Today’s painting class in the studio was small and fun. We kept things very casual and did a little review of color theory while painting for pleasure since the majority of the class was unable to attend. It is amazing to see the differences between the working styles of these two students. One cannot keep [...]
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Yesterday was my godson’s twelfth birthday and he invited a few friends to go to the really cool water slide outside Roaring River State Park. We all met at his house where his mom had prepared rice and beans, and yes, I got her famous salsa I was hoping for. After everyone had enjoyed [...]
The salsa contents at the Farmer’s Market was fun and salsa is my idea of what breakfast should be! My godson’s mom, Dolores, makes what I consider to be the most delicious salsa in town. This year she experimented with roasting the veggies and took third place in the the competition. Last year she [...]
I finally got the boat in the water! I had spent some time looking at videos and reading about sculling. Martin had reworked the seat rigging and created a new and very cool seat that looks like an owl. He also made a superb foot board which I will have to post photos of because [...]
Summer has flown by and I’m working on my plans for this fall as I add more teaching to my schedule. I will be offering three paper making workshops at the Ozark Folk Center and the first one is in November during their Make It a Handmade Christmas event. I am developing ideas for classes [...]
Thursday, August 14, 2008
This week the homeschool students continued their work on space and form. We began with a discussion about the picture plane and house its shape influences the overall compositon. Last week’s stamped works served as excellent examples that the students already exercise choices in relation to the shape and dimension of their canvas. These kids [...]
It is fantastic to have this room completed! It has turned into the music room and the dining room and lots of fun has been happening in there. The colors are super bright and this yellow is terrific to watch change throughout the day. The vinyl floor turned out pretty good, if I do say [...]
Tuesday’s art class was different and exciting for me. The students worked very quickly at coming up with ideas and it is always a pleasure to see how well they all work together. Moving on to the study of form, I decided to introduce some concepts within the application of graphic arts. I chose [...]
About a week ago, Sydney turned 16. Robin and I were among the first to wish her a very happy birthday. Robin made her a cake and placed a call to to wish her a happy birthday at the stroke of 12, just to throw her off. Then we drove over and surprised her with [...]
Shortly after buying and moving into this house which has had many tenants over the years, we heard that the big block of concrete hidden in the midst of a row of built in cabinets was the place where the original owner had buried his wife. Seemed as good an explanation as any, and for [...]
Last Tuesday we celebrated at Jerri and Kevin’s place. It was the week of birthdays. Three of the four people pictured here were about to or had just had a birthday and several other friends that week did too. It was a really nice way to celebrate-lots of nice folks, wonderful live music, good [...]
Yesterday, after a little work on the house, Martin and I began talking about boats-again. I had mentioned my continued desire to learn to row and how I was considering giving up the boat idea, which seemed too far-fetched due to cost and transportation, and purchasing a rowing machine. Martin told me again about a [...]
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