Broken crayons. These are the bane of any household with small children. I'm sure most people just throw them out, but I am not most people. Wasting makes my skin crawl, so I have a container that I toss all the unwanted nubs and broken bits into when the kids move on to fresh crayons. I'm not even … [Read more...]
I am excited about this
[youtube id="YYnr2ZF-TsY"] I am really excited about this. For almost 12 years I have been teaching children and adults art and I continue to do this. I have touched every single canvas that has gone through my business. While this makes my work very personal it also limits my reach. I have … [Read more...]
Got Kids’ Art? Hang It!
School will be out soon and that means that kids will soon be dragging home the biggest hodge podge pile of art ever. Now that my kids are older, in Grades 6 and 11, I miss those days. Those crayon drawings with "Mom" scrawled across them in shaky crayon...they really are the most beautiful pictures … [Read more...]
words for wednesday- be wild with your creation
I finished up an ambitious project yesterday with a group of 15 artists at a school.(Please take a look I am so proud of it) I asked them to do a banner for our art show and to decorate it any way they wanted. My little 8 year old friend came up with this all on his own and I love it so much. BE … [Read more...]
Trashing the Arts
Our basement is out of control.This time last winter, we were renovating the apartment downstairs from us, and the basement space which used to serve as my atelier quickly turned into a catch-all of reno-stuff. Boxes of nails, and tiles, and electrical bits and pieces. Buckets of plaster, and paint. … [Read more...]