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Sprite’s “I Love Cats” Tied For First Place

May 14, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 10 Comments

The results of the first Art for Homeschool Contest are in. Sprite tied for first place in her age category. Yeah, Sprite! The next contest due date is August 1, and the theme is Summer. I hope that you will join us in entering. Having a great time in America. Too busy to blog. Be […]

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Art Contest for Homeschoolers

April 24, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 16 Comments

I already blogged about Sketch Tuesday, and I hope that many of you will participate in next week’s theme — a castle or something in a castle. If you’re looking for another gentle nudge to adding art and sketching into your homeschool routine,  I suggest the Art for Homeschool monthly (whoops! Terry corrected me in a […]

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Sprite Joins Me in Chinese Watercolors

March 23, 2010 By Jimmie Quick 34 Comments

Sprite has joined me in my art lessons this semester. The class started out just me and another adult student. Actually, I crashed her class. But she was kind enough to allow me to participate. Then I invited a friend to come along. And then another young lady joined us. And finally Sprite decided she […]

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Artist’s Manikin Because Art Supplies Don’t Count

March 12, 2009 By Jimmie Quick 1 Comment

Since Sprite received her (affiliate link) Draw Squad book, she’s been faithfully working through the exercises, loving it all the while. I thumbed through the book and read the notes to parents and educators, looking to soak up any wisdom Mark Kistler can offer. I was thrilled to see Mona Brookes has written an forward to […]

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