Beautiful eyes

Over the holiday, curlygirl took up a pen and sketched out an eye.

Then she took a pen refill and broke it open and used it to color it in...

the result is beautiful.

But THIS one is even more lovely....she did this entirely with the broken pen, using the plastic to drag the ink where she wanted it to go.  

This eye reminds me of Elizabeth Taylor's because of the brow.  Beautiful.

I am jealous of my daughter's gift....but so happy she has it.  I don't know if she will use it after high school but I hope she does.

Mojo

Curly girl sketched Mojo while in class the other day.  As with Ginger, it was just her way of working through her grief....

He was a sweet boy and is missed......

Ginger

We all grieve in different ways.  Curly girl took to pen and paper when Ginger passed away.

sketches

One of Matt's friends asked for a sketch of a penquin.....I love how lifelike this little guy looks.

Still entranced by eyes..........

I love to watch her sketch....so fast and effortless, like breathing.

bird sketches

pretty birds........



and



quickly sketched.......

ROAR!

Kaela took the summer off from art but did another sketch...something to put in her binder for school...the tiger is her school mascot.


love his eyes.......

I hope she has a better time in gifted art this year. She hated it last year and almost dropped out.
Interesting enough, a teacher at the same school told me she let her own daughter drop out because she didn't enjoy it either....she plans on rejoining once she moves on to high school.....hmmmm.

Think I'll keep that in mind.

She is also in art 2 so I'm crossing my fingers that she will be happier.

Rose

Kaela doodled a rose on the back of her homework awhile back.....when she cleaned out her backpack for the summer, she showed it to me.

Even with all the crinkles, I just love it.

close up.....

sometimes the simplest things are the loveliest......

more sketches...

Kaela is sketching again.........

She got these ideas off her ipod...

Anime'

Curly Girl has been experimenting with Anime' lately and doing a great job!
She sketched this out in a little over an hour....


she really has the eyes down....

another sketch

Curly Girl is loving her eraser board!

Here is another quick sketch she did....

sketching

Curly Girl got Taylor Swift's album from Santa this year.

She was so excited, she decided to sketch the cover.....

Curly Girl on skates

Here is a picture Curly Girl drew of herself. She said she thinks it is what she will look like when she is older......

I think it looks like an illustration. I LOVE IT!

There once was a kitty

First Curly Girl drew a kitty. Then she decided the kitty needed to be a momma so she gave it a kitten. Then she decided the kitten needed a sister.....Then she decided that no kitty has only 1 or 2 kittens so she added 2 more.........

A little fox.......

A couple days ago, Curly Girl sat down and drew 8 pictures.

She just sits down and draws stuff....she never uses a picture to look at...........

This one is my favorite.........I especially like the tail.

It has to be a 'she' because she is so pretty! Isn't she lovely?

Kick Yer Heels Up!

Curly Girl likes to draw horses that are bucking.....so from time to time she will bring me a drawing like this one:

Baby sparrow.....

Curly Girl decided cheep needed a pal......he looked lonely.

So she drew another baby bird.....this one looks a bit like a sparrow. I love his legs........she is so observant!

A little cheep

Curly Girl likes to draw in pen from time to time. It is so hard to do though because she can't simply 'erase' what she wants to redo.
That being said, many of her sketches she has done using pen, never make it online.
Until now!
She did this little cheep in a few minutes last night and brought it to me to post.
Pretty darn cute, huh?!

Splash!

This is another picture Curly Girl did at her summer art class. She was very particular about wanting to draw a picture of a dolphin splashing into the water. She was THRILLED when she found something to use in class.
She has a 'thing' for dolphins so this one is really special to her!

A story about a bunny....

A little over a week ago, Curly Girl went with me to the pet store so I could exchange a couple fish for our aquarium. As we were walking up to the check out, she went to look at the cute little bunnies.
She yelled out for me to come look at the baby bunnies. Well, I had been to the same store an hour earlier (different story) and there were no BABY bunnies. So I walk over and sure enough there are 3 little teeny weeny, itsy bitsy, bald as a cucumber baby bunnies. They were freezing as the mom had just popped them out without a nest and hopped away.
So, Curly Girl DASHED to the front squealing with delight about the cute baby bunnies and the lady (who helped me before) said 'uh, we don't HAVE any baby bunnies..." Curly Girl and I replied "YES you do!" Actually, I said, 'you do NOW' and made a comment about bunny birth control.
Well all ---- broke out as they dashed around getting a separate cage for DADDY who apparently killed the last babies....just a few short weeks earlier. (I guess what THEY say about bunnies is true.)
After all the chaos, Curly Girl walked out very pleased with herself that she had 'saved' the babies from that MEAN daddy bunny.
So, here is the picture she drew of the momma bunny:

'Blogworthy' Doodles.......

The last several weeks, we have had a lot of company...both from out of town and from local friends having sleepovers.
So I wasn't surprised the other day when Curly Girl announced she was needing some 'down time.' She sometimes just needs to play by herself, be alone and decompress.

When she was very young she would say, "No mommy, I play by self." It was her way of saying that she wanted to be A L O N E.

That being said, she spent 2-3 days without friends, just building with her legos, singing to herself, loving on the pets..especially Leo, cutting and doodling. She also did quite a bit of snuggling with me :-)

Here are 3 little doodles she did and then brought them to me for her blog. She always asks....'are these blogworthy?'

These 2 are more of her "Fire and Water" dragons.....even without color, you can already see more detailing in this pair than in the ones she did in March.


And here is a Sad faced little puppy....


So cute!