This lovely piece of origami art work was created by Ming Roberts, age 6, and she called it a Monster. It’s one of her first origami pieces. She gave it to me and I am honored, as I now have a Ming original. I was trying out a few descriptors for it:
Ming’s Marvelous Monster
Ming’s Motivated Monster
Ming’s Moving Monster
Ming’s Mad, Mad (in a good way) Monster
Ming’s Moolicious Monster (okay, I made up that one)
Monster on board!
A feather duster goes swimming
For months I had been watching the calendar at Austin’s Painting With A Twist, trying to find a time when I could take one of their classes. I finally found one: Van Gogh’s Tree.
Blue skies, smiling at me .....
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The premise behind Painting With A Twist is that it’s a fun, social event where all the supplies are provided. They provide the space, instructor, apron, paint, canvas, brushes, everything! (It is not, however, an art school.)
Blue, lots of blue
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With two brushes, seven paint colors, a couple of paper plates and a few paper towels, we got down to the business of fun painting.
A feather duster tree takes shape
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I walked in with a purse and two hours later I walked out with a purse and a painting.
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Now that’s my kind of art.
The finished tree
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I thought I had some orange in that tree, lots of orange, but it doesn’t look like it now.
Here is a wonderful Magic Ball, made by Claire Roberts, age 10. There must be a gazillion folds! I’m so inspired by Claire!
Here is one drawing in Lesson 07 from You Can Draw in 30 Days by Mark Kistler. Lesson 07 is Advanced-Level Cubes. Ohh, I’m advanced now! With each chapter I learn a little bit more, but at this point I’m following step-by-step instructions for each drawing. Works for me.
Here’s the one from the book. Mine looks almost just like Mark’s! (Copyright belongs to the author Mark Kistler, his publishers, etc.)
I actually quilted something! It’s a quilted postcard, about 4 inches by 6 inches.
Quilted seahorses
Will be mailed to Debra in Florida
