Art Across the Miles

Even tho' we live almost 3,000 miles apart now,  my granddaughters and I remain close.  The love of creating art is something we share.  It makes me so proud to see that they continue to flex their artistic muscles as they become young women.   

Cameron used to love abstracts so that she wouldn't have to draw; she just wanted to get into that paint as soon as possible.  Look what she's doing now!  Her drawing skills are amazing. Her color choices are so beautiful, and I love the white spaces she left for highlights.  

  

Marcella, a senior ready to fly the coop, continues to grow as an artist.  Her drawing skills are superb, and the delicate hand she uses keeps her colors fresh and beautiful.  I love the way she repeated the colors to give the painting a sense of harmony.













Thank you to my two sweet granddaughters for sending me these pieces that I will treasure forever!!

Still making art

I don’t live close to my sweet granddaughters anymore, but they continue to create art. While they were visiting me in California, they painted these beautiful watercolors.

From Cameron:  Tutti Frutti

Marcella’s Koi  

Yipes stripes!

On Wednesdays after school, the girls come over for some art fun and dinner.  Here are the latest creations. Marcella's is on the left; Cameron painted the "Best Friends" frame.  Wonderful!

Self-Portraits

When I told the girls we would be doing self-portraits last week, they weren't very excited.  Then they realized they could do awesome collages (for awesome girls).  We were all pretty much into blue and purple again. 

More acrylics

Great adages!

The girls did a fantastic job on these acrylics.

by Marcella

by Cameron

Purple/Blue Days

 The girls were really into purples and blues this weekend. 

Cameron's picture frame & "C".

 

 

Christmas mobile

Marcella and Cameron made these "balls" from yarn glued over a balloon.  Fun!

Arts in the Heart

The girls and a friend had their very own sales table for the second year in a row.  Look at all the beautiful jewelry and crafts that they made. 

The Morris Museum

The girls & I always have fun wandering through the galleries at The Morris on the Savannah River in Augusta.  Here they are by their favorite Jonathan Green painting.

Button Tree

Marcella and I worked on this tree.

The idea came from a Pinterest post.  Cameron changed this one with some 3-D grass from molding paste. 

 

Cameron's Sun-Catcher Crystals & Beads.

Paper Flower in 3-D

Marcella made this 3-D paper flower from card stock. 
It took a lot of time & hot glue!  :-)  Gorgeous!

Pom-Pom Pups

These were made from a Klutz kit!  So cute! Marcella made the black Scottie & Cameron made the Chihuahua.

 

Summer Projects

Wow! This summer flew by, but the girls and I managed to do a few projects.

Cameron's Beautiful Daisy

Marcella's Beautiful Collage

Ribbon Topiary

Marcella had fun creating this ribbon tree.  She cut 120 4" pieces of ribbon and pinned them to a 6" floral foam ball.

Putting air-dry clay in pot to secure the dowel.

A ribbon tree!

Mural

This was the girls' first attempt at a mural -- cheerful, bright, and beautiful. 

Melted Crayons

Cameron really got into melting crayons with the hair dryer!

She painted the background and an elephant silhouette.  Then, she glued down some crayon shavings.  The hairdryer on high heat, low fan was enough to melt the crayons and get the colors moving! 





      Awesome!

Pillows

 Sometimes kits are just the right thing.  Everything is ready for you to do a quick craft.  These owl pillows were part of an American Girl craft. 

Nicely done! 

Paint on Glass

 The girls and I saw a framed piece of glass with a silhouette at a craft store.  They decided to paint one of the frames from our "stained-glass" window on a frame, leaving a lot of unpainted space for the wall to show through. 

Marcellla's lily and butterfly

 These look even better in their rooms with the
paint of their walls showing. 

Cameron's sleepy cat with snail