shoots…you know, the stuff that pays me, i decided i needed to just PLAY. It is summer after all. My daughter, Sophie, is the only child of mine who joined in the fun. The windows on the Mother Nature church of peace were painted with nail polish,…

There be dragons…ninja aliens & a blue bull

2me4art project: This art project is one of my favorites. The boys who made these creatures were ages 5-7.  They are wonderful fun to make. All you need is tinfoil & masking tape, primer paint & acrylic paint & finally mod podge. Most important you need an imagination! I always have the children make something…

weekly photo challenges: Threes

My threes.  The three things that bring me joy.  Well, the first would be photography, which is easy to see in my blog. my second…would be gardening. This is an example of what I picked, every other day, last summer from my flower gardens.  I have five raised flower, veggie, fruit beds & three other…

it’s true

designing something…i may use later for delivering to preschools for art classes. Just playing for now.