tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48384521883543427352024-03-04T20:26:02.610-08:00Our Adventures in ArtThe adventures of a home school mother and her artistic third grade son.Sharon B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03921173805185993288noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838452188354342735.post-33969958981930003402011-03-26T09:04:00.000-07:002011-03-29T15:17:57.230-07:00Spring redecorating<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I</span></span></span>t's spring break. We stayed home. Well, Levi has been on 2 sleep overs and a couple outings, but our trip to Bend didn't take place. So, I've been working on some creative projects. I've been wanting to do something for above the doorway in our kitchen for a <span style="font-size:130%;">LONG</span> time. I've even had the blank canvases for a <span style="font-size:130%;">LONG</span> time. I finally took some time to use some of my flower photography, Photoshop and Mod Podge and these are the finished products.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrM2qkGtDCe-EFiAx133Ad3Dx9sDjYspoNR3ThvQK_5CH1UgqCHQxtFn4t8tkVzOB1jmTTgt4rMJSTpPub_a62uKkI4TKlfF0qDmpB4IR0xEouCsqEcefbKJfGvEP0SCNTgmXVX_b-m0I/s1600/kitchen+art+2.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 91px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrM2qkGtDCe-EFiAx133Ad3Dx9sDjYspoNR3ThvQK_5CH1UgqCHQxtFn4t8tkVzOB1jmTTgt4rMJSTpPub_a62uKkI4TKlfF0qDmpB4IR0xEouCsqEcefbKJfGvEP0SCNTgmXVX_b-m0I/s320/kitchen+art+2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588422118635894626" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTFTe7y1iuvKnT2EBXxV4i2stKIqvohwwop6IpPZlZw4e2TAFhH3kEJodbc3G7RxlVD6PpxKdWkxhBEvuad0egQ_8qPScOGlgdaGLlHVb-JUqXRoEHtsAflv8yJykbr0PV0wNm2TnZ9o/s1600/kitchen+art.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwTFTe7y1iuvKnT2EBXxV4i2stKIqvohwwop6IpPZlZw4e2TAFhH3kEJodbc3G7RxlVD6PpxKdWkxhBEvuad0egQ_8qPScOGlgdaGLlHVb-JUqXRoEHtsAflv8yJykbr0PV0wNm2TnZ9o/s320/kitchen+art.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588422122553537138" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It seemed like it would be a pretty easy process. Ha! I got home with my photocopies only to find out that they did NOT copy at 100% of the original size so I couldn't use all of them. I did the "Dream" panel first. It worked out pretty well, had some minor trouble with bubbles. Then I did the crocus. It was<span style="font-size:130%;"> TERRIBLE</span> and I finally peeled it off the canvas so I could start over. After another trip to make photocopies I was able to complete the project on the second evening. I have a little touch up to do on the black edges and then should spray them with matte acrylic.<br /><br />Next up was a project for the bathroom. Another one that I've been meaning to do for quite some time now. For the past 8 years (wow, I just didn't realize it had been so long) I have had a collage of B&W photos of the boys in the tub. Cute when the kids are little, maybe not so cute when the kids are now 15 and 9. Maybe I can bring them out again when the boys are all grown up.<br /><br />Anyway, I've been wanting to use some flower photography in there to brighten it up, but again found that trying to choose which photos of the thousands that I have was just more than I could handle. I finally tackled it!<span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" > I LOVE IT</span><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span> With Photoshop I was able to crop and also add some words. I even made a layout to help me plan it. Then I sent the files to Costco yesterday afternoon and picked them up this morning, using a coupon for free prints to "pay" for them. FREE, love it even more.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAWbxRcO-M6ymawUE075hhr6w542ZB88WBW7q9PNLK9vdMGyeZP28X-kMs9kRnT2WTUeEQLWmPxIebgHSksi2IoTkfRvzMKV_3Slg69xeX2WkBVN11aKvjWubAtOSMwoMjEIJR4kTyQo/s1600/bathtub-collage.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 276px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQAWbxRcO-M6ymawUE075hhr6w542ZB88WBW7q9PNLK9vdMGyeZP28X-kMs9kRnT2WTUeEQLWmPxIebgHSksi2IoTkfRvzMKV_3Slg69xeX2WkBVN11aKvjWubAtOSMwoMjEIJR4kTyQo/s320/bathtub-collage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588474736692853634" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">A little yellowed after years of hanging in the bathroom.<br />And the acrylic frame doesn't exactly photograph very well! </span></span><br /><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7KcDqjcxZayLKfO-30v02Fux0FlH5v_gmRUVXrqh1H-fMWuJZEQZgfvv5riTeRD7XkiOate5czXDLj3-K85Sb5eqx6hL49aTbi663EJ6MHFxTqfMfD7jlWQu0p7AeCkovKry5se5dn4/s1600/Bathroom-collage.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 278px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjG7KcDqjcxZayLKfO-30v02Fux0FlH5v_gmRUVXrqh1H-fMWuJZEQZgfvv5riTeRD7XkiOate5czXDLj3-K85Sb5eqx6hL49aTbi663EJ6MHFxTqfMfD7jlWQu0p7AeCkovKry5se5dn4/s320/Bathroom-collage.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588474730163968146" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I am so <span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:100%;" >excited</span> about this bright new addition to our bathroom.<br /></span></div><br /><br />I have a couple more projects in the works, so check back.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" >Sharon</span>Sharon B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03921173805185993288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838452188354342735.post-89016438631147863932011-03-18T12:15:00.001-07:002011-03-18T16:32:06.241-07:00Over, Under, Over, UnderLevi repeated, "Over, under, over, under," as he wove his paper together this morning. He worked deliberately to make sure that certain parts of the painting would show, sometimes turning a strip around or sliding it up to make sure that it revealed just the right part. I LOVE the results. I have to admit that I wasn't so sure about it yesterday when I saw the way the sheets of paper looked, but they dried nicely and the results are beautiful. The colors really POP!<br /><br />I matted his finished work with black and white and then put it in a black frame. This piece just might get a spot on our dining room wall.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWutkTqTlLZjzKL5HCqXX1PMqTXNV5z-x6iL7_QWwoMITrj5DsXiTqCdIUt79rSmmV765JGn8jbkElcqQ5-ba8kTTW0DRJPTNC-k3S-PDim4JiTzQLtYTlWQD7OHVYVGD5aVoHn9wy1j8/s1600/2011-03-18_-color-weaving-f.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 317px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWutkTqTlLZjzKL5HCqXX1PMqTXNV5z-x6iL7_QWwoMITrj5DsXiTqCdIUt79rSmmV765JGn8jbkElcqQ5-ba8kTTW0DRJPTNC-k3S-PDim4JiTzQLtYTlWQD7OHVYVGD5aVoHn9wy1j8/s320/2011-03-18_-color-weaving-f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585501708581019042" border="0" /></a><br />Check out <a href="http://ouradventuresinart.blogspot.com/2011/03/color-primary-and-secondary.html">yesterday's post</a> about the beginning of this project and a link back to the idea source.<br /><br />Looking forward to spring break which officially starts this afternoon. I plan to get his bed moved which will allow him more room around his studio. <a href="http://ouradventuresinart.blogspot.com/2011/02/my-son-is-one-of-those-who-loves-to.html">(See photo in this previous post.)</a> Hopefully that will make it easier for him to work and create there.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" >Sharon</span><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" ><br /></span>Sharon B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03921173805185993288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838452188354342735.post-79502488595963285212011-03-17T17:39:00.000-07:002011-03-18T12:46:58.978-07:00Color - Primary and SecondaryToday we studied color. We talked about primary and secondary colors and did a little mixing with watercolors to complete a color wheel. <br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Dbkw1GLklQ-CmDyA5JCWZKocB8gvUAE0K85zjhYQxQKo6ZIsP61nJfkMN44A318zRFUwU932QDjL9ZE15y0y7xtGoW_LCaplogzVQY2adkiDA-5XxEL6rHipWjWzjhAZmHHttIPEvA4/s1600/scan0009.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 250px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7Dbkw1GLklQ-CmDyA5JCWZKocB8gvUAE0K85zjhYQxQKo6ZIsP61nJfkMN44A318zRFUwU932QDjL9ZE15y0y7xtGoW_LCaplogzVQY2adkiDA-5XxEL6rHipWjWzjhAZmHHttIPEvA4/s320/scan0009.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585216847018962034" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Then Levi painted 2 sheets of watercolor paper, one with warm colors and one with cool colors. Tomorrow he will get to cut them into strips and weave them together. I got the idea for the color weaving project from Art Projects for Kids, <a href="http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/2011/03/warm-and-cool-watercolor-weaving.html">click here</a> to go right to the project.<br /><br />As soon as he finished the painting he went off to do a little more origami.<br /><br />More photos will come tomorrow after the project is completed.<br /><br />Happy Saint Patrick's Day!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" >Sharon</span>Sharon B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03921173805185993288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838452188354342735.post-2194156278765552062011-03-16T23:42:00.000-07:002011-03-16T23:45:52.708-07:00SmileThis afternoon Levi told me that he tried to smile all day so that the day would go well and so it would pass quickly because he was anxious to be able to try some more origami. Wow, I hope I can continue to find projects that he likes so much! He stayed home and did origami projects while I went to Cole's track meet. Smart kid, it was COLD and started pouring rain while I was standing out there. <br /><br />Will be keeping a lookout for more fun origami patterns. <br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" >Sharon</span>Sharon B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03921173805185993288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838452188354342735.post-76019267344190183732011-03-16T10:59:00.000-07:002011-03-26T09:13:51.096-07:00I can't stop!I stayed up late listening to an audiobook and folding boxes out of the pages of a catalog. Then this morning while giving Levi his spelling test I made my 2 tiniest boxes yet. I just couldn't see wasting the scraps of paper left from cutting the larger squares from an 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper. I think the green box was from 3x3 pieces of paper.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3R0IzK8kDJBH6xi6HWnCfILZrr917LsDsgJKVVrOX7eTCUL-xcbmDuNnFGDtZz6shDSIa_6KxGbRGgmvDTXc3ZavitUroquLwG3vLm_xSFp55ONWodf7RlvTjDGGsc0VDpcT8YTm0XRo/s1600/2011+03+16_6977.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3R0IzK8kDJBH6xi6HWnCfILZrr917LsDsgJKVVrOX7eTCUL-xcbmDuNnFGDtZz6shDSIa_6KxGbRGgmvDTXc3ZavitUroquLwG3vLm_xSFp55ONWodf7RlvTjDGGsc0VDpcT8YTm0XRo/s320/2011+03+16_6977.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584739314234769218" border="0" /></a><br />The larger box will fit 7 quarters. I couldn't find enough dimes so tested it with pennies instead, 6 pennies filled it nicely.<br /><br />Ok, I've got to get to something more important!<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" >Sharon</span>Sharon B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03921173805185993288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838452188354342735.post-78921141306185307852011-03-15T21:14:00.000-07:002011-03-15T22:39:23.268-07:00Origami FunLate this afternoon it became obvious to me that I would not have time to do an involved art project with Levi as I needed to get dinner going. Something had been mentioned recently about origami so I decided to look for the box of papers Cole had when he was younger. After finding them and looking into it I realized why they really didn't get used. It was an origami animal kit with heavy printed papers and instructions that are not easy for a beginner. Not wanting to give up so easily I did a Google search for "origami for kids" and found many projects at this site, <a href="http://www.origami-instructions.com/">www.origami-instructions.com</a>.<br /><br />We didn't have any regular origami paper so I just cut up some squares from regular paper and let him start figuring it out. His first project was a <a href="http://www.origami-instructions.com/origami-samurai-helmet.html">samurai hat</a>. He did this one completely on his own. Then he wanted to do a ninja star. I helped him decipher those instructions and made one while he made his. He made a few more.<br /><br />We branched out and looked up more and more patterns. We completed most of what we started but found a few too difficult to understand.<br /><br />Please enjoy photos of our creations.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8zenO0XwA3AyCcyUyVUHryDlUOZbM7q0AzEthFZTQ8eAkK9PomjSuaM6eyKAzzF2Fbcf6JBRsp5Ch7cfXL5ecXwiDY68V12DHapH42skVa7cKprG7IfBiqjKxnQxrdzNjqjPvOuW4LI/s1600/orimani-samurai-hat.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP8zenO0XwA3AyCcyUyVUHryDlUOZbM7q0AzEthFZTQ8eAkK9PomjSuaM6eyKAzzF2Fbcf6JBRsp5Ch7cfXL5ecXwiDY68V12DHapH42skVa7cKprG7IfBiqjKxnQxrdzNjqjPvOuW4LI/s320/orimani-samurai-hat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584532830665135362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;">Levi's samurai hat</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTCuQHMBnEBNUwO19v7skdah6xXTk-ZolZWzZvpRUZ2H4Emn4FPkt8NPFJ0nl355It9MNZZqjYNBDojiC2DENYYCKgasBEE_dKlJFIdpk_CSLBhjibqiz7m4ERZd4Qj605sgjnxQVr5k/s1600/origami-ninja-stars.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWTCuQHMBnEBNUwO19v7skdah6xXTk-ZolZWzZvpRUZ2H4Emn4FPkt8NPFJ0nl355It9MNZZqjYNBDojiC2DENYYCKgasBEE_dKlJFIdpk_CSLBhjibqiz7m4ERZd4Qj605sgjnxQVr5k/s320/origami-ninja-stars.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584532836002578162" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Our ninja stars</span></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IxsLd9RTWmruDC2bk0LLqfLmuZ8fRxUgRb7WVkT9TwWGnJl29kA2iZ5KNaSGfyPoyBwuIkhSBYT4WsHrSZ2kZxDWWdmuTqaKRa7snCbQqRW1R7Lp3LisgWmnqlFxbqKFKd1nm7hu4qI/s1600/origami-box-of-ninja-stars.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5IxsLd9RTWmruDC2bk0LLqfLmuZ8fRxUgRb7WVkT9TwWGnJl29kA2iZ5KNaSGfyPoyBwuIkhSBYT4WsHrSZ2kZxDWWdmuTqaKRa7snCbQqRW1R7Lp3LisgWmnqlFxbqKFKd1nm7hu4qI/s320/origami-box-of-ninja-stars.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584532837465452722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Levi's box with ninja stars</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqPYZQpfduYdRYeJwXqiQT24BvTm6zYBpLLqaapqVOqXngPHUEiSj-EgH70U1bojDbh5tVPIjtQUGxz6hLLnR8mvGvbRc6Kr5NJ2Pt1iKF4A2RudJC7ohEkpvm5NqTowuVlkM0gkiBTYk/s1600/origami-tote-bags.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqPYZQpfduYdRYeJwXqiQT24BvTm6zYBpLLqaapqVOqXngPHUEiSj-EgH70U1bojDbh5tVPIjtQUGxz6hLLnR8mvGvbRc6Kr5NJ2Pt1iKF4A2RudJC7ohEkpvm5NqTowuVlkM0gkiBTYk/s320/origami-tote-bags.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584532837226977250" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Our tote bags</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF3A7orJ3a0eEr0YYf4usbERCOISpnbAZhBqtCIv964wXOYGvIYgnJ4aKrGigxYnGWF0sjCrGU4OVXp6TezT1Zt7xKJNn9EB2TQW8cgixvya_xVwhW8gnd2QR0K5hLO3kFUOUVMkGcPtw/s1600/origami-inflatable-goldfish.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF3A7orJ3a0eEr0YYf4usbERCOISpnbAZhBqtCIv964wXOYGvIYgnJ4aKrGigxYnGWF0sjCrGU4OVXp6TezT1Zt7xKJNn9EB2TQW8cgixvya_xVwhW8gnd2QR0K5hLO3kFUOUVMkGcPtw/s320/origami-inflatable-goldfish.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584533250346815986" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Levi's inflatable goldfish </span></span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDhI2veBOvAps9Dl145Oc7BPkZMcRu6siURGdkxsKvywjao1VYAt1dz6x7vN2Eogp2XFwa21scAAMv9Gb7kWngiN33WeE3BohyphenhyphenG4YklaiSh37iTALg4wz42zCntkEZGni-HthkXOoMuzc/s1600/origami-goldfish.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDhI2veBOvAps9Dl145Oc7BPkZMcRu6siURGdkxsKvywjao1VYAt1dz6x7vN2Eogp2XFwa21scAAMv9Gb7kWngiN33WeE3BohyphenhyphenG4YklaiSh37iTALg4wz42zCntkEZGni-HthkXOoMuzc/s320/origami-goldfish.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584533247366271266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Levi's inflatable goldfish side view</span><br /></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQ4bhGP2-FIViB8fWSekAa-gbScGknNEkD0uGlGVRUt5FgFqYzoudGaz625Ske68tgPXSXpP4gg_Js5f5Pn0Arpr94I2nLdlH0RhSxjFNkOo5y0DCBjGsrw28mQ1yNLtAgxsaMP61r4Q/s1600/origami-frog-by-levi.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQ4bhGP2-FIViB8fWSekAa-gbScGknNEkD0uGlGVRUt5FgFqYzoudGaz625Ske68tgPXSXpP4gg_Js5f5Pn0Arpr94I2nLdlH0RhSxjFNkOo5y0DCBjGsrw28mQ1yNLtAgxsaMP61r4Q/s320/origami-frog-by-levi.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584533253304357538" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Levi's frog made from a scrap of paper he took to his room at bedtime. </span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">No pattern was used for this creature. Not bad!</span><br /></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyjLNPFtwloZqGGJygF3uzS-HdF3vSXlIdyfE6OPZb6_6BwDXGpNet8LfJON9_bNEhnY85AZzOxZQtk5c0QBPTN3FYsOhWmFUVipzL2WouaOZ6EYsCUiDx4xt64pGAXpUdGo6zevzWpg/s1600/origami-box-sharon.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGyjLNPFtwloZqGGJygF3uzS-HdF3vSXlIdyfE6OPZb6_6BwDXGpNet8LfJON9_bNEhnY85AZzOxZQtk5c0QBPTN3FYsOhWmFUVipzL2WouaOZ6EYsCUiDx4xt64pGAXpUdGo6zevzWpg/s320/origami-box-sharon.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584532828754702578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >My box and lid</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">During Levi's bedtime prayers he was thankful for the idea of origami and all the fun he had this evening. (He played with it from 4:30-8:30 with the exception of time out for dinner and helping do the dinner dishes) Then he told him it was so fun, even more fun than playing video games and he really likes to play video games! I know what he means. After I put him to bed and typed up most of this blog I just HAD to do some more origami so I made this little box with divider. The box measures approx. 2 x 2 inches, I wonder what I will find to put in these tiny little compartments.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikYuGTg3jRnYo4nX53QJ3uprKRr_LYfYs9KMMdjdHhc_pGwOADq4-j55tmoIg2Wo837sJrxIh3uXeDZzBzkSL9coXQ0p-mwPYIr-RKMrZF-GvjTfJrZjLJ9Pf9BjRLfnbaGJ-8Rz_pTI/s1600/origami-box-with-divider.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhikYuGTg3jRnYo4nX53QJ3uprKRr_LYfYs9KMMdjdHhc_pGwOADq4-j55tmoIg2Wo837sJrxIh3uXeDZzBzkSL9coXQ0p-mwPYIr-RKMrZF-GvjTfJrZjLJ9Pf9BjRLfnbaGJ-8Rz_pTI/s320/origami-box-with-divider.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5584547726325890962" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Hope I can keep finding great projects for him.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" >Sharon</span><br /></div></div>Sharon B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03921173805185993288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838452188354342735.post-3523235160027880102011-03-11T14:26:00.000-08:002011-03-11T15:06:47.797-08:00Name CreatureThis afternoon we combined some math with our art. I asked Levi what he knew about symmetry and found out he really didn't know what it is. (I remember that Cole impressed me with this word and concept at an early age after he learned it on OPB, watching Cyber Chase.)<br /><br />I found this fun interactive <a href="http://www.linkslearning.org/Kids/1_Math/2_Illustrated_Lessons/4_Line_Symmetry/index.html">video on symmetry</a> and we watched it together. Then we moved on to our art project which I found <a href="http://ms-artteacher.blogspot.com/2010/09/name-aliens-bugs-whatever.html">here</a>, at a blog called That Little Art Teacher. Levi worked at learning to make a fancy cursive "L" because the capital "L" in the italic cursive that he is learning really isn't as interesting.<br /><br />Once he got the hang of it, he folded an 8x10 paper in half lengthwise and wrote his name so that it was resting on the fold. He then traced it with a black oil pastel and then refolded the paper and rubbed hard to transfer the name to the other side of the paper and then traced over that portion. Then the fun really began. He decorated up his creature, making sure to keeps things symmetrical. If he added to one side he had to add the same to the other side. If you look closely you can find Levi's name in this creature.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCInKxvyvbzD0KSjTP0-X4OJyeB2XKhhPZJxueKkRoqpxB26SbBldxsvQ3g7fLf85FGT2LBRSKhTZUSyvnB3ln1LsJefCkgjyl4fpkHNee8DjtVa_VBNE0MM7F3-bHkxzRp-RP0QWnb1U/s1600/Levi%2527s-creature-before-back.jpg"><br /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUDgD5vBYb2DwdItB9_rLOi1Lit6wLHla1xuCxRP54fgB4CKfDL6a-WUBYUJN8KR-YLhPVX307VRwLO2Vr4J-Hdh-qJpaX-9OKOJGXbY6yOwVWklP-8S-0G_QHo3Sn3D-dQxgSEzeHwrg/s1600/Levi%2527s-creature-with-backgr.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUDgD5vBYb2DwdItB9_rLOi1Lit6wLHla1xuCxRP54fgB4CKfDL6a-WUBYUJN8KR-YLhPVX307VRwLO2Vr4J-Hdh-qJpaX-9OKOJGXbY6yOwVWklP-8S-0G_QHo3Sn3D-dQxgSEzeHwrg/s320/Levi%2527s-creature-with-backgr.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582961886371750546" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Levi's completed project.<br /><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWghGKTNmvNpBiodh_7wX5dmbnWLg4bApYdrE4hpUwlulpN0IJY8VT7uggujuZGCDjuB9EDsKoq5VTDzZs-XBUSvWSZANYOTOc2Y88bws3YShLcZFOw1VKOTcO4PDDyuahn5afqvs524/s1600/name-bug.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 233px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQWghGKTNmvNpBiodh_7wX5dmbnWLg4bApYdrE4hpUwlulpN0IJY8VT7uggujuZGCDjuB9EDsKoq5VTDzZs-XBUSvWSZANYOTOc2Y88bws3YShLcZFOw1VKOTcO4PDDyuahn5afqvs524/s320/name-bug.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5582958000779072338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Can you see my name in there? I took the easy way out and added<br />my background with Photoshop after scanning my creature. </span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">I must say that his background looks a lot more interesting than mine.</span><br /></span></div><br /><br />Have an awesome weekend,<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" >Sharon</span>Sharon B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03921173805185993288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838452188354342735.post-4727974336640799442011-03-07T16:04:00.001-08:002011-03-08T13:44:27.176-08:00Books made with our homemade paperToday we used our homemade paper from last week to make covers for little books. Levi's comment when we were done was, "It's like making the paper, it's so fun I don't want to stop." He completed 3 books. I made six, four to give to my friends at my book club, one for myself and one more to give away.<br /><br />We used <a href="http://world.std.com/%7Edeanb/zgg/book_5st_1.html">these directions for 5-stitch bookbinding</a> from Zum Gali Gali Rubber Stamps. We first learned to make these little books a few years ago at the local Asian Festival. It was so fun that I came home and made lots more books. I made them for place cards for dinner on Chinese New Year, I gave them away, and I carried them in my purse to jot notes on.<br /><br />Our paper measured about 5.5 x 8.5, so we used one sheet to make the front and back covers of our larger books. For the smaller books we cut (or tore) our paper into four sections and made 2 smaller books. The smaller books are perfect for keeping in a purse to jot notes to oneself. When Levi was smaller I kept one in my purse so that if he said something cute while we were out and about I could just record it in my booklet, knowing that if I didn't jot it down I would probably forget it or get it all jumbled up. It's fun to look back at the little notes I've written.<br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrORl7Ez8-Z-3HOpCxFSY__l0q-htHk8Ga_NJ22xwRYtkEtKXtVy-DUrFSa5Vf33vbtwsORxQGBqvK8PKtPZZOV4bZCEQ43Ew5TBuyOYiPAor5tpkbXcj84IcA2vSSTdw36EByK6P7CXg/s1600/2011-03-07_6885.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrORl7Ez8-Z-3HOpCxFSY__l0q-htHk8Ga_NJ22xwRYtkEtKXtVy-DUrFSa5Vf33vbtwsORxQGBqvK8PKtPZZOV4bZCEQ43Ew5TBuyOYiPAor5tpkbXcj84IcA2vSSTdw36EByK6P7CXg/s320/2011-03-07_6885.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581495714405759202" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Levi's books</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The red flecks in the orange paper are scraps of red napkins.<br />The dark purple flecks in the blue paper are also napkins, the yellow flecks are dried flower petals and the sparkles come from glitter added to the mix. </span><br /><br /><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCKYAfLIu_ed-YVCUugutBnfbeL-I9MufPAqW6Y5x4pVUtqzuhU134h03-OY_4HCzv6vGq3h-cLmWCZGnpB4Faeu38oH3OHA_MB0CaxytKaZ2k0dI-_SOQIb9K_JUzQx1X7jjvFa8gf6A/s1600/2011-03-07_6886.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCKYAfLIu_ed-YVCUugutBnfbeL-I9MufPAqW6Y5x4pVUtqzuhU134h03-OY_4HCzv6vGq3h-cLmWCZGnpB4Faeu38oH3OHA_MB0CaxytKaZ2k0dI-_SOQIb9K_JUzQx1X7jjvFa8gf6A/s320/2011-03-07_6886.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581495723976805042" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">mini books for my friends at book club</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">The white stitching is done with dental floss, and the brown<br />stitching is done with linen thread.</span><br /></div><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHqlX43t_bDgMRxifg6QzdSIWQhLkToNZyIlheNT9lZWx5vroaoBx61XZAOgMooeJyDmRTqSCGouUGuyHdVhgrkXQ5_eb9rL-f2O-RePli2EhyiLakc9CiLCVmEqIRR644SBTJsJUUog/s1600/2011-03-07_6887.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrHqlX43t_bDgMRxifg6QzdSIWQhLkToNZyIlheNT9lZWx5vroaoBx61XZAOgMooeJyDmRTqSCGouUGuyHdVhgrkXQ5_eb9rL-f2O-RePli2EhyiLakc9CiLCVmEqIRR644SBTJsJUUog/s320/2011-03-07_6887.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5581495717285509874" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >mini book for me</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">These are lots of fun to make and not too hard if you read the entire instructions.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" >Sharon</span><br /></div></div>Sharon B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03921173805185993288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838452188354342735.post-59574312795785272602011-03-05T10:50:00.001-08:002011-03-05T12:39:34.835-08:00First Friday Art WalkLevi and I had a really enjoyable evening last night at the First Friday Art Walk.<br /><br />We started at 5 PM with a light dinner and dessert at Perugino. (I used a <a href="http://www.groupon.com/eugene/">Groupon</a> to get a great deal, $15 in food and drinks for just $7.) After our delicious panini sandwich, baklava and brownie we headed over to the first stop on the Art Walk, Opus VII Gallery. Wow was it ever busy! We'll have to go back again so we can actually see and savor the artwork in their new exhibit by a local graphic designer, David Funk, and the artists who have worked for him over the past 30 years.<br /><br />Next stop was the <a href="http://www.jacobsgallery.org/">Jacobs Gallery</a> at the Hult Center. The current exhibit is called "Surface and Silence" by Wesley Hurd and Rafael Perea de la Cabada. It was interesting but not particularly my style. I didn't quite "get" some of their abstract art. We met Wesley Hurd and he was a very nice guy.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGcWM5MT8fSWYKhwaIbVhe45bHFTN1YFDTjFndG5yl_9bdPIQCPOvR9AncSuJbAUV4YtkDxdrVQDuWzRn-02gQgUTkOXNa_G0mvx7-DM0aAncA1qt62Rzx4b6PhPHdMJ-wSvRb9FJBlQ/s1600/2011-03-04_Wesley-Hurd.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYGcWM5MT8fSWYKhwaIbVhe45bHFTN1YFDTjFndG5yl_9bdPIQCPOvR9AncSuJbAUV4YtkDxdrVQDuWzRn-02gQgUTkOXNa_G0mvx7-DM0aAncA1qt62Rzx4b6PhPHdMJ-wSvRb9FJBlQ/s320/2011-03-04_Wesley-Hurd.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580685292397397794" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Island by Wesley Hurd</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RFogte6cwY2LIrEvYnE2SpFZT_3ZPGIEfkZdFOVEbFbe02n85UOOIoa8psuJZ7p4i_5BJPEz8NIHunLpG1I3PJIr_VfxZuyjUTJbrUChYaUCUZve1ot9Ex24lkbzSQPgjeaQG-1K8G8/s1600/2011-03-04_Rafael.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7RFogte6cwY2LIrEvYnE2SpFZT_3ZPGIEfkZdFOVEbFbe02n85UOOIoa8psuJZ7p4i_5BJPEz8NIHunLpG1I3PJIr_VfxZuyjUTJbrUChYaUCUZve1ot9Ex24lkbzSQPgjeaQG-1K8G8/s320/2011-03-04_Rafael.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580685289692265586" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">by Rafael Perea de la Cabada</span><br /></span></div><br /><br />From there we went on to <a href="http://www.karinclarkegallery.com/">Karin Clarke Gallery</a> to see work by <a href="http://krause.uoregon.edu/index.cfm?mode=krause">LaVerne Krause</a> (a deceased artist) from Oregon. Some of her work was very detailed and other pieces were more impressionistic. After following along on the tour we decided to break away and just go to the galleries on our own because they get pretty crowded during the tour stops.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVNMrYqbVU6d89LgJ6f7JWVp0pEBTw7WxxxqWYZU5CU2nscug5WwbUpi_Vmg0zrmYMDAwMssOksBgmxmiEknJ8a5S9hswQy3HRqywl6LLYm3m4Xuh8WLNUsnKViPT7tITTC0iCzC3tj0/s1600/2011-03-04_LaVerne-woodcut.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGVNMrYqbVU6d89LgJ6f7JWVp0pEBTw7WxxxqWYZU5CU2nscug5WwbUpi_Vmg0zrmYMDAwMssOksBgmxmiEknJ8a5S9hswQy3HRqywl6LLYm3m4Xuh8WLNUsnKViPT7tITTC0iCzC3tj0/s320/2011-03-04_LaVerne-woodcut.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580685296711118706" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >a woodcut by LaVerne Krause - I loved the detail as well as the simplicity of the subject</span><br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzS5HmNKHrY1oK3qe066xUGw-267jXuXi0IKrpXA1A6WvcEWhsf1jQvS_6aVvs8tXUp8VH5nNSopUboZAtRZrtFU8cgdJYkhSdeEOqtSxNGtwR3p_Gri02dXlNOqnsXWyyqZWxUCU5yGI/s1600/2011-03-04-LaVerne-Krause.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 235px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzS5HmNKHrY1oK3qe066xUGw-267jXuXi0IKrpXA1A6WvcEWhsf1jQvS_6aVvs8tXUp8VH5nNSopUboZAtRZrtFU8cgdJYkhSdeEOqtSxNGtwR3p_Gri02dXlNOqnsXWyyqZWxUCU5yGI/s320/2011-03-04-LaVerne-Krause.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580685296266861602" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">painting by LaVerne Krause<br /></span></div><br />Next up was the <a href="http://www.oregonartsalliance.com/">Oregon Arts Alliance.</a> They had a fundraiser, the "2nd Annual 6x6 Benefit Show" going on at the time. There were probably 100 small works of art for sale at $30 each. Some were nice, others not so great. As we came to the end of the pieces to view I saw one that I really loved and it had not yet been claimed. I was so happy to be able to buy this beautiful tulip painting by <a href="http://demetrakalamswatercolors.com/">Demetra Kalams</a>.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdIgRLlcPBYd2PrQ8xf7f8Cu_3ymcuUf8_MR-9_e7O8ZHHBndbym3iZ-xRL7nPPyuFVBVCX2UegL8BauxDnQwDB3qAloJeV2hCHDlLnpQPpMHA8vOYABRdJOTsTVozZg5qDpcbmHYl9A0/s1600/tulips-by-demetra.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 317px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdIgRLlcPBYd2PrQ8xf7f8Cu_3ymcuUf8_MR-9_e7O8ZHHBndbym3iZ-xRL7nPPyuFVBVCX2UegL8BauxDnQwDB3qAloJeV2hCHDlLnpQPpMHA8vOYABRdJOTsTVozZg5qDpcbmHYl9A0/s320/tulips-by-demetra.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580690988644688402" border="0" /></a><br />We had to leave the piece hanging until 7:30 PM so we went on to our next venue and then came back to claim our painting. When we got back, the man-who-seemed-to-be-in-charge introduced me to the artist and then asked if he could get our picture together. Of course I asked him to take one on our camera as well.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6e7tCN6zmkhirzDZeryKuaJoTNjAWTm3PkZr1Icxn7FPn5ILDVuqo9ZUzfhK48I0UcVN-hgpwmSplqb2_yxNXrcQ1znbVuZXeGStRiL0bvOmWlN-K5b-YxwlCfa_oc4wcfaZxxel_P-I/s1600/2011-03-04_6876-copy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6e7tCN6zmkhirzDZeryKuaJoTNjAWTm3PkZr1Icxn7FPn5ILDVuqo9ZUzfhK48I0UcVN-hgpwmSplqb2_yxNXrcQ1znbVuZXeGStRiL0bvOmWlN-K5b-YxwlCfa_oc4wcfaZxxel_P-I/s320/2011-03-04_6876-copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580690980555441826" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSYhhOLLfjD24R-zNXDbCZVurtqgF7QnlHXMpXkVVaEVyX11N9P8GC2GGw4D27tYW-LbgBDXz1zZ_0-AdksZSAk5S_QcnwAyi_xBlvDUUv38pmR5pf4ZVwfZqB-6KOdf6YfuLf2owBAj8/s1600/scan0003.jpg"><br /></a>We headed over to the New Zone Gallery and introduced ourselves to Tad's friend, Eagle Park Slim, who was there performing music. This is probably my least favorite gallery, it's not very classy and sometimes has some art that I find disgusting, but I do know a couple people who display their art there so it's nice to look at their work.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqBP7HzOYv3Gj62eYmvPjKZ9D32wlDBpl3mCMlcmfhil_hwrlcf-EnlX-ydfP_-n6yL8psMptX0fhyQPbMHY_ix4W7wdduu-yafo-OifBdAntOL9cvwVDhvOl7fdqEQgw14xCNBHdHlg/s1600/2011-03-04_Eagle-Park-Slim.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKqBP7HzOYv3Gj62eYmvPjKZ9D32wlDBpl3mCMlcmfhil_hwrlcf-EnlX-ydfP_-n6yL8psMptX0fhyQPbMHY_ix4W7wdduu-yafo-OifBdAntOL9cvwVDhvOl7fdqEQgw14xCNBHdHlg/s320/2011-03-04_Eagle-Park-Slim.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580685302421591986" border="0" /></a><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" >Slim</span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:85%;" > - (sorry for the poor quality photo)<br /></span></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUm2nAX3gTfKP8keORKpnZpKuOzp7mutP2zR0QYd58Se8yJnNuJMp-Rh-g-IPHj89f7HtHoX7uj5qU52QbvlcCqg1Vykb3oHGMaBtiU7TtBrf-VN1fKgBdadSdQHjg2TV6jFgNAmHWz4/s1600/2011-03-04_Robin-Marks-Fife.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 254px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNUm2nAX3gTfKP8keORKpnZpKuOzp7mutP2zR0QYd58Se8yJnNuJMp-Rh-g-IPHj89f7HtHoX7uj5qU52QbvlcCqg1Vykb3oHGMaBtiU7TtBrf-VN1fKgBdadSdQHjg2TV6jFgNAmHWz4/s320/2011-03-04_Robin-Marks-Fife.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580685385768408002" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Forest Snow by Robin Marks-Fife<br />(Levi took a watercolor class from her<br />through HomeSource.)<br /></span></span></div><br />We stopped by one other location, <a href="http://olivegrand.com/">Olive Grand</a>, but it was SO crowded for its small space that we could hardly view the art. I think we might stop by another time we are downtown so we can take in their exhibit, "The Magic of Ireland", photographs by Anne McRae. They also had live music, but the crowd was so noisy it was difficult to hear and enjoy the music.<br /><br />Around 8 PM we were definitely ready to call it an evening. We had left the umbrella in the trunk of the car when we arrived downtown during a light rain. That light rain turned to a downpour and we ended up soaked before the evening was over. We both had a great time and think we will enjoy it even more on a nice warm, dry evening in the future.<br /><br />Hope you have enjoyed a small sampling of the art.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" >Sharon</span>Sharon B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03921173805185993288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838452188354342735.post-24330158709082814332011-03-05T00:40:00.000-08:002011-03-05T12:46:38.678-08:00Home Depot Kids' WorkshopThe first Saturday of the month means one special thing to Levi, it's the <a href="http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ContentView?pn=Kids_Workshops&catalogId=10053&storeId=10051&langId=-1">Home Depot Kids' Workshop</a>. We have gone nearly every month since May of 2009. He has assembled (built) some pretty neat projects over that time and has quite a collection of pins on his apron to show off what he has done. (Unfortunately, today he left his apron home as we rushed out the door to take Cole and some other athletes to track practice so his photo shows him in a borrowed apron.)<br /><br />Today's project was to assemble (with glue and hammer) a model of Home Depot's #20 race car. The wood was pre-painted and the stickers were provided. This made it one of their simpler projects, but fun nonetheless.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8gp_9eZJmYFgcJ63vjQO0NbpPG6hODBK28VBmpfUt3FULArdRHP6eOxbSn4RMn07JMFAcFcHNFrZxs_cne80zPilic4Pz9S22-ILejyUd-KOUc8ndYPA-O4jbbGSkulazrw93iyaJTg/s1600/2011-03-05_6880.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEje8gp_9eZJmYFgcJ63vjQO0NbpPG6hODBK28VBmpfUt3FULArdRHP6eOxbSn4RMn07JMFAcFcHNFrZxs_cne80zPilic4Pz9S22-ILejyUd-KOUc8ndYPA-O4jbbGSkulazrw93iyaJTg/s320/2011-03-05_6880.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580699462182713794" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB4gqjKF4FnjeEPpictDngD1xXvwjmZt_wmTH-yb0hf60emWd7Sqw8ELpde2XhksychJSUkHfN65ViSW1BCHyAaUxPuZM1xupoemGu0vX7ZIPJI7mrAJJrzUIeveoKfzkh0ddbVEVgIdY/s1600/2011-03-05_6881.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhB4gqjKF4FnjeEPpictDngD1xXvwjmZt_wmTH-yb0hf60emWd7Sqw8ELpde2XhksychJSUkHfN65ViSW1BCHyAaUxPuZM1xupoemGu0vX7ZIPJI7mrAJJrzUIeveoKfzkh0ddbVEVgIdY/s320/2011-03-05_6881.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580699465732563730" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFfdQytwNuQKlk5sJNeSUFJ1riW7WnzFVHBYTJHargkkm1oTkI7Hdppxg2xBFDGY9qbej3SIAj47bsEraD71T22E9cXZ6oI8CULTfz8KVMVKyreosN29qrKUsyDhGWFa_bFQHY-QeCn8/s1600/2011-03-05_6882.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmFfdQytwNuQKlk5sJNeSUFJ1riW7WnzFVHBYTJHargkkm1oTkI7Hdppxg2xBFDGY9qbej3SIAj47bsEraD71T22E9cXZ6oI8CULTfz8KVMVKyreosN29qrKUsyDhGWFa_bFQHY-QeCn8/s320/2011-03-05_6882.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5580699467859548658" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Levi and his finished project.</span></span><br /></div><br />Next month's project is a planter/basket, I'm sure we'll be there.<br /><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>Sharon B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03921173805185993288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838452188354342735.post-72714257842111305202011-03-03T14:47:00.001-08:002011-03-03T15:09:39.655-08:00Bird DrawingToday we worked on drawing. We started with some warm up exercises, practicing the basic elements of shape. We then read 3 fun books: <span style="font-style: italic;">ish</span>, and <span style="font-style: italic;">the dot</span> by <a href="http://www.peterhreynolds.com/books.html">Peter H. Reynolds</a>, and <span style="font-style: italic;">Tico and the Golden Wings</span> by <a href="http://www.randomhouse.com/kids/lionni/">Leo Lionni</a>. I then read an excerpt about Leo from the book <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Artist-Major-Illustrators-Children-About/dp/0399246002">Artist to Artist</a>. Using pictures from Tico as his inspiration, Levi drew his bird picture. We talked (I suppose I am the one who talked) about looking for those basic elements of shape and considering them as he drew.<br /><br />The drawing was done with black fine point marker and then colored in with markers. We NEED to get more blue markers, but even if we had them I don't know if he would have finished coloring in the sky. It is HARD to draw with markers. Our instinct is to want a pencil so then we can fuss with erasing and getting everything perfect. The drawing book says to learn with pen so that you don't do all that fussing and you learn to think it through more before putting the pen to paper.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4nyXu376tj-qnmtyYwKqH4AD5ulbhB5kngMWUC4M2gDjrpRUNfeM2xSVyxfyNONT4xzLk09prDpHNN9UCGv-Ri1Yn2rkSs9GxOKemu89VA86YuvNsm6GKChcGtxQyoeSKubtNMORwgc/s1600/Birds-03-03-2011.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 248px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji4nyXu376tj-qnmtyYwKqH4AD5ulbhB5kngMWUC4M2gDjrpRUNfeM2xSVyxfyNONT4xzLk09prDpHNN9UCGv-Ri1Yn2rkSs9GxOKemu89VA86YuvNsm6GKChcGtxQyoeSKubtNMORwgc/s320/Birds-03-03-2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579989272365285074" border="0" /></a><br />Our paper from yesterday is drying nicely. Right now it is under a dictionary and a Dutch oven with 4 pounds of weights inside so that it will dry flat. It has a tendency to really curve and not dry very nice at all if left alone.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" >Sharon</span>Sharon B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03921173805185993288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838452188354342735.post-62098253779990923742011-03-02T16:35:00.000-08:002011-03-02T21:14:59.725-08:00Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss and Paper MakingI've always loved Dr. Seuss and his magical books. Cole and Levi have also enjoyed his books over the years. I like to celebrate his birthday by serving green eggs and ham for breakfast. I think the boys get a kick out of it.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiozufWwV0o-pIb0fPL_JJnlzPpiP7q-FehyU15dkNE8V8CeYmcGccC2SdPc8jFAxcWl-6dfCUU1JdWuLWD63c-OGt49Nr9yADoRTkZMF9jzZ0iMSt3dngQs5qQkdsHgD3aSgSgXyfUgk/s1600/2011-03-02_6855.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 222px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiozufWwV0o-pIb0fPL_JJnlzPpiP7q-FehyU15dkNE8V8CeYmcGccC2SdPc8jFAxcWl-6dfCUU1JdWuLWD63c-OGt49Nr9yADoRTkZMF9jzZ0iMSt3dngQs5qQkdsHgD3aSgSgXyfUgk/s320/2011-03-02_6855.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579613417779930050" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Today we read several of his books: <span style="font-style: italic;">Green Eggs and Ham, The Lorax, The Cat in the Hat, Hop on Pop</span> and <span style="font-style: italic;">My Many Colored Days</span>. I read Green Eggs and Ham as Levi ate his breakfast. Levi read the next two out loud before we went on to other work. As he did his vocabulary and spelling assignments I made some little candy eggs with green yolks.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUlbkwX93gsvKZy8ajWbOLGSYhLUlLOzfTSSDrf7jsOIf6wMvgc2JxoDmJhw7GXM5VWT11W-0NZqRnCyF6s63edEbQ0142twPaHAy0EqBdE5ZNSTAzPZJGnkiDCRfXWYRKi_s2DmuzIXU/s1600/2011-03-02_6858-copy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUlbkwX93gsvKZy8ajWbOLGSYhLUlLOzfTSSDrf7jsOIf6wMvgc2JxoDmJhw7GXM5VWT11W-0NZqRnCyF6s63edEbQ0142twPaHAy0EqBdE5ZNSTAzPZJGnkiDCRfXWYRKi_s2DmuzIXU/s320/2011-03-02_6858-copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579613420273026450" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Levi decorated his folder for this month's paperwork. I traced the Cat with black Sharpie marker and he did the rest. (I got the <a href="http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/2011/02/celebrate-dr-suess-free-template.html">template here</a>, at the Art Projects for Kids blog.) I love the way the hat turned out! He looked to a few of the books for his color inspiration. He noticed as he looked through the books that each one used only a few main colors. Being March, I gave him a little lesson on drawing shamrocks. It was harder for him than I had imagined.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKc3HezIFZamfrskk0VVx3IZ8eux4DZNVk4qRj-WQipSnK-FwE-VBNRfSbkCoYLA9ac_bGO8FQsMBzWkxagkXfrYtMLzZe6zmBNk_gr1XSy2VOxCa23fSsALDAB4mvWeDCRP2NAmh-imU/s1600/March-folder.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKc3HezIFZamfrskk0VVx3IZ8eux4DZNVk4qRj-WQipSnK-FwE-VBNRfSbkCoYLA9ac_bGO8FQsMBzWkxagkXfrYtMLzZe6zmBNk_gr1XSy2VOxCa23fSsALDAB4mvWeDCRP2NAmh-imU/s320/March-folder.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579613410373136594" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I had planned to do a drawing project for today but changed my mind part way into our reading. After reading the Lorax we talked about the message of the book and I then pulled out some fliers we got at the Oregon Logging Conference this past weekend. While reading one about recycling, Levi commented that it would be fun to make paper and I decided right then to do that project today instead of drawing. Making paper was on my to-do list anyway.<br /><br />We will actually be using this as a 2 or 3 part project. Today will be the paper making day. In a day or so, after the paper has sufficiently dried out, we will make a book using our piece of paper as the cover. I will fill the book with drawing paper so that he will have a nice little sketchbook to put in the car or his pack.<br /><br />I happen to have a mold and deckle, pulp remnants and lots of tissue paper and napkins for paper making. I got it years ago after taking a class at a local rubber stamp store. It's been several years since I have done anything with it.<br /><br />We put a few cups of warm water into our blender and added some of the pulp remnants (these are hard chunks of white paper pulp). Then we added scraps of colored napkins to color our mixture. After blending it for a few seconds we floated our mold and deckle on a large bowl of cool water and poured our pulp over the mold. After jiggling it around a little bit to be sure it covered evenly we removed the mold from the water. The deckle was then removed and a piece of fabric was pressed against the wet paper to wick out some of the moisture. Then we removed the paper from the mod and put it between 2 sheets of fabric, layered it on some towels and rolled it with a rolling pin to extract the excess moisture. The paper was then set aside to dry.<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtoNrSw3BVPft_2BKkzZRY76zemL0wFihVnJ1Klkn77HUsRC-DEQJwTktKWLvDmxZ6oJF45hvy_lYoCBa5gOwdpEoGq_LX9sPqAAn1_yTnd8PNOqDV95YTtxqKMVpmaUybc0jE43QKzY/s1600/2011-03-02_6863web.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEtoNrSw3BVPft_2BKkzZRY76zemL0wFihVnJ1Klkn77HUsRC-DEQJwTktKWLvDmxZ6oJF45hvy_lYoCBa5gOwdpEoGq_LX9sPqAAn1_yTnd8PNOqDV95YTtxqKMVpmaUybc0jE43QKzY/s320/2011-03-02_6863web.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579644853320758194" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Levi making a piece of paper. "This is fun!"</span></span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSbffqH7XyLCY3LG9fMgLRu3UDJ5IYiLgbXXVvJSLfxUy_eUhYVzrdXYQb-pbm0Ww88uVsxJ2rtQ5nNraDCN1OyI3xgjxS3kEzGXvb5G4EBaUaabJkIQkL5QOIc7C9Q8Aj44FTppPaWw/s1600/2011-03-02_6865-copy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOSbffqH7XyLCY3LG9fMgLRu3UDJ5IYiLgbXXVvJSLfxUy_eUhYVzrdXYQb-pbm0Ww88uVsxJ2rtQ5nNraDCN1OyI3xgjxS3kEzGXvb5G4EBaUaabJkIQkL5QOIc7C9Q8Aj44FTppPaWw/s320/2011-03-02_6865-copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5579644855872935682" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Paper pieces drying on top of the mini trampoline.</span></span><br /></div><br />You can google paper making to find more specific instructions if you need.<br /><br /><br />Don't forget to check back to see what we do with our paper.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" >Sharon</span>Sharon B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03921173805185993288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838452188354342735.post-46215100459046253452011-02-28T13:10:00.000-08:002011-03-03T15:10:01.573-08:00Drawing with ChildrenToday we did drawing. I got my ideas from <span style="font-style: italic;">Drawing with Children</span> by Mona Brookes, founder of the <a href="http://www.monart.com/">Monart</a> method. I like her book, it's very encouraging, but I find it HARD to use as far as getting lessons from it. I found a site that has her program broken down into easier to read lesson plans, you can get them<a href="http://www.redshift.com/%7Ebonajo/dwclp.htm"> here</a>.<br /><br />We did several warm up exercises because it has been a long time since we just focused on drawing. We talked about the 5 basic elements and then did some pattern drawing. Then we practiced drawing these recognizable objects.<br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvaeu-sMv5d1-FFrYmaaG_Wb3o5x5zEkUGe1eCUibaZJGMRGs9eHeWnen30Q_IiVbHejrVGCFtKnYEANPK3IwmpfYH4swbk2qpsxZdAVshtNIrB_m4ewkac-PbJk07gVAWmU8ftqgoS6E/s1600/02-28+drawing+exercises.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 220px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvaeu-sMv5d1-FFrYmaaG_Wb3o5x5zEkUGe1eCUibaZJGMRGs9eHeWnen30Q_IiVbHejrVGCFtKnYEANPK3IwmpfYH4swbk2qpsxZdAVshtNIrB_m4ewkac-PbJk07gVAWmU8ftqgoS6E/s320/02-28+drawing+exercises.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578886903754870226" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">These are Levi's. The original is the lighter version, Levi's is darker. All is done in pen<br />so you can't erase. Helps you make better observations.<br /></span></div><br />Then we did the guided drawing of a bird. I read from the book what he was to draw and he followed my directions to finish the bird. Then he added the tree and colored it all. It's a very basic bird style. It helps reinforce the basic elements: dot, circle, straight line, angle line and curved line.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQVFqZ1VaLG86pV7UUPVy0pLgDC_R7HQ2BazKri9Y927KnL_EM3O9OAMdgo76RL2LcyhptRRr3IIAmCMpT9qeBaln1FpHTttFtIEGk74dVPWjXG-aBGu6bBkqc34NXXlGdla1DwgLYCCo/s1600/02-28+Robin+in+tree+copy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 253px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQVFqZ1VaLG86pV7UUPVy0pLgDC_R7HQ2BazKri9Y927KnL_EM3O9OAMdgo76RL2LcyhptRRr3IIAmCMpT9qeBaln1FpHTttFtIEGk74dVPWjXG-aBGu6bBkqc34NXXlGdla1DwgLYCCo/s320/02-28+Robin+in+tree+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578891598769230482" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Robin and bluebird in tree by Levi</span></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Be on the lookout for more drawings to come.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-style: italic;">Sharon</span></span><br /></div></div>Sharon B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03921173805185993288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838452188354342735.post-58052178050650247212011-02-27T22:16:00.001-08:002011-02-27T22:27:20.610-08:00Levi's first watercolor painting<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj09MecyUJH9cTHhoIrN27zP3W0p3_Z-Kh_x2rOqnPYTFtfGvQXJbywejS6E0EdWESpdkGuVLH5_wf0wwNTSfBfm8cMEcLPujfsH0iofd3FBZdr9DUnwZz-EXa-OMwBwnHjfocnaKfMvYs/s1600/03-14-08+copy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj09MecyUJH9cTHhoIrN27zP3W0p3_Z-Kh_x2rOqnPYTFtfGvQXJbywejS6E0EdWESpdkGuVLH5_wf0wwNTSfBfm8cMEcLPujfsH0iofd3FBZdr9DUnwZz-EXa-OMwBwnHjfocnaKfMvYs/s320/03-14-08+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578620517932746722" border="0" /></a><br />This was Levi's first ever watercolor painting, done at age 6.<br /><br />I thought he might like to try watercolors so I just told him to think about something he would like to paint. I think that he chose birds because he was sitting at the dining room table and we get a lot of birds in the trees just outside.<br /><br />I instructed him to draw lightly on the paper with a pencil so that he would know where to paint. If I remember correctly I also encouraged him to add leaves to his branches, but other than that he came up with the composition on his own. When it was time to paint, I gave him a few pointers about mixing colors and about wetting the paper first if he wanted the color to flow more in some areas.<br /><br />As kids will do, he gave me quite an explanation of his picture when he was done. He was sure to point out that the father, brother and baby boy birds were the brightly colored birds and the mother and baby girl were the brown birds.<br /><br />Thank goodness I had scanned his art right away as the original is quite faded now. I learned the hard way that watercolors fade quickly when they are in the bright light.<br /><br />Levi was awarded a blue ribbon at our county fair in 2008 for this painting.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" >Sharon</span>Sharon B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03921173805185993288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838452188354342735.post-67949634061916795292011-02-27T20:17:00.001-08:002011-02-27T20:29:17.349-08:00More adventures with Flat BrendanWell, it's time for Flat Brendan to move on now. We had fun while he was here. It snowed Thursday and school was canceled for the day. Levi played outdoors for 3 hours. Cole slept in and then did indoor things. By noon the snow was pretty much melted so Levi did some work in a few of his subjects. Friday life was back to normal with Cole and school and Levi doing his home school work.<br /><br />We took Brendan out again on Friday afternoon. We went to the UofO to see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_the_Rocks_%28University_of_Oregon%29">On the Rocks</a> perform. It was fun to see them in person after having watched them compete on the <a href="http://www.nbc.com/sing-off/">Sing Off</a> in December. Unfortunately, due to the crowd, we were not able to get a photo of Flat Brendan with the group.<br /><br />On Saturday Levi and I took him to the <a href="http://www.oregonloggingconference.com/">Oregon Logging Conference</a>. It was sort of interesting. It was fun to see the big equipment and to watch some talented artists carve with chainsaws. Wow, Flat Brendan is pretty small compared to the size of a truck tire!<br /><br />Here is a pictorial recap of our visit with Flat Brendan.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjcz-fOIEf20vVEwERvSp2lFf72vFaykBigFzn67TC1ZaPFhLfGbIypYi06dUomVR6iz0zHbqPfuZC_CgEWY1dVL6ueI_NgefeJmAJR66dvJYLkcd3KcrKRqXvNFXguAXzjbZXFWTA4Q/s1600/Adventures-in-Eugene-web-si.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 256px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEjcz-fOIEf20vVEwERvSp2lFf72vFaykBigFzn67TC1ZaPFhLfGbIypYi06dUomVR6iz0zHbqPfuZC_CgEWY1dVL6ueI_NgefeJmAJR66dvJYLkcd3KcrKRqXvNFXguAXzjbZXFWTA4Q/s320/Adventures-in-Eugene-web-si.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578589826335725938" border="0" /></a><br />Best wishes on the rest of your travels.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" >Sharon</span>Sharon B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03921173805185993288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838452188354342735.post-11076503704880802412011-02-25T12:44:00.000-08:002011-02-27T21:51:20.805-08:00Hearts inspired by Jim DineAfter seeing many beautiful hearts inspired by the work of <a href="http://rogallery.com/Dine_Jim/dine_biography.htm">Jim Dine</a> as I cruised the blogs last week I just KNEW I had to do some with Levi. I must say he wasn't thrilled about doing a heart but went along with the project and then enjoyed the process.<br /><br />I cut a heart from a piece of file folder and then traced it onto the center of a 7.5 inch square of watercolor paper. Then we used crayons to layer our colors on for the hearts. We layered cool and warm colors. I just kept piling the layers on mine, trying to fill in most of the little divets in the paper. We used an old rag to buff the surface so that you couldn't see individual crayon strokes. Mine got pretty glossy because of all the layers of crayon.<br /><br />Then we added the watercolor background. I used some rubber cement to mask areas of my background between colors. Levi chose to just layer up his colors. We created the idea of movement with our brushstrokes. Lastly, Levi added the black outline to bring definition back to his heart. I matted them onto black and then white to fit a 10x10 frame. (I thought I had bought 8x8 frames, but found out they were larger so added the white.)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDtRMoeTdQANX5BJ95tmZxZnYT1w368sz5exU-T3-C4YMXfXI6TIGjIzgxrjgaRwJE8crbgjuo4WgUSaJLrUftdLggUAXeILG8HLtGuod6g_TZbTUzZdsjE1-Fi6PwDgqaAA_VTBHZVkg/s1600/levis-heart-copyright.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDtRMoeTdQANX5BJ95tmZxZnYT1w368sz5exU-T3-C4YMXfXI6TIGjIzgxrjgaRwJE8crbgjuo4WgUSaJLrUftdLggUAXeILG8HLtGuod6g_TZbTUzZdsjE1-Fi6PwDgqaAA_VTBHZVkg/s320/levis-heart-copyright.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577862609533548242" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkSuRyZR0ib_oYLpIK7dYDiahUllpYhLT7fqIDFzm-St_Nnu60VietKhPSo897tgfUR__k6afH-2uBKIgA0BS7agUNAvvgdV4eTjUheTCacE_CkVkWbYBxngQt57bgvKZA1WghOoBmiw/s1600/sharons-heart-for-blog.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinkSuRyZR0ib_oYLpIK7dYDiahUllpYhLT7fqIDFzm-St_Nnu60VietKhPSo897tgfUR__k6afH-2uBKIgA0BS7agUNAvvgdV4eTjUheTCacE_CkVkWbYBxngQt57bgvKZA1WghOoBmiw/s320/sharons-heart-for-blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577859957001083218" border="0" /></a><br /><br />I love the way they came out and will proudly display these in our home.<br /><br />You can look at some of the sites that inspired me to do this project:<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/2008/01/jim-dine-shiny-valentine.html">Art Projects for Kids</a> </li><li>another from <a href="http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/2009/01/jim-dine-multi-media-hearts.html">Art Projects for Kids</a></li><li><a href="http://useyourcolouredpencils.blogspot.com/">Use Your Colored Pencils</a> </li><li>another from <a href="http://useyourcolouredpencils.blogspot.com/search/label/grade%203">Use Your Colored Pencils</a></li><li><a href="http://elementaryartroom.blogspot.com/2011/01/jim-dine-hearts.html">The Elementary Art Room</a><br /></li></ul><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" >Sharon</span>Sharon B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03921173805185993288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838452188354342735.post-34355727055556371712011-02-23T23:41:00.000-08:002011-02-24T00:20:33.181-08:00Projects from last weekOk, I know I'm kind of going about this backward but I am just going to put things from the past on as I have time and work to stay up to date with what we are currently doing. So, that means I will skip around a bit.<br /><br />Our first project after I did my blog surfing was Compass Mandalas (<a href="http://teachkidsart.blogspot.com/2011/01/compass-mandalas.html">click here </a>for instructions) from the blog <a href="http://teachkidsart.blogspot.com/">Teach Kids Art</a>. We tied this in with a math lesson by:<br /><br /><ul><li>Reviewing the formula for finding the circumference of a circle (if you don't know, you can google it)<br /></li><li>Reviewing the definition of diameter and radius.</li><li>Proving the formula by using a 5 cm. circle cut from a piece of manila file folder and measuring the distance it traveled when we rolled it out on a piece of paper.</li></ul>After completing the math portion we got on to the art. Levi chose to color it with crayons. As he colored, I did my own but filled it in with patterns. When he saw that I was using patterns he decided to use a pattern on the outer portion of his mandala.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoP0eLvZvEsL6Iewmu3qbi3yLsHB0IHDYCuOu0Kk2nqkT-XTTFhja_R4qVZPY5T2cTVIbxx_P1h82m6Y0bWyqX8bIUTDDEWmMkGCdNSW0gfbhKvW2Y-Q0R_x7QdsudQxH993RJklVFMHw/s1600/02-17-2011+Compass+Mandalla.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoP0eLvZvEsL6Iewmu3qbi3yLsHB0IHDYCuOu0Kk2nqkT-XTTFhja_R4qVZPY5T2cTVIbxx_P1h82m6Y0bWyqX8bIUTDDEWmMkGCdNSW0gfbhKvW2Y-Q0R_x7QdsudQxH993RJklVFMHw/s320/02-17-2011+Compass+Mandalla.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577163840897549986" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(Levi's first of several mandalas.)</span></span><br /></div><br />On his second mandala he experimented with markers, doing some solid color sections and others with patterns. (not shown on this blog)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinV7-Wo65PYKOJ_vcUyQ3evEJKag0jSr4V-kAUFaWfwEs437gI0AugTRgDstgwWuXDZGOmY0G3TMl4Dgrf4AaecWDgxbSdJXN5kFsZlzMqJEtwskPT3GiAu7K7oHBPWN6vLlRl6Cfgk1k/s1600/Mandalla+colored.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 299px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinV7-Wo65PYKOJ_vcUyQ3evEJKag0jSr4V-kAUFaWfwEs437gI0AugTRgDstgwWuXDZGOmY0G3TMl4Dgrf4AaecWDgxbSdJXN5kFsZlzMqJEtwskPT3GiAu7K7oHBPWN6vLlRl6Cfgk1k/s320/Mandalla+colored.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577167967384247378" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-style: italic;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(My mandala, traced with black Sharpie marker and colored in with Photoshop.)<br /></span></div><br />We both really enjoyed this project and both of us have done others since then. I colored one in with watercolors and Levi demonstrated how to make the mandalas in his classroom at <a href="http://classicalconversations.com/">Classical Conversations</a> this past Tuesday.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);">Sharon</span></span>Sharon B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03921173805185993288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838452188354342735.post-30366947069184792222011-02-23T15:45:00.000-08:002011-02-25T21:01:35.518-08:00Our adventures with Flat Brendan<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIwPzfnE6IgskV1ZzBCTJawa_S5nCWfQbdn61W6ZjS5YlgQjrR8zZe2EtuWgLQfeWkHhWS9V0PhHfk9NpYTxoascDFNyyywQk2w8rLYhUnWUTKqOXzlJiHZV_CCfBzunm0gP9VLjgbwD0/s1600/Flat+Brandon.png"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIwPzfnE6IgskV1ZzBCTJawa_S5nCWfQbdn61W6ZjS5YlgQjrR8zZe2EtuWgLQfeWkHhWS9V0PhHfk9NpYTxoascDFNyyywQk2w8rLYhUnWUTKqOXzlJiHZV_CCfBzunm0gP9VLjgbwD0/s320/Flat+Brandon.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576957251010725634" border="0" /></a>We got a visitor on Tuesday, February 22nd. Flat Brendan, from Blacksburg, Virginia, came to us by way McAllen, Texas where he was visiting with the Crossler family. We'll spend a couple days showing him around Eugene, Oregon and then send him on to someone else. After a whirlwind trip he is due back in Virginia no later than March 21st. I wish I could just squeeze into the envelope and travel along with him!<br /><br />Today we braved the cold wind to visit the following locations:<br /><ul><li>Sheldon Branch of the Eugene Public Library</li><li><a href="http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=22175">Autzen Stadium</a></li><li><a href="http://www.sciencefactory.org/">The Science Factory </a></li><li><a href="http://www.opusvii.com/">Opus VII</a> - An art, architecture, design and social venue</li><li><a href="http://www.burritoamigos.com/">Burrito Amigos</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McArthur_Court">MacArthur Court</a></li><li><a href="http://www.goducks.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=500&ATCLID=22187">Hayward Field</a><br /></li><li><a href="http://anniversary.uoregon.edu/tour/williamknight.html">William W. Knight Law Center</a> at the University of Oregon</li><li><a href="http://princepucklers.com/">Prince Puckler's Ice Cream</a></li><li><a href="http://www.matthewknightarena.com/">Matthew Knight Arena</a> - U of O's new basketball arena </li></ul>Our first stop was the Sheldon Branch Library where we picked up a bunch of books we had on hold; many of them about art and music. We got a picture of Brendan with some books. (I thought it so appropriate that they had a book titled <span style="font-style: italic;">The New Friend</span> right on the top shelf.)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNhVBIcZ963rcfSUYS8_8bXn3X-6dcnPww-x7MkeXE4oZV5yhhIv8JtHItc6qj6-8YT9mNllhQXoqCv27jm_AQrVq8pJR_QDfPGXJQ1ZU2QX1MoxeDh98s60724jpw66Vj-Jrey3WpRo/s1600/2011+02+23_6814.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFNhVBIcZ963rcfSUYS8_8bXn3X-6dcnPww-x7MkeXE4oZV5yhhIv8JtHItc6qj6-8YT9mNllhQXoqCv27jm_AQrVq8pJR_QDfPGXJQ1ZU2QX1MoxeDh98s60724jpw66Vj-Jrey3WpRo/s320/2011+02+23_6814.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577045000897800162" border="0" /></a><br /><br />We stopped by Autzen Stadium (home of the Oregon Duck football team, #3 in the nation after losing the BCS Bowl to Auburn University) just to get a picture out front. Then we headed across the street to The Science Factory. I'll bet you don't have a building painted like this in your neighborhood. It was shocking when they first painted it, but now I've grown to like it.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKY8Bb3PTcvoVVtQ57Y4khFxkaccjoWmAVino0ra1UHBeOB2mrkCNMuuxLzJNKS5dRWQVWSmdxMHe2GdA1i58fYvkF_0hOwv0IGkEC566tWKra0gmhNw7lQqnq2WIkk-aWGIB-za49xVU/s1600/2011+02+23_6816.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKY8Bb3PTcvoVVtQ57Y4khFxkaccjoWmAVino0ra1UHBeOB2mrkCNMuuxLzJNKS5dRWQVWSmdxMHe2GdA1i58fYvkF_0hOwv0IGkEC566tWKra0gmhNw7lQqnq2WIkk-aWGIB-za49xVU/s320/2011+02+23_6816.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577045011663408978" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYfnB3XYB8B42PoLWSF0ZtMrErExBiI73XsXz81D7WMZC6f2tgZwc92peJwK8OHoSFDWG1zH27D0dv1Y0NBCSNldbVx2vafT9tqIMI1IRrlmoc5Z-3eoxnu90L1IG6mmLxKzuXA3KE1k/s1600/2011+02+23_6818.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYfnB3XYB8B42PoLWSF0ZtMrErExBiI73XsXz81D7WMZC6f2tgZwc92peJwK8OHoSFDWG1zH27D0dv1Y0NBCSNldbVx2vafT9tqIMI1IRrlmoc5Z-3eoxnu90L1IG6mmLxKzuXA3KE1k/s320/2011+02+23_6818.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577069547870485474" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(You can</span><a style="font-style: italic;" href="http://www.traveloregon.com/Explore%20Oregon/Willamette%20Valley/Attractions/Family%20Fun/The%20Science%20Factory%20Childrens%20Museum%20%20Planetarium.aspx"> click here</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> to see a picture of the whole building.) </span></span><br /></div><br />We headed downtown to hit an art gallery, the Opus VII. This was our fist visit since they reopened with their new name and concept. I was impressed! The lady working there was super nice and let us take photos of Flat Brendan and also told us about some of the neat programs they have.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPspiaowjiSbQG-0Ycpy1KHPvESXHEzpgtBnrWURVekXks-T80fu2X6_9RObfiH0h8idsS4hsJkLubQIlXgrsqopZH-8EitM1FxZ6LAekDyZ8zLpjH-kawCih57VjhaqOVf075K4aegU/s1600/2011+02+23_6820.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUPspiaowjiSbQG-0Ycpy1KHPvESXHEzpgtBnrWURVekXks-T80fu2X6_9RObfiH0h8idsS4hsJkLubQIlXgrsqopZH-8EitM1FxZ6LAekDyZ8zLpjH-kawCih57VjhaqOVf075K4aegU/s320/2011+02+23_6820.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577045021330955202" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzt6xi2AG3NKEJNdwphIjxjdksrmjyVCIDzFLnb6apctytBlDrPprKOPZljDeGWdmkzPHll9Llv5vnbI-Sajxw7614cO8CkUpP5UbW6_X8aGmnVlsJC-WHKHmFLRxmAN_Ueaq1f03oDec/s1600/2011+02+23_6822+for+blog.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 246px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzt6xi2AG3NKEJNdwphIjxjdksrmjyVCIDzFLnb6apctytBlDrPprKOPZljDeGWdmkzPHll9Llv5vnbI-Sajxw7614cO8CkUpP5UbW6_X8aGmnVlsJC-WHKHmFLRxmAN_Ueaq1f03oDec/s320/2011+02+23_6822+for+blog.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577858889668590882" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">(Levi & Flat Brendan in front of a work by<a href="http://www.opusvii.com/artists/marcio-diaz/"> Marcio Diaz</a>)<br /></span></span></div><br />By this time we were pretty hungry so we headed over to Burrito Amigos on Hilyard for some lunch. It was delicious!<br /><br />We stopped by MacArthur Court to get a picture of Brendan in front of the U of O's former basketball stadium. Their teams played in that stadium for 80 years. Our family has been to several games there over the years.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mSLey6jo3llNWHluR1uBUNtHrTRBZ7bUU4WxEOXJPY6ew80P5mFq1mQswMqX5F-yTgFMYO3slTPU5_PaF7m7IUAnj8mHG464iHcPHfTkqNYjDVsbEI5Jrwhf6JV14jMIv1J5FruV1uw/s1600/2011+02+23_6829+copy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3mSLey6jo3llNWHluR1uBUNtHrTRBZ7bUU4WxEOXJPY6ew80P5mFq1mQswMqX5F-yTgFMYO3slTPU5_PaF7m7IUAnj8mHG464iHcPHfTkqNYjDVsbEI5Jrwhf6JV14jMIv1J5FruV1uw/s320/2011+02+23_6829+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577047505549629154" border="0" /></a><br /><br />While in that area we got some photos in front of Hayward Field, the home of the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Track and Field Trials.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTt2VpeDDTLdSyexTtn3X_1DBumK8mlMqU-G49_J8sThyaSpNuuEwyfBeQXte6V_mMoLMj7L3q1vyFezBx7HMHl4TkhBVDnF0gnUy5fivO7jyJQdphjEHMCtEz2l6k1ptBcl0YX5cmMSo/s1600/2011+02+23_6832.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTt2VpeDDTLdSyexTtn3X_1DBumK8mlMqU-G49_J8sThyaSpNuuEwyfBeQXte6V_mMoLMj7L3q1vyFezBx7HMHl4TkhBVDnF0gnUy5fivO7jyJQdphjEHMCtEz2l6k1ptBcl0YX5cmMSo/s320/2011+02+23_6832.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577045810509870674" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpc-HW_v3G7UGfyN0vFvz436YkhlVntbTsj4OHXpL87om50AaqzOTCYEc4MxYe4VWJp_VHd2KU2TQ_bYvYRwKoZR0t6Jxp8q1w2DGx_0PhVf1AHOzTdbVm5I4MKFlrl4mubbu6fAXcOvw/s1600/2011+02+23_6839+copy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpc-HW_v3G7UGfyN0vFvz436YkhlVntbTsj4OHXpL87om50AaqzOTCYEc4MxYe4VWJp_VHd2KU2TQ_bYvYRwKoZR0t6Jxp8q1w2DGx_0PhVf1AHOzTdbVm5I4MKFlrl4mubbu6fAXcOvw/s320/2011+02+23_6839+copy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577047508823502738" border="0" /></a><br /><br />From there we walked across the street to the William W. Knight Law Center to see a display of photographs by a Portland artist. While there, we introduced Flat Brendan to our friend, Mr. Seno, the Assistant Dean of Admissions.<br /><br />We then walked about 4 blocks up Agate Street to Prince Puckler's Ice Cream parlor, where President Obama had mint chip ice cream while he was here in 2008 on a campaign visit. <em> (<a href="http://princepucklers.com/News.html">You can see a picture here</a>.) </em> By now we were getting a little tired so we headed home by way of the new Matthew Knight Arena, home of the Oregon Duck basketball teams.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_LzQJOOi_0ytIHmxGFn5o5zPISOfh6RLDXtz5Z6nUF1ZzPBoN070dJPByOKxi8SHXjOcUsMey-eM3KToiViVD0puNwQKxZ7xkFm-qgQNxDrrULCio8jNrRTSXJ0NXNDXqziSOgGDX3zg/s1600/2011+02+23_6835.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_LzQJOOi_0ytIHmxGFn5o5zPISOfh6RLDXtz5Z6nUF1ZzPBoN070dJPByOKxi8SHXjOcUsMey-eM3KToiViVD0puNwQKxZ7xkFm-qgQNxDrrULCio8jNrRTSXJ0NXNDXqziSOgGDX3zg/s320/2011+02+23_6835.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577045811928068402" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitL1mwGaa4H2N-iuR0F0cwBe6MdwzJ24poQx_AwZqYTldB-mQwfOl_UNqPdxc_KALU4d360xU-wfZPBcxR6J4EPOg-S46YgvubX1nbidfZV3dyqeHZKK4pODALs49pUWj5oe0cYnEF-cs/s1600/2011+02+23_6836.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitL1mwGaa4H2N-iuR0F0cwBe6MdwzJ24poQx_AwZqYTldB-mQwfOl_UNqPdxc_KALU4d360xU-wfZPBcxR6J4EPOg-S46YgvubX1nbidfZV3dyqeHZKK4pODALs49pUWj5oe0cYnEF-cs/s320/2011+02+23_6836.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577045832338264642" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTYVXX4RiUDxkLiQCt3e9liNg63EZWfKyG8nAxk10b_mGIuekASIUF8Gregvq24lJw3rViAFcMHXjGgBhdL6cVmGC39Yna7YiP9S2qL_hEPgdvf_8R4v6fQB6MJwCt6_FyGgFzfSrriXU/s1600/2011+02+23_6842.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTYVXX4RiUDxkLiQCt3e9liNg63EZWfKyG8nAxk10b_mGIuekASIUF8Gregvq24lJw3rViAFcMHXjGgBhdL6cVmGC39Yna7YiP9S2qL_hEPgdvf_8R4v6fQB6MJwCt6_FyGgFzfSrriXU/s320/2011+02+23_6842.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577046006321481426" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Flat Brendan is now resting and Levi is anxiously awaiting the snow which has been forecast for this afternoon/evening. You know, I think I'm a little tired too. I better go rest.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:130%;" >Sharon </span> <em><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /></span><br /><br /></em>Sharon B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03921173805185993288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838452188354342735.post-34522437869964855242011-02-23T09:52:00.000-08:002011-02-23T10:17:39.635-08:00Japanese Haiku and Cherry Blossom ArtYesterday afternoon we reviewed syllables and how they are used in haiku poetry. Levi then wrote his haiku about cherry trees/blossoms and then we did the art project to go with it. He blew India ink onto white paper, trying to make something that would resemble tree branches. After it dried he added little tufts of tissue paper for the blossoms. This morning he wrote out the haiku with a quill pen and India ink. This was no easy feat because the quill pen he bought has a very fine point and it sure got hung up on the paper; he managed to get a pretty good copy after some practice.<br /><br /><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Fluffy cherry trees</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Covered in bright pink and white</span></span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color: rgb(102, 0, 0);">Colorful blossoms.</span></span><br /></div><br /></blockquote><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpNrPY6P5hwSG-kMtCiv-7ugccdKZc9g3yf5f0glmtKlGFITZXzBMG77BtTUFCe-0sj0F_UTQU9OplPpJUQsWmqJvyiqxeYdt1n7Thx2Eh6dt1BIDOGP2Pv5KPfNp3juUXlzHTxQwXFk/s1600/2011+02+22_6808.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwpNrPY6P5hwSG-kMtCiv-7ugccdKZc9g3yf5f0glmtKlGFITZXzBMG77BtTUFCe-0sj0F_UTQU9OplPpJUQsWmqJvyiqxeYdt1n7Thx2Eh6dt1BIDOGP2Pv5KPfNp3juUXlzHTxQwXFk/s320/2011+02+22_6808.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576945156923232274" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswg4ikznNCskJmYVISjM6qwFlhcFDHctaUtE1eQKrYnblMLPhpLquy5zjDtSR2TnzRizApCjuZI00aweZT5s88nY86NfxjV5c76I9T5HfIA_87rYg3Ko0BRsMVUUP9Od3tPPY9P3Pe54/s1600/2011+02+22_6809.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswg4ikznNCskJmYVISjM6qwFlhcFDHctaUtE1eQKrYnblMLPhpLquy5zjDtSR2TnzRizApCjuZI00aweZT5s88nY86NfxjV5c76I9T5HfIA_87rYg3Ko0BRsMVUUP9Od3tPPY9P3Pe54/s320/2011+02+22_6809.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576945147735240722" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvaniKQKX-2-aTJ9lh2qeudL0mEdDh9kRdJZ-wOtATIiYHdstYqJTXKJTnnp3TAPoG8Am0NbQWOBl4aEXnRs8J1IUOrlioIx68PnodQJ89kVEbI1hNFZo-31gn1MyCyg4zX1_D17Yas8/s1600/2011+02+23_6803.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFvaniKQKX-2-aTJ9lh2qeudL0mEdDh9kRdJZ-wOtATIiYHdstYqJTXKJTnnp3TAPoG8Am0NbQWOBl4aEXnRs8J1IUOrlioIx68PnodQJ89kVEbI1hNFZo-31gn1MyCyg4zX1_D17Yas8/s320/2011+02+23_6803.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576945144748433922" border="0" /></a><br />Here are the links to some blogs that featured this project. They all used paints for their blossoms, but I liked the 3-D effect with the tissue paper.<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://artisthebestpartoftheday.blogspot.com/2010/07/art-focus-japanese-cherry-blossoms.html">Art is the best part of the day</a> blog</li><li><a href="http://www.creativejewishmom.com/2010/12/classic-cherry-blossom-kids-craft-anticipating-spring.html">Creative Jewish Mom</a> web site</li><li><a href="http://myadventuresinpositivespace.blogspot.com/2010/12/straw-blown-cherry-blossom-trees.html">My adventures in positive space</a> blog</li></ul>Blowing India ink across a piece of paper with a straw is NOT as easy as it sounds. It frequently forms a big bubble which then bursts, spraying you and the surroundings with little black ink spots. Levi had lots of black freckles last night. I chose to wash all mine off so as not to embarrass Cole when I went to a meeting at his high school. I don't know if there are any particular tricks to this, none of the blogs seemed to mention any, leaving me with the impression that this would just be a piece of cake. We had some good laughs as we worked!<br /><br />I also wrote some cherry blossom haiku poetry.<br /><br /><blockquote>Trees all dressed in pink,<br />Their blooms float down to the earth.<br />Look! I see pink snow.<br /><br /><br />Beautiful pink trees<br />Covered in bright blossoms,<br />Telling us it's spring.<br /><br /></blockquote>Looking forward to the blossoming of the trees here in Oregon. For now we are expecting some rare snow in the next day or so. Kids are praying for the closure of school and a day to play out in the snow. If it does snow I hope it amounts to enough to actually sled on.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" >Sharon</span>Sharon B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03921173805185993288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838452188354342735.post-70979950866046339422011-02-23T09:00:00.000-08:002011-02-23T18:01:43.302-08:00The painting that got us fired up againPapa Richard had hip replacement surgery last Thursday. The day before he went to the hospital I got out painting supplies and had Levi paint a picture. I gave him a choice between doing a bug, fish or flower. He chose to do a dragonfly type bug. He lightly drew the outline onto the paper and then painted it in with acrylic paints, filled the background with lots of short strokes for texture and then added the thick black outlines. I really like how he used highlights.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWsZlAZ1MBYCPpkS3FsiuFPrglyJjYzIbtWL7RN08wmH1HAg3fk_47mmSwCBDGjKH4FcA_-MTrzUFAbWNpzTX11CvrtDcMV3crWiFrmUjP0n30A3GekRU4FHzysggP2jvt1FE6YP8FzPw/s1600/Bug+11+x+14.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 251px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWsZlAZ1MBYCPpkS3FsiuFPrglyJjYzIbtWL7RN08wmH1HAg3fk_47mmSwCBDGjKH4FcA_-MTrzUFAbWNpzTX11CvrtDcMV3crWiFrmUjP0n30A3GekRU4FHzysggP2jvt1FE6YP8FzPw/s320/Bug+11+x+14.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577070295138856786" border="0" /></a><br /><br />After the painting was dry I scanned it and then used Photoshop to add a black background and the text. Then I uploaded my file to the Walgreen's down the street and ordered 4x6 prints. I picked those up a couple hours later and layered the photo to some coordinating papers to make the finished card. Papa (and Grams) LOVED the card! I also loved the painting and ordered 11x14 prints at Costco so we could both hang it in our homes.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-K6JAVnYCoH9_6CiB_wqBbNWYq4Fy7E1wsllT8OeFq0KMdTCQTNc4qqGPWVrTZdnqxXtmz7jNHMn14O9hOHyobC0pYx6FRGoEK5aU42ZmAccRvDIM1yIaKbQUHI2Be1INiNV1MWkKY2I/s1600/Card+for+Papa+R+02-16-2011.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-K6JAVnYCoH9_6CiB_wqBbNWYq4Fy7E1wsllT8OeFq0KMdTCQTNc4qqGPWVrTZdnqxXtmz7jNHMn14O9hOHyobC0pYx6FRGoEK5aU42ZmAccRvDIM1yIaKbQUHI2Be1INiNV1MWkKY2I/s320/Card+for+Papa+R+02-16-2011.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576939701594095906" border="0" /></a><br /><br />It was while Levi was painting this bug that my friend, the teacher, stopped by. Our conversation about children's art led me to the various blogs and web sites (mentioned in my first post) that sparked my excitement for what I could do at home with Levi.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" >Sharon</span>Sharon B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03921173805185993288noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4838452188354342735.post-65394102152502531142011-02-22T21:55:00.000-08:002011-03-18T12:24:19.364-07:00Our adventure journal beginsMy 9 year old son, Levi, is one of those kids who loves to draw (and draw, and draw some more) as well as paint and make craft projects. I haven't always been good at fostering his creativity as we sometimes just get caught up in the busyness of life. (And I must admit that I don't always like the mess involved in crafting.)<br /><br />I have decided to work hard to change that and to give him every opportunity I can to express himself through art and also to teach him more about the arts. This will require me to be constantly learning as well, but that is what we home schoolers are used to, isn't it?<br /><br />I asked a good friend who teaches art at a local school where she gets her ideas and she gave me the names of some blogs that she loves. I looked them up and I swear my family didn't see me for the next day or so. (Well, it wasn't <span style="font-weight: bold;">that</span> bad but I spent hours and hours over the next few days just following links from one blog to another and bookmarking so many neat ideas that we might have to do art 4 hours a day to complete all the projects I have found.)<br /><br />You are probably wondering what blogs and web sites she told me about so I will give her short list here. From just this short list you can be linked to dozens and dozens of cool pages.<br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.deepspacesparkle.com/">Deep Space Sparkle</a> (this one has an extensive list of links under the Inspirations tab) </li><li><a href="http://teachkidsart.blogspot.com/">Teach Kids Art</a></li><li><a href="http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/">Art Projects for Kids</a></li><li><a href="http://paintedpaperintheartroom.blogspot.com/">Painted Paper</a> </li></ul><br />We have stocked up on supplies, organized said supplies and even created him a studio in his bedroom where he can work on some of his projects. Others we will continue to do in the kitchen or, when it's warmer, at the table in the garage. (Our main supplies are not in his room but in a location more accessible to me, the teacher.)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR6W45ffkGeAfLV1rE58DUAYx22x5PTycUpj8_vszc6IOvv-WNp7S5UTBo5iJ6if-Os8Y79p1gr41fD8hnc0Et7P2pQBabHaUkoSc0u3MeVfq4NPuR0cV0ujRPrP8jFfuGL4aFc0qo9lw/s1600/2011+02+21_6795.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR6W45ffkGeAfLV1rE58DUAYx22x5PTycUpj8_vszc6IOvv-WNp7S5UTBo5iJ6if-Os8Y79p1gr41fD8hnc0Et7P2pQBabHaUkoSc0u3MeVfq4NPuR0cV0ujRPrP8jFfuGL4aFc0qo9lw/s320/2011+02+21_6795.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576711958478674082" border="0" /></a><br />I made him the cute "STUDIO" banner from instructions I found on this neat blog: <a href="http://mrspicassosartroom.blogspot.com/2011/02/happy-heart-flags.html">mrspicasso's art room</a>.<br /><br />These are samples of the earliest work that I saved. He enjoyed drawing people and did it often on whatever paper I gave him. Fortunately for me he never drew on the walls or furniture.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEsAgJO5jqTmxZFll_g3ppe3lx8v2qSXMj8zz-b6Wy4ECCzpQAm0dQ3SUS-NOtJZcTETDRjVbTYmOk-3245KEMZ5wVHZxYc3Fg2eqWt60q2qf7L8VvGbYRRpLHhlyrMF9MY7wfVSPl_Q/s1600/Guy+with+Spikey+Hair+edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 290px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPEsAgJO5jqTmxZFll_g3ppe3lx8v2qSXMj8zz-b6Wy4ECCzpQAm0dQ3SUS-NOtJZcTETDRjVbTYmOk-3245KEMZ5wVHZxYc3Fg2eqWt60q2qf7L8VvGbYRRpLHhlyrMF9MY7wfVSPl_Q/s320/Guy+with+Spikey+Hair+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576747058058309730" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZTW3R3SUjwyAlyMyTyaWanqLmlISVh5dG8kaPHG7nR7CEYue0lsBShu7iJNTRAtNIphDLnEOU99EgiYwaNIvBGEv-MwUnXwxK1yqrTMQRsKd8BrDDIf57-BAVqXTnQICqRYoeZpC7xa0/s1600/04-25-05+Guy.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 255px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZTW3R3SUjwyAlyMyTyaWanqLmlISVh5dG8kaPHG7nR7CEYue0lsBShu7iJNTRAtNIphDLnEOU99EgiYwaNIvBGEv-MwUnXwxK1yqrTMQRsKd8BrDDIf57-BAVqXTnQICqRYoeZpC7xa0/s320/04-25-05+Guy.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576747062563409090" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1YCrUlqKHMTJcdIaPQR4zcnRmShkaOVY_bespSJSUKICkKceLgqyFfl1oXlm9V0Gt5IsXYmwuQUb98MfjJYbDrScK-e0IaKLC5ElXzhVQ4CYHLJrELlmRI6DGWEwYBvUiFibWVE9ESY/s1600/Funny+Guy+edited.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 272px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi1YCrUlqKHMTJcdIaPQR4zcnRmShkaOVY_bespSJSUKICkKceLgqyFfl1oXlm9V0Gt5IsXYmwuQUb98MfjJYbDrScK-e0IaKLC5ElXzhVQ4CYHLJrELlmRI6DGWEwYBvUiFibWVE9ESY/s320/Funny+Guy+edited.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576747053925592130" border="0" /></a><br />This blog will serve as my journal of our adventures in art and as a gallery where I can display and share his art (and maybe a little of my own from time to time) with others. I'm not looking to get loads of followers or to be an expert on kids' art, I just want to share our passion and give him a record of these adventures.<br /><br />As time allows, I will add in more of Levi's early art as well as what he is currently working on.<br /><br />Well, gotta go dream up which project we will do next.<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 0);font-size:180%;" >Sharon</span><br /><span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWk91mAlElOyO2UTlcSdlpqwgudJOY5AOuKZYJiJo2ToXEi6PTU8dVs93q-Y9Jqkze12zeWF0DXhvFaP0zovIJiK2kNB8mHoZ70AXtm25KaatK14SBhFCG4hCmOBOUPQMGnmTOSNUVfI4/s1600/04-25-05+Guy.jpg"><br /></a>Sharon B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/03921173805185993288noreply@blogger.com0