Have you ever seen a numbat? Neither have I, but I'm getting pretty good at Googling "Animals that start with...", and for the letter N, I found numbat. You might think it would be some kind of bat, but it looks pretty much like what you see here. (I will say that it's kind of …
It's time for ABC Animals, Part 3! As it turns out, I haven't been working on my ABC animals art journal too much lately. That's why I am only up to the letter M. But at least I have four new animals to show you: J, K, L, and M.At the end of ABC Animals …
I got a new idea! What if, on each of Foster and Panda's adventure posts, I was also able to include a free, printable coloring page for kids? (Or, let's face it, grown-ups too.) Then, to avoid having to draw frequently repeated images, what if I could scan them into the computer so …
If you are a Pinterest fan, you have doubtless heard of "Bullet Journals". If not, keep reading... I have to admit, the concept of bullet journals intrigued me, but, as with Bible Journaling, it took me awhile to "jump on the bandwagon" and give it a try. Part of it was that there are so …
Do you ever wonder why I'm always taking close up pictures of Foster? (Besides the fact that he's cute, I mean?) Well it all goes back to "New Friends", where he asks why I never draw him. I always think, "I need to try drawing Foster" and so I take close ups upon close ups. …
No, I haven't given up on watercolors! You just haven't seen any here for awhile because I've been into other things... But a few weeks ago I participated in an "art swap" from The Art Colony site. When you do an art swap, different people sign up to make either artist trading cards (ATCs) or …
It's time for an update on my ABC Animals art journal! I am now all the way up to the Letter "I". In case you haven't seen my original ABC Animals post, here are the letters I had finished at that time. ("Dolphin" wasn't actually finished then, but now it is.) I always like to …
One thing I didn't expect when I started this blog was that I would "meet" so many interesting and nice people (and pets) out there in the "blog world". Along with Foster's "blog friends" we have also found some really cool blogs about art. (Just as a reminder, this did start out to be an "art …
I cannot tell you how many colored pencils have passed through my hands in thirty years of teaching. After retiring, one would think I would never want to see another colored pencil again, but... These girls are drawing a background for a play we did in one of my English learner classes, (somewhere around 2010 …
If you enjoy creating art, or if you just like to look through Pinterest, you have probably seen examples of what is popularly called "Bible journaling." It's where people illustrate scriptures in their Bibles, using all different types of media. While I normally want to try every new craft I see, it took a long …
Nana's Whimsical World 