I LOVE THIS and had to share with you. It is a mixed media project which has taken my students a few weeks to complete and I just love it. It is a family tree. Get it? Did I tell you I love it? Look- Little artist says to me this morning "look at my family in the tree. They are just … [Read more...]
my fifty shades of grey
I do like a little bit of irony Here I am getting my 50 shades of grey coloured While I am reading Fifty Shades of Grey I love the cliche of the heat bonnet and the dirty book, there is something very 60's about it all - only I am holding it up high like why hide it? Even though I know every … [Read more...]
getting naked with strangers
We all know how much humans need touch to survive. Babies require it to thrive, old people who live alone often get pets and everyone in between will turn themselves inside out to be touched When that touch comes from strangers - not everyone loves it. I am not talking about the man on the … [Read more...]
Backseat confessions
It's basketball camp week for our two boys and two of our good friend Jenn's boys at two different locations. The logistics are a bit nuts, but for the most part, Jenn has the luxury of picking up our two respective six year olds. Tasman and Mason have known each other since they were zero and … [Read more...]
words for wednesday – if I only had a peepee
Seriously do you know how many times a week I say " If I only had a PEEPEE" please dont get me wrong- I love being a girl. Really, almost everything about it thrills me. BUT I have some serious problems that having a peepee would surely fix - I have ZERO or less than zero sense of … [Read more...]
the path less travelled
Coming back from an overnight on Saturday (and returning to the cottage) I felt a little bit of Robert Frost stirring in my blood TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far … [Read more...]
Hit it!
There are certain times where I am reminded of my former self, the 328lbs version of myself, who never met a late night peanut butter sandwich he didn't like and had to stop halfway up flights of stairs for a wee breather. Sports was also a benchmark of my excessive weight, basketball pick up … [Read more...]
words for wednesday on friday-What’s a birgin?
encaustic mixed media www.artstudioforchildren.com At every art camp we have one movie night. It is the only silent time of the whole week. We try to find a movie everyone can love, hasn't seen, has no issues, no stuff there parents would not approve of- not an easy task. We … [Read more...]
words for wednesday – you are like a bad lover
"You are like a bad lover. When I tell you I am leaving you - you start treating me well" me trying to break up with my home internet provider for the summer and finding him particularly attentive -only in that too little too late way. … [Read more...]
in my bag I packed
Ugly hot minivan en route to cottage, stuck in traffic on highway, stuffed with an easel 5 duffel bags 7 litres of paint 8 bags of groceries 75 canvasses gallon of gesso gallon of modelling paste gallon of painting gel encaustic paints 2 irons and a hot plate for encaustic a heat … [Read more...]
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