I’ve always enjoyed drawing, painting, needlework, crafts, and other artistic and creative things. I took art classes through middle school and high school, and majored in Studio Art in college.
One of my favorite “art” days was in the early 1980s. I’d always wanted to paint by the ocean, and I finally had the opportunity to do that while on vacation in Maine. I hadn’t taken an easel or big canvases with me, so I was painting seascapes on little ceramic tiles. To my total surprise, people stopped to watch me paint, asked if they could buy these miniatures, and bought them as quickly as I could paint them!
I often have art supplies with me when I’m camping. It’s funny to think that these pictures were taken close to 50 years apart!
I’ve always worked in a variety of media–and this served me well in my career as a high school art teacher–but my personal favorite art materials are simple mechanical pencils, pastels & colored pencils, and acrylic paint.
Most of the art I’ve done as an adult has been commissioned work–or projects I’ve had to figure out prior to introducing them to my students! But as someone with a multitude of diverse interests, I can’t really say that I would necessarily draw or paint when I could sew or crochet or do genealogy research. I enjoy so many things, and there’s always something new to learn.
ARTWORK
CROSS-STITCH DESIGNS
POTTERY
SEWN GOODS
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