This is finally the last Drawing Lab assignment, to draw a Christmas Tree. I wanted to draw our very own Christmas Tree, but as is usually the case, life gets in the way. With both boys home, and the hectic holiday season, I decided to draw Charlie Brown’s Christmas Tree. I like it for it’s simplicity and meaning:
Merry Christmas Everyone! And God Bless!
My art instructor, Jeannie Dukic of the Drawing Lab is not only a talented artist, but also a very talented jewelry designer. She offered her beautiful art beads to us as a challenge in making our own jewelry. Here are the beads she sent me – handmade polymer clay beads with real gold leaf:
And here is what I created. A bracelet and earring set. I love to combine metals; gold and silver:
Thank you Jeannie for providing me with such beautiful beads to work with! 
Well, this is it. I started the challenge with the best intentions. Somewhere along the line, coming up with a bird a week idea became a challenge in itself. So, to finish off, I drew a partridge in a pear tree, and two turtle doves:
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Well, I thought this was our last drawing lab. There is one more, and our official last lab was to be the traveling journal. Well, I got it, and sent it on to the next student in Germany, and it got lost – on my watch… Maybe one day, it will reach her. So, for my second [...]
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Just two more weeks of this challenge? For week 49, I am featuring a bird in a basket ornament I made. And for week 50, I am featuring a little cardinal my niece made out of a walnut sitting on a brazil nut:
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This week, we were assigned to draw using different textures. I drew a bowl of flowers with fabric underneath. I’m not sure I got any specific textures – with my lack of skill, everything seems to be the same texture :
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