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.

Night Verses Day

Have your camera 

ready at all times
you never know
when a great sight 

that lasts only seconds

to give the picture of a lifetime. 

This photo is called 

"Night Verses Day"

You may only get one chance 

for a picture like this. 

Click!

Decorating With Your Own Photos

Make your home beautiful by making your personal photo's into your own gallery. Restoring old photos that are tucked away in a drawer can be hung on the wall to decorate your home. Your home is your palace so make it unique by hanging up personal photos that look like an expert photographer took. Preserve your legacy and decorate your home at the same time.

With all the new technology the sky is the limit. There are many companies that will revive these memories and you can actually turn your old photos into works of art that becomes apart of the decor for your home. Being an artist I have photos that are aging and just sitting around dwindling to nothing. Not anymore!

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Spring Sunset in Kansas

April 5th, 2011 Sunset in Kansas

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photographic Leave Manipulation

Having some fun for no reason at all! 

 

Samson-Our Best Friend

Drawing animals is something I throughly enjoy and drawing my friends families animals from photographs. I have made an effort to capture the beauty of "man's best friend" as well as their unique personalities. No two dogs are the same and any dog lover knows this very well. This drawing of my dog Samson is something we cherish deeply. We found Samson from an ad in the newspaper. His father was so ferocious we could not see him but boy did we hear him. Out of a litter of 8 pups this dog seemed to walk right into our hearts. He was Shepard/Malamute mix according to the owners. He turned out to be a very gentle dog but his name fit him perfectly. He played with kids never harming anyone. He also was very smart and was easily trained. We had rescued a blind tan chow that was blind from the animal shelter just before we found Samson. She was about to be put down and I was not going to let this happen. The reason I am telling you about Harry is because she and Samson became our family in rapid succession. We initially went to the shelter looking for a German Shepard  but when we saw this sad blind, chow with mangled hair that no one wanted and had maxed out her time we brought her home. She was so happy to get out of the pen we quickly fell in love with her. Being a true dog lover I still wanted a Shepard and we felt that she should have a companion. They took to each other like bread and butter. They will both live in our memories and these hand drawn pictures remind us of their unconditional love they shared with us.

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