Art Tag

Family and friends, We’re writing with the most exciting of news—OUR NEW BOOK has been published! Many of you are aware that James and I having been working on combining some of his artwork with my poetry. While we were in college, James created an alphabet out of...

26 October, 2015 /

HELP: I'm noticing that my phone camera pics are mostly blurry, and I'm not sure why. Anyone have any thoughts? iPhone 5c...

12 May, 2015 /

You know you've arrived (slash are arriving) when you look at your kid's drawing and can tell what it is! STILL ARRIVING Corban drew our family. Far right: Dad Middle: Mom Top to bottom: Corban, Jaeda, Liddi Squiggly with legs at the bottom: coffee Because coffee is an obvious member of the Steele family. ARRIVED His name...

05 April, 2015 /

Corban's figured out the best "warmers" of the house and how to get as close to the heat as possible. I can find him here or on his favorite floor vent in our room at any time of day, but especially in the mornings in...

11 January, 2015 /

The first weekend in October, we found ourselves in Michigan with a date night on our hands (wahooooo!). We made our way to Grand Rapids where the entire downtown was covered in art--real, creative, layperson-understood art. It was incredible! I'll briefly highlight a very select...

01 November, 2014 /

A couple nights ago, I felt good. Good as in almost great! So we went outside after supper and drew and painted with chalk. Had quite the gathering of neighborhood kids (always my favorite) and even decorated some trees in the process. I was feeling...

11 August, 2014 /

A little while ago, I mentioned that one of James' coworkers gave us an easel no longer desired by her grandkids. We were thrilled! After playing with it for a few weeks, I realized that the chalkboard side was pretty well worn through to the wood in several...

02 June, 2014 /

James is an artist. His job, of course, is in graphic design, but in order to obtain that degree, he had to take art classes--drawing, painting, photography--and our house and my James-notes box have greatly benefited from this hobby. It's his dream to put a...

20 March, 2014 /

...the big boys paint! And explore. Aiden always loves to explore. "AiDEN! It's time to paint!" says bossy, task-oriented Corban to exploratory, free-spirited Aiden. Back to work. Aiden much preferred painting the dirt to the sidewalk. Practicing his artistic modeling pose. Enjoy this beautiful weather, y'all!  **link to sidewalk chalk recipe**...

25 May, 2013 /

      Filtering through colors. Pinning photos and laying out stripe options using Valspar's colors and Word. Measuring (what would I have done without you, Imelda??). Taping and taping and re-taping. Sealing the tape. (This is the tutorial I followed. I sealed it with the base color, just fyi, aaaand it worked!) Painting,...

04 March, 2013 /
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