Drawing Stars

One of the greatest things about being a parent is watching you children learn and grow. It can be especially exciting when you help them figure out how to do something on their own, even when it's something as simple as drawing stars. I recently had sort of an 'ah ha!' moment when trying to teach little g how to draw stars. She's gotten quite good at writing some letters, and it occurred to me that an 'A' is very similar to a star. So I suggested she make an 'A' with its arms sticking out, then connect one hand to the opposite foot, and the same with the other hand. Voila! Stars! :D

First Faces

My daughter's drawing skills have taken a huge leap forward in the past couple of weeks.  We've gone from indecipherable scribbles (although she could always tell me what she had painted) to completely recognizable faces and even writing a few letters.  I will absolutely cherish these first little faces for many years to come.  

It's amazing to me how much expression these faces hold.  It will be fun to watch her drawing and painting skills grow and change over the coming months, and to look back at these first faces a year from now.  I wonder what her drawings will look like then?  Only time will tell.  :)

More Mandalas!

About a month ago, I started drawing mandalas again, and have really been enjoying it! I decided to try doing some in color, and was so pleased with how they turned out, I decided to make some note cards for my Etsy shop:

Each note card is like a mini work of art, and is drawn entirely free hand. I'm really having fun with these, and hope to add more soon. I've also started adding to my Etsy shop some of the embroidered felt mandala pendants that I had previously mentioned too.

I'm so happy to be making some new and different things. And each new idea I get leads me to more new ideas, and more new directions to delve into. I'm really feeling inspired to create, and I can't wait to see what will come next!

Mandalas

I used to draw a lot more, and I recently decided to take it back up again. One of the things I always loved drawing were mandalas. There's something very peaceful & meditative about drawing these concentric patterns. I never have a plan when I start a mandala, so it's always interesting to watch them evolve, and to decide when one is complete. I'm totally hooked on drawing these again, and am debating what to do with them....maybe some hand drawn cards? I think they could also be interesting designs to be screen printed on clothing, but I'm not a screen printer, and have far too many hobbies already to take up a new one. I would love to hear any ideas for what to do with these mandalas, so please feel free to comment below with suggestions! In the meantime, I think I'll try doing one in embroidery. Fun!