Friday Art: Christmas Eggshell Mosaic

For our first art class this month, Mica and Rinoa each did a Christmas-themed eggshell mosaic. I’ve been planning on giving them this project for weeks now, so every time I cracked an egg in the kitchen, I would clean and save the shell. We had about a dozen...

Friday Art: Thanksgiving Pumpkins

I want to wrap up Fall before we enter into December by sharing Rinoa’s latest art work. We got the idea for this project here – a great place if you’re looking for art projects for kids. Happy Thanksgiving! “THANKSGIVING PUMPKINS” Oil...

Repurposed Clothing: Oven Mitt

My family takes recycling seriously. Every week, during trash day, we’re proud to see that we have more in our recycling bin than in our trash can. We usually donate old clothes to the Salvation Army, but recently, I’ve decided to set some old clothes...

Architecture Portfolio #1 – Acropolis

I was cleaning up my file folders and came across some past architectural projects. I figured I’d share one here. This is a residence designed for tropical climate and built in the Philippines. The model sketches were made with Google Sketchup. (Awesome...

Friday Art: Mica’s Charcoal Drawings

My computer has been in repair for the past two days. Now it’s back and running a trial version of Windows 7, which I think I’m liking. Anyways, as promised last Friday, today’s Friday Art is a sampling of Mica’s artwork. We’ve done a...

Friday Art: Rinoa’s Artwork

This week, I made Rinoa a portfolio where all her artworks are kept. And for Friday Art, I thought I would share some of her masterpieces. “This is a picture of me. I am crying because Daddy is trying to pick my flower.” – Rinoa THE FLOWER PICKERby...