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Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Photo of welder
Saturday, June 25, 2011
A video camera and Mother Nature
My first attempt to use my video camera.. The next one will be better.
Mother Nature in Kansas 2011
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| The sky in Kansas 2011 |
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| The Wind, Kansas 2011 |
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| The storm in Kansas moving in. |
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| Angry skies in Kansas 2011 |
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| Rainbow and God's Promise |
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Green photography
Here are some top of the line camera's to the less expensive ones. At Amazon.com you may be able to find used ones for less. Do not let money hinder you from being creative as it is all worth it in the end.
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Your child and art
Creativity is a quality that needs to be nurtured and encouraged by parents, grandparents and teachers. With all the technology the art world has changed the way we create images. Before computers an artist had to use their brains and hands to be creative without making mistakes in the final piece of art.
I remember spending a long time reproducing a set of fonts by hand for use on mock-ups with pencil then applying ink. It taught me how a slight line can make all the difference in the world of the look of a font. A mistake in ink usually required starting all over. Pencils, paint, clay and paper are the way to learn to draw initially.
At an art show of my grandchildren;s work I was elated to see that they used crayons, watercolor and pencils. One project was to re-create a magazine image that was selected by the teacher. Everyone did used the same image. What they produced was works of art each having a unique slant on the image. This was great to see and my grandchildren were proud of what they did with their own two hands.
Computers are a great medium to add to or enhance the original hand-drawn rendering. I want to teach kids to draw by hand as they learn so much more. My grandchildren wanted to use stencils to make a Mother's Day card but watching me draw a picture and write words freestyle made them quickly want to do the same. They were proud of how they drew something just by watching grandma and looking at photos.
The first thing I had them look at was to find shapes in the picture. Looking closely they could see squares, circles and triangles. Computers should be used as a medium but being able to actually hand draw an image helps develop the artistic eye for detail and adds their own individual style. This style and creativity is what makes them unique and also aids in teaching life skills.
I remember spending a long time reproducing a set of fonts by hand for use on mock-ups with pencil then applying ink. It taught me how a slight line can make all the difference in the world of the look of a font. A mistake in ink usually required starting all over. Pencils, paint, clay and paper are the way to learn to draw initially.
At an art show of my grandchildren;s work I was elated to see that they used crayons, watercolor and pencils. One project was to re-create a magazine image that was selected by the teacher. Everyone did used the same image. What they produced was works of art each having a unique slant on the image. This was great to see and my grandchildren were proud of what they did with their own two hands.
Computers are a great medium to add to or enhance the original hand-drawn rendering. I want to teach kids to draw by hand as they learn so much more. My grandchildren wanted to use stencils to make a Mother's Day card but watching me draw a picture and write words freestyle made them quickly want to do the same. They were proud of how they drew something just by watching grandma and looking at photos.
The first thing I had them look at was to find shapes in the picture. Looking closely they could see squares, circles and triangles. Computers should be used as a medium but being able to actually hand draw an image helps develop the artistic eye for detail and adds their own individual style. This style and creativity is what makes them unique and also aids in teaching life skills.
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- Kelly777
- Happily married for 34 years and a grandmother of 3 beautiful grandchildren. I love family, friends, art, dogs, gardening, poker, pool, the outdoors and the simple things in life. Unemployed for 2 years I am trying to survive and keep what I have by making a living on-line. I am not trying to get rich but I do want to make a honest living as an Affiliate. I believe in God, country, and helping people which I have done all my life. All I ask is that you help increase my odds of making my American Dream come true. I will never lie to you or try to scam you just to make a sale. I make every effort to buy a product from a fellow American. I hope that you will learn something about the art of playing poker and other games of chance. Most of all I hope you have a great time learning from my posts. Never spend money you cannot afford to lose. The odds of becoming a successful on-line entrepreneur is 1 in 1,000,000,000. The gamble of writing posts is that I will not lose even if I never make a dime. I love teaching and writing so the enjoyment I get from giving information to others is a win-win situation. God Bless America!
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