baby chickens

This month I have been having a lot of fun photographing our new baby chickens!  It is fun to find things their size around the house that are about their size. The white ones tend to stay right where I put them, which makes it so fun...the black ones are a bit more wild now that they are getting bigger....they are even trying to fly!

Drawing a 3-D Head

I attended a drawing class at the National Portrait Gallery.  I love these classes because it is open to all skill levels, taught by a talented instructor and it is FREE!

Tips that I learn to drawing a three-dimensional head: add value (shading); two sides are symmetrical; widest part of the head is just above the ear and marks the top half bottom half; eye socket area angles down; the largest plane of the face includes cheeks, bisecting nose, temple to temple, eye socket to the upper lip-like a triangle; nasal bone is a pyramid; and the side planes reach to the back of the head and include the cheek/jaw bone area.

Below are pictures I drew based on the portraits at the gallery.

pom pom ball tree

I saw this simple idea on the show called Twin Cities Live. I collected some branches outside, then hot glued colorful pom poms to all the ends....fun for Spring!