Summer Drawing...

Not as much time for art as I had originally thought...but isn't that the way it always goes!?

Here's another bookmark for my reading buddy - it's our favorite one yet!

 Here's some of the cards for my nieces and nephews. I asked to know their favorite animal and then I try and find some version of that animal I feel like I could draw and then add in birthday things! I think the kids have been liking to get them in the mail :)

Also, my 5 year-old niece is quite the artist and we were using her cool sparkly pens on our beach trip this past weekend, and as we sat across from each other I noticed she was watching what I drew (upside-down!) and then would draw it on her own paper. Then she wanted to hang our artwork on the fridge, because of course! (we also made paper airplanes ala my designs because I couldn't remember the last step correctly - the kids were still impressed with my skills, haha).

And finally, I painted these story stones for a game for my kinders to play. My own kids played them on our beach trip as well. You pick out 5 rocks and then tell a story with whatever you get. My kids loved playing - I hope my students will too!

Zentangle Fairy Tale Swap

 Since everyone (myself included) was so into zentangles at the moment I hosted a zentangle fairy tale/nursery rhyme swap. The challenge was to incorporate zentangles into a main feature of the card. This swap produced my favorite cards of all time! My examples are below. And here is a link to the swap gallery to see the other players contributions.

Watercolor Still Life Swap

This swap was a lot more difficult for me than I had anticipated. I guess it just tells me I need to break out my watercolors more often.

Merfolk and Apples Swaps

 For the merfolk swap the rules were simply to create cards that featured any type of merfolk...I love mermaids, so it was perfect! 

 The apples swap was also pretty self-explanatory. I don't really draw apples (or still life objects) that often, so it was a fun challenge!

More Art From the Past...