Half Term Week

Throwing and catching bean bags, bread and butter.

Playdough (flowers and parents in bed)

Garden reading corner

Building blocks outside, music corner, using instruments.

Painting flowers and drawing tadpoles.

It's half term week (again)and a chance to reflect, rest and relax.

Although a busy 6 weeks, and an eventful one emotionally, I have reached the midterm break with a good feeling inside.

At the age of 60 I have taken on a huge new challenge, with 52 little ones (almost 4) in my room.

We have painted, designed, built, watched, planted, played, splashed, erected, viewed, drawn, sung, examined, developed, shared, talked and laughed.

I am proud of myself, I feel satisfied and complete, as it is a warm happy friendly environment with lots of still happier times to come.

Lotsa warm fuzzies for you FY and Hilary too.

Giggles #85

Animal Wednesday

When I first started learning to paint, I got a book out of the Library and copied things from it. This was one of the pages from that book.

I found it the other day and thought ' perfect for AW'

'Baa, Woof, Quack, Moo, Cluck, Grunt, Miaow.'

OR

'Happy Animal Wednesday!'

Fail (IF)

We are our own worst critics, and it's never more apparent than with our art.

The first painting I did on 'sugar' paper (that's what it's called here in the UK), which absorbed the watercolour too fast and seemed to smudge very quickly. ' What a failure,' I thought. 'Why do you even bother?'

'Try again, don't give up!' was my very next thought.
So I did the second one on a piece of art paper, using the same watercolour paints.... with no smudging and no absorbtion. Yet it seems so bland.....
'What the hell', I thought again.'I had fun and in any case, beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and anyway, I learnt so much from doing them!'

So, I hadn't failed at all.

Don't fail to give your criticisms!

IF: Fail