Sunday, August 3, 2008

Kids Art

"At work, you think of the children you have left at home. At home, you think of the work you've left unfinished. Such a struggle is unleashed within yourself. Your heart is rent." -Golda Meir

GRAND PARENTHOOD One of the joys of being grandparent is having grands kids who are very artistic and creative. This summer vacation, my husband I have the privilege of enjoying our grand kids. However, no matter how much we enjoy having them around, we needed a vacation away from them. We needed rest from work and babysitting. This week we will be flying to Seattle, Washington and then drive to Vancouver, Canada. On the week-end we will attend the wedding of a nephew, the major reason for our vacation. Our grand kids will be staying with their Aunt Ann who has a big family of twelve going on thirteen. I am sure they will not miss us. They will be busy playing with their cousins. We will be traveling for a week. We will be away from home, work and easel but like the grandmother above, we will be thinking of these grand kids we left behind. I will also be thinking of the numerous paintings I left behind.
SIMON AND SCULPTURE Last summer vacation Simon and her sister Audrey spent only two weeks with us. It was short but packed with creative adventures. One of the activities was sculpturing. This was free-form sculpture, creating anything thing that strike them.
COLORFUL ACTION FIGURES. Simon created these figures. Good job Simon!

AUDREY AND ARTISTIC ANATOMIES She loves to sculpt bodies. Who said only boys like Michelangelo could do sculptures?
ANATOMICAL ARTS BY AUDREY Don't take kids for granted. They have a creative minds and hands. Good works Audrey! Lovely color combination too.

8 comments:

SandyCarlson said...

Your grandkids are very talented. These are wonderful works. I love that you lift up your grandkids this way.

Ebb Tide said...

Sandy-Thanks for your compliment. They are one of our best treasures
in life.

Anonymous said...

hehehehe... i remember when i was a kid i used to cut the pictures from my dad's national geographic magazines and make little framed pictures on my bedroom walls imagining it was a gallery. hmmm, look what i turned out to be. :-)

Anonymous said...

hello,dropping by from MM's blog. nice to see your works of art. btw, i, too, at 50 am a grandma of 2 beautiful girls (one boy, Michael was taken by our Lord when he was 6 weeks old, one year ago--he's an angel now!)

Ebb Tide said...

PT-Thanks for dropping by. I am glad that you became an artist. A good choice! No doubt about that. Sorry not to reply sooner. Just got back from vacation.

Ebb Tide said...

Hi Sexy Mom! Thanks for dropping a comment. Sorry to hear about Michael. I am sure God will bless you with more grandkids in the future.

Anonymous said...

Thank you for sharing your blog with me. I enjoyed the class so much last week. The little kids are so fun to work with. I looked at your blog and enjoyed the variety and enthusiasm you have for life! i am certain that your grandchildren must be having a wonderful time with you as their grandmother. They are very lucky. Your work is inspiring and lovely.

Ebb Tide said...

Lorell-thanks for visiting my blog and for your wonderful comment. It's nice to meet you and have my grandkids in your summer art class.