jacques cousteau and the incredibles

Sounds like a group from the 50's, doesn't it?

I took photos of A in his invented scuba gear, mentioned in the last post. He took out all his sea creatures toys and laid them on the floor, then "took pictures" of them with a red shoe.We also watched The Incredibles twice in two days, as he decided that he wasn't scared of it any more. It's one of my all-time favorite movies, animated or not, and is the best cinematic example of a great family. This Saturday I taught all day at the Lauraville community fair, at the request of my friend and fellow Art Ed graduate, B. We both suffered through student teaching and a boatload of other classes together, where she knitted socks.

Anyhow, I taught basic clay forms to about 200 kids who came by during the fair, and it was a ton of fun (and a ton of plasticine clay as well!). A and D came, and A really enjoyed using clay that didn't crumble like playdoh. So he took some home, and made the entire Incredibles family the other day (note the i with oval motif, on all of the incredibles' chests)(and A's piggies :):
And here's the new painting I'm working on. Envy is the theme, using the game of Life. I always loved the little hills and mountains on the game board, and the rainbow numbers on the spinning wheel. I need to do more with changing the values of the board and making the red car smaller/less clunky, but I'm happy with the overall composition.
above is my palette set-up. I have all the naked crayons in snack baggies, and 2 crayon melters with q-tips I use to paint with. I need to put three or four q-tips together to get more coverage, and I have a little metal eyedropper for siphoning off cups with too much of a color. Otherwise, to get rid of a color I wait till the crayons cool off, and can pull the color out.