A First Art Show!

Last night, we had an art show at church, thanks to some creative friends! There were lots of neat items on display, from sculptures to prints and drawings, quilts and a wedding dress, pottery, paintings, and lots of neat pictures from the kids. We had hors d'oevres and an open "bar" (juice, water,...) and wonderful musical performances as well! It was fun to get to hang out together and have a glimpse of the creativity that God has gifted our congregation with!

The kids flocked to the art table at the beginning.

Matt and Tom were the opening musical act.

A rapt audience.

Liam's masterpiece, created at the art table!

Proud artists, posing by their artwork.

Ta Daaaaaaa!!!!!

We finished the "three R's" part of school last month and are now doing all the fun stuff we didn't have as much time for during the rest of the year. So, we are now enjoying art, drawing, nature studies, reading, cooking and other fun stuff. We decided to do a weekly joint art class with Ellia and Ben, figuring the more the merrier when it comes to getting messy! We will be learning about and copying a different artist each month, and this month was Eric Carle (I have been wanting to do this for a while now!)!

So, after two weeks of just painting tissue paper and drawing pictures, today everything came together! I must say that these guys did excellent jobs! I am proud of each of them for designing and creating their artwork!









And, of course, I had to get in on it, too, since it is creating, and ther is nothign I love better than creating! So, I had in mind a set of pictures to hang in Liam's room when we paint it this summer. Now, I just have to find frames!




Happy crafting!!!

Summer Art

Can you guess what we've been up to? We'll have the final results this week to show you!