Meet David Norton, a beautiful artist and craftsman, his work has been exhibited at Smithsonian's Renwick Museum. An international teacher, his home and is in beautiful Loudoun County VA. I hope you enjoy his art work here. Pie plate before it's fired Finish…
This is part of a video series of artists in my area. Here is part 2 of an interview with watercolorist Stephen Loya, making his strange and wonderful creature. Learn some of the tips and techniques he uses to create this creature. You can find Stephen at www.stevenloya.c…
I did an interview with Watercolor artist Stephen Loya. He will be on the Artist Studio Tour, coming up in June. A weekend of artists - you should come to Loudoun to check it out. I have more of the interview coming up. The link does not work at the moment but knock on wood by …
WW2 planes flew down the Potomac river and over DC yesterday in celebration of V-E Day (Victory in Europe). Very cool, captured some of it with my new camera lens, including the B29, which according to my hubby is rare to see in the air.
I thought this looked like a long eared goat but someone argued it was a cocker spaniel - what do you think?
I really don't have a lot to say here. We discovered last weekend we have a wild fox and kits (babies) living under our shed. I got a telephoto lens out and filmed - thought I'd share. So cute! I'm hoping to get more video up next week.
The origami water lily This one is an easy one. The folding to make sure it stayed flat was a challenge but in general it was easy.
I like this paper flower I love the texture of the brown paper. It has an elegance that the construction paper didn't have. I used brown packaging paper but lunch bag would work too. Do they still have paper lunch bags?
I haven't done a blog post in a bit. Spring has sprung in this house and I just want to be outside. I managed to pull this one off this evening. If you ever use these patterns, post a link in the comments so I can see it.
I made this t-shirt bag to be like a produce bag. My only disappointment was that the holes in the bag are way too big. I think next time, I won't put holes or only half inch holes. Easy way to make a produce bag for the farmer's market.
Playing games that does not require an electrical outlet - Check it out! I wish I knew the name but alas ....
