Designs of a different sort

I've been playing. Sort of. Wasting time? Maybe a little. But it's been mostly while Courtney's been here and busy with something, so it's not like I should've been doing housework at the time or something. ;) Actually, this was supposed to be a project for myself AND Courtney, but I think she felt a little intimidated by it. Look what I did!

I colored it... all by myself! Except for the yellow centers that are done with a marker, the rest was done with colored pencils. I'm crazy, huh? (You might notice a line going across the bottom of the page. That's where my printer messed up, so I had to splice the pieces together.)

There is actually a Pattern and Design Coloring Book, by Jenean Morrison, which contains 50 pages of designs to color, and that's where the page came from. No, I didn't buy the book, but I did come across a web page where 2 of the pages were downloadable for free... right here, if you're interested. The other design I got looks like this, but I think it'll be awhile before I tackle it, since my project to-do list is overflowing. It was fun, though!

Colorful artistry

Grandma's little artist loves color! She also loves TO color. Last week Tuesday she colored this horse. I think he's all ready for the circus now, pink mane and all! And what a neat coloring job, huh? A quote from the now-5-year-old artist herself: "Sometimes I color like an adult. Sometimes I don't."

I also have some colorful modeling clay that she got to use for the first time that day. Such pretty colors!

She got right to work, and with a little help from Grandma, she made two ducks in their nests, some food for them (at least I think that's what that red stuff is), and even a pond to swim in!

Such busy little hands. But don't they look angelic? Well, one of them, anyway.

Colors of autumn