Drawing Porcupines is Relaxing and leads to re-Beginnings
Copper is a paper quill porcupine that lives in our printmaking workshop. The kids that attend our workshops help affix her quills, which are slivers of recycled paper from a commercial print shop. Drawing porcupines is relaxing - you should try it.
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Start a Gratitude Doodle Journal
Check out my daily gratitude doodle journal, started back on Nov. 30, 2021. I wake up every morning, come up with three random things to be thankful for and doodle them in my journal. Daily gratitude practice helps you approach the day with a positive outlook and it’s been working for me.
Parents Need Alone Time Too
Don’t get me wrong, I love my kids, but adults need time away from kids more than just once in a while. It needs to be structured and it needs to be a regular occurrence. Last few weeks of summer convinced me!
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Limiting Digital Device Time
When Luke was an infant, I thought it was cute he watched YouTube videos of kids playing with trains. He’s now 11 watching YouTube videos of kids playing video games.
Update on Lochlans Magic Bear
Lochlan and I have been sketching out the bear for a few weeks now and we finally got one that we like. Now we have to really start writing the story and drawing this bear in different positions and settings.
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Storytelling through Art
My new parenting technique of forcing my kids to write paragraphs & read chapters to earn back devices, is actually carving out time for me to be more creative. Check out my initial sketch of Fred our papier mâché Octopus and his fun adventures.
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Lochlan’s Magic Bear
I am working on a new parenting technique - which may stupendously backfire on us, though for the moment, it is developing something positive and creative that Lochlan is working on.
Starting a Weekly Blog Post/Email
It’s June 6, 2019 and we’re starting a weekly blog post/email. We’ll be documenting our journey in trying to keep this art studio and printmaking workshop alive and growing. Here we go...
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Create a Journal for your Child
-One Day They Will Cherish It-
We’ve kept a journal for both Luke & Lochlan documenting different stages of their first few years. We call them our “Books of Love” and hope they will read them as they get older.