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If it weren't for my kindergarten teacher Mrs. Ewen, I am not sure my parents would have ever started enouraging me to draw as much as they do. She took note of my ideas, and mentioned it to my mom at parent teacher conferences. The outside (and expert) opinion helped them see my projects in a new light.

Today at school, Mrs. Ewen gave me a sketch pad to help me continue to develop my talents. On the first sheet of the book is the following drawing. Thanks Mrs. Ewen.

Purge

It's time to post a bunch of stuff that has been piling up around the house for a while, so I can throw it out and start a new pile!

Leaves

Wall - E

Turkey

Pencil

Wreath (closed)

Wreath (open) !
Teddy Bear

Rudolph
"Good"

Penguin

Frog

Abstract #2

Mouse with Pencil

Elf

Carl Fredrickson from Up

We saw the movie Up this week. It was really good. While we were watching it again tonight, I drew this picture of Carl.

Talking Art

Today after church I made two new characters: Monkey and Dr. Mouse. Here is Monkey:

Everyone liked Dr. Mouse so much, we made a movie about him: "The Story of Dr. Mouse and the Sadness." Enjoy.

Thanksgiving Assignment

Catching Up

Here are a couple projects from October:

Trick or Treat

Ron Weasley

AGEe (Atticus, Gallagher, Eleanor, and oh yeah, Emerson)

Abstract #1 (10/14/2009)

A sample of the fall foliage around the neighborhood:

This was a great collaboration with my whole family, and one of my largest pieces to-date. If you look closely at the leaves, there are a few hidden surprises... (it's not Leafman, but see if you can spot a close relative of his)

One man's rubbish...

Today my brother and sister were making some art projects. They had cut out some shapes and left some scraps on the table. This was one of them.

It seemed such a shame just to let it go without being put to good use:

One man's rubbish is another man's gold (race car)

Leaf Star

This is Leafman. First, I started with a big yellow leaf, then two medium red leaves, and last two small yellow leaves. We made a big leaf project today with leaves from our neighbohood. And then at the end I cut the stem a little to a little, little, little stem. And that's how I made him.

Happy Halloween

This is a picture of a monster. If you don't be careful, he can eat you. So, BE CAREFUL!

The Crashed Police Car

The sun is bright in the morning air. the police car crashed and it wouldn't go. So they were fixing it. And they fixed the car. And they were back to normal.

There was a police plane that flew over them and they were very happy.

The End

The Musketeer

This is a picture of a musketeer. It's at night time. He is fighting a bad guy that is trying to destroy him. Then a person named Atticus came. And he destroyed the bad guy. And they lived happily ever after.

Visiting Rats

On Sunday, mom took me to visit a lady from church who has three pet rats so I could hold them and play with them. This is a "Thank You" card I made for her. It says "thanc u vare much," but I meant "thank you very much."

The rats' names are Tony, McGee, and Gibb. This is a picture of Tony. He was my favorite. The picture is of me giving Tony a treat. You can still see a bit of my hand as I pull it back quickly. It turned out I wasn't as brave about holding rats as I thought on our drive over there.

1st First Grade Newsletter

Last week a picture I drew was featured in the first issue of our class newsletter. It is Johnny Appleseed, but the black and white reproduction does not do justice to the original. It's the price you have to pay these days to get published what with the web increasing distribution and drawing more and more attention to overheads.

Self Portrait

This is my new Blog: a place for me to save and share things I create around the house and at school. Those who know me well enough will not be surprised to learn that the empty toilet paper roll is perhaps my favorite medium. I call this piece "Self Portrait in 80% Recycled Material."