My Art Portfilo

This year I have been doing a homeschooling art day once a month.  Check out the Artsorted Worx blog theartsortedworx.  This place is amazing and full of fun.  You will see from the photos that the art work is cool.  Here is my art work from 2010, It took a bit of time compiling it, but now it is finished.  The text written on the page has been copied below the picture.  Please remember that the text was written for certain parts of the page.

Dark Starry Night : This is my copy of the famous painting by Vincent van Gogh.  This is only an imitation of Gogh’s work. 
 

Mango : This mango is a still life drawing.  A slight 3D tone was added to the drawing.  This still life was done using watercolour pencils.

Minty : The design of this minty has been copied and painted on a square of calico, then stuffed and tied.  The original minty wrapper is below. 

Colour

Colour is what makes or breaks a picture.  This picture is an example of how colour shows the expressions and feelings of a person.  Although the colours are different to the colours in the real picture, this painting shows that the person is happy with the use of bright happy colours.

Mrs Okey

This is a gourd with paper-mache/plaster on parts of the head to form the features- eyes, etc.  Stockings have been used for the legs with individual decorations. 

I put this photo on for India Heaven in my Heart-Gourd Love Because I love gourds too. BEx

Lazy Me??

Confesson Time.  I have been lazy.  I have written lots of posts, BUT forgotten to publish them.  Anyway, here they are. Enjoy. Bex

Making Jam

We made jam in mid December.  Here are some photos from our fun.

Cutting up the plums

 

All cut up, what next?

Boiling in the pot.

Homemade Plum Jam.

Bex

Rainy Day Activities- Again!!

The weather, in my part of the world seems to be rain, rain and more rain.  So what do we do to pass the time?  Here are some dominos that StopWatch Bro, ( refer to link Endless Ergon Wait ) set up. 

Please excuse my filming.  I'm just experimenting with what I can put on my blog. (Good rainy day activity!) 

Here is a game of Junior Monopoly going on. All of the children (minus me) are playing.

Rain Rain and More Rain - character building. 

BEx.

I Love This Verse

I just wanted to share this verse with you.  It is one of my favorites.  While it's fairly short it shows just how precious family is and how much it is worth.  Read Psalm 133 below.  Feel free to comment on what this verse means to you.

                               ¹How good and pleasant it is
                       when brothers and sisters live together in unity!
                       2It is like precious oil poured on the head,
                       running down on the beard,
                       running down on Aaron’s beard,
                       down on the collar of his robe.
                       3It is as if the dew of Hermon
                       were falling on Mount Zion.
                       For there the LORD bestows his blessing,
                       even life forevermore.
BEx