In keeping with the circles, etc. I went with a circle of wild mountain thyme. Plus, that was my favorite folk song we learned last year. It’s been in my head all month. The hand lettering here is not my favorite and thought about redoing it with a pen I like better. But then IContinue reading “Wild”
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Legend
Today’s inktober is a shout out to the book Once and Future King. My son is reading through Ambleside Online, Year 7 selections. Once and Future King makes him laugh every day. And it’s helping us recall those good Knights of the Round Table stories. Thanks, TH White. And a shout out to this postContinue reading “Legend”
Overgrown
Six years ago, I lived in Narberth, PA for a short time. I would walk a few times per week to the train station, and I would pass this building: But I didn’t know it was a building. I literally thought it was a bush with ivy. Turns out, it was a church. When IContinue reading “Overgrown”
Ash
Here’s another example of my expanding education. I was at a baseball clinic, hanging out with a bored little girl who was recovering from a bee sting. We found an oak tree plus another type of tree I had not run into before. Turns out, it was an ash tree. A few days later, upContinue reading “Ash”
Dragon
I thought about drawing a dragon. That sounded like alot of trouble.
Pattern
I’ve always wanted a kitchen floor like this. Colored version is on my instagram @tatumhartdesigns
Swing
I got help with this little guy. I was still looking for ways to turn each prompt into a circle, and this is what I came up with. One of my son’s friends saw it when it was only partially done and told me it would be better in color. So I colored it inContinue reading “Swing”
Frail
When we started homeschooling four years ago, I read Home Education by Charlotte Mason and felt hopelessly behind. She wrote about moms knowing all the names of all the trees so as to tell your children, casually, at the park, what type of leaf they had found. At the time, I could only identify pecanContinue reading “Frail”
Enchanted
I had no clue where to go with this prompt. After “build” I decided to work in knots and mandalas if at all possible. Without that caveat, I would have maybe tried a princess or something from a fairy tale. But plenty of fairy tales have roses, so this works, too. In our school, weContinue reading “Enchanted”
Husky
Today’s prompt was easy in the sense that I knew exactly what I wanted to draw. One of my goals was to use this pretty cyan ink if i used color at all, so a pretty husky eye had to be it. Unfortunately, ink doesn’t dry the same way as watercolor so I didn’t getContinue reading “Husky”
