The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Nov 30th- A few of my favorite things...

~Being inspired by the artist who made the ornament you bought for your birthday to try a new craft

~Learning the basic process of turning pieces of wood into...

~Handcrafted ornaments to hang on the tree

(Ornament by artist Becky Virgil)

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

 Oct 21st- A few of my favorite things...

~A gorgeous day to collect leafy splendor

~Examining leaves with the eyes of a scientist

~Experimenting with the leaves with the eyes of an artist

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 12th- A few of my favorite things...
~An afternoon spent visiting an art gallery with paintings all by one artist
~Taking time to study a painting to see not only what the artist included, but even seeing his brush strokes
~Trying your hand at drawing what you see in the picture

If you are ever in the Skaneateles, NY area,
take time to check out this gallery:
http://barrowgallery.org/

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Mar 5th- A few of my favorite things...
~An artist who has found more than one way to use an easel
~A tea that makes you think of summer sunshine
~A kitty who is always ready to lend a paw or two <3

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 3rd- A few of my favorite things...
~Watching an ordinary railroad overpass...
~Become an extraordinary work of art...
~~Under the amazing hands of local artist and national illustrator of London Ladd

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Apr 2nd- A few of my favorite things...
~Little pies that allow each person to have their own flavor
~A little girl who on her own got out the book to read along with the audio-book we are listening to
~An underwater world under construction in the mind of the artist

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Dec 28th- A few of my favorite things...
~An artist (with an engineer's mind) who got the medium she's been wanting for Christmas...
~That can whip up a jaunty mustache or pair of chic shades...
~Or create fun characters with nothing but a knob for horizontal and a knob for vertical

Excited to make...

A jaunty mustache...

a pair of shades for one cool pig...

An opera singer...

A happy snowman...

A quick roadrunner...

a jack-in-the-box...

and a prima ballerina!

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Sept 28th- A few of my favorite things...
~Discovering, that as well as artists-in-residence,...
~We have poets-in-residence...
~And watching them discover it in themselves

The Habit of Thankfulness: A Few of My Favorite Things

Aug 9th- A few of my favorite things...
~Watching the color choices...
~Along with paintbrushes and stamps
~Bring out the personality of each artist on an ordinary white shirt...and a matching bag for one