Mackenzie and I worked on these landscape pencil drawings this week ... Mackenzie’s Mine 🙂 We followed along with this video ... pausing many times to catch up! We enjoyed the process, and we’re happy with the results!
Category: Creative Corner
Madilyn’s Animal Drawings
Madilyn (7.5) was busy for a couple of days drawing an “animal series” ... while listening to our family read aloud one night, she was inspired to create Bob the Bear. Of course, he needed friends, so she drew Dave the Duck, and Fin the Fox. Bob the Bear Dave the Duck Fin the Fox… Continue reading Madilyn’s Animal Drawings
Polar Bears
Mackenzie and I created these this week! Such a neat project ... I love the result! So much texture! Mackenzie’s Polar Bear My Polar Bear For instructions on how to create this masterpiece, click here. And, of course, if you create a polar bear of your own, please share photos with us!
Gingerbread Houses
The girls and I puttered away at these cute little gingerbread houses the last couple of days ... Here’s the website we got the free printable from ... http://ayeletkeshet.com/printable-gingerbread-house-template-to-color/ We’d love to see YOUR gingerbread houses if you create some!
Watercolour Poppies
Worked on this poppy watercolour project today with Mackenzie … these are water colour pencils that we bought at the dollar store … I ❤️ them!
Remember the Fallen
Yesterday, while playing around with my camera outside, I noticed A LOT of fallen trees. This inspired me to create a small token of remembrance for “The Fallen.” The background is one of the photos I took. The foreground hosts some simple fingerprint poppies … I used green paint markers for the stems. #lestweforget2020
Let His Light Shine
Not too long ago, a good friend of mine lost her father to cancer ... I had no idea how to console her ... no idea how to let her know I was thinking of her during this difficult time ... I desperately wanted to create something meaningful ... something thoughtful ... something that would… Continue reading Let His Light Shine
Mackenzie’s Fall Tree
This tree took a few days to finish ... but was a fun process ... we painted the background and the tree, as well as some papers to snip for the leaves ... then Mackenzie arranged her leaves as she liked ... Mackenzie’s Fall Tree You can find full instructions for this project here: http://www.thatartistwoman.org/2016/09/autumn-collage-tree.html?m=1… Continue reading Mackenzie’s Fall Tree
Cambri’s Creations
Cambri gets in on the creative action over here as well ... She loves to colour, paint, use stickers, glue, and cut ... Here are a few of her recent creations: Cambri’s Creations Our favourite website for colouring pictures is supercoloring.com! Tons of options to choose from and super printer-friendly!
Pumpkins!!!
A couple of weeks ago, for my weekly read aloud, we read a story that originated from Japan. When I dug around for some Japanese artists, Yayoi Kusama's name came up ... here's a couple of examples we created based on her creations ... I personally love how colourful they are! Mrs. Hintz's Yayoi Kusama-Inspired… Continue reading Pumpkins!!!
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