Last year as I was brainstorming ideas for local outings suitable to a year of studying Ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Classical Greece, Republic and Empirical Rome and its demise, I scheduled in several focus trips to our local Chrysler Museum of … Continue reading The Moses Myers House
On a recent trip to Northern Virginia to visit to our dearly beloved and sorely missed #1 Son, GraceNotes and I took the Metro to the National Gallery of Art on the Mall in Washington DC. The NGA is an … Continue reading Grumpy Italian Men at the NGA…
Before Home School, in second and third grades, Papa Gene sponsored GraceNotes participation in an after school art class by a franchise called Abrakadoodle. The instructors were local artists and art students. Each week’s gathering would begin with a look … Continue reading The Abrakadoodle Period
The Daughter takes a Studio Art class at Home School Plus, a co-op in Norfolk. Surrounded by other students, in a room filled with paints, pastels, charcoal, tempura, chisels, brushes, colored pencils, and the art work of past and present … Continue reading A Gallery of Studio Art
The problem is how to remain an artist once you grow up. Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) We have had so much fun the last three days! Grace and I had a blast and learned a lot during a fabulous 3-day morning art class … Continue reading Every child is an artist…
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