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”
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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”
Build
Build! This one was fun to do. I kept trying to work Legos into my idea but this felt better. See the sheep? And the alligator?
Freeze
Originally for this prompt I drew a single snowman. Then as the days went on, I found more ways to turn the prompts into circles of one type or another. So I went back and changed the single snowman into seven. I particularly like this one because I was able to make it into anContinue reading “Freeze”
Bait
Here’s some bait. You guy, I did not like this prompt. I could not think of anything except either a worm or one of these things I’ve seen other people use. I had to look up several pictures to see where the hook and line are meant to be. Although, because it was my leastContinue reading “Bait”
Mindless
I had a smart cat a few years ago. Our current cat, although well-loved, is not a smart cat. We have a joke that whatever is happening, our cat is only thinking, “I’m a cat. I’m a cat. I’m a cat. Food.” Dear Snowball happened to walk by while I was pondering what to drawContinue reading “Mindless”
Ring
Happy Inktober! The first prompt is “ring,” and really, my first thought was something related to Lord of the Rings or an engagement ring. But somehow my mind landed on the idea of a ring of trees, and here we are. Inspired by the prettiest place in Texas, Mission Tejas State Park, this is meantContinue reading “Ring”
Family Tree Celtic Knot
Celtic knots have long been one of my favorite things to draw, although I don’t always have the time an patience needed to complete them… I love the idea that so many elements can come together to make one complicated image, like in a symphony with all the musicians make something beautiful. With Celtic knots,Continue reading “Family Tree Celtic Knot”
