In the Nook...I keep practicing my sketching. I want so badly to be an artist! I still intend to either watercolor them or color them in , slightly, with colored pencils...which do you think?
This is an Iris that I loved and wanted to draw.
It's kind of hard to see this tree because I haven't finished it yet...I love trees! I still have to add the shading, every tree needs some shade, don't you think?
Next year Kelsey and I are going to do some major studying on Art and work on some drawings. I would like for her to find a passion in some form of art. We're also studying about color! If you follow the link on my right sidebar "Color Wheel Pro" they offer classes in color theory. I've done some of the classes and find it extremely interesting. Kelsey loves photography but doesn't know much about how it became what it is...she got a blue ribbon and yellow ribbon in the photography contest that she entered through our co-op. She took a picture of a tree in our yard just as Spring was settling in the air. She loves that picture so much and we have lots of memories under that big oak tree. I have an amazing young daughter! She thinks of all the little bitty details that some her age would not notice. I'll have to post her tree picture, when I find it.
I love seeing other people's artwork. I took some simple art classes in high school (drawing, perspective, etc.) but I'd much rather write. Maybe I can write a book and you can illustrate!
~Heidi
How beautiful!! I love your drawings - they have such a tenderness to them.
The question of colored pencils or watercolors is a hard one...why not water color pencils!? I've just tried them recently and found them really fun. You can shade in the color as a colored pencil and take a wet brush to the areas where you want to have that watercolored look! Sounds fun doesn't it?
Blessings,
Laurie
ps - For encouragement in drawing, you could check out this cool group I'm in - http://groups.yahoo.com/group/everydaymatters/
Nancy, the flowers are absolutely lovely... Trees are so hard because there's SO MUCH to them, and you have to make them 3D - not like they're lying flat on the paper, but really coming out towards you - so hard to do.
I love trees too - The Torah is called the Tree of Life, it is often depicted as two trees intertwined together - like the two trees in the Garden of Eden - the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil, and The Tree of Life
I made a little change with my Friends List. It's on the left side and to open it just click on the word "Friends" and it pops out! Neat, huh! To close it click on it again! Thank you
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Seven Steps to Raising Godly Children
Principle - Impart God's word on your children and live in a way that you are their greatest example of what a Christ-abiding parent should be.
Pattern - Teach your children a pattern of prayer; when to pray, how to pray, and why prayer is important.
Persistence - Don't ever give up...teach your children to always have faith and not to give up when things get hard.
Participation - Our children crave our attention! The way our children see us is the way they'll see God in thier lives.
Praise - Encourage children, praise them when they do something right and help them when they have a hard time.
Prayer - Teach your children to pray and then to TRUST God for the outcome.
Priority - Make God the Head and Heart of your home and let them live with God's desire coming first in your lives.
