Kaylea at the KMA

Kaylea's Mini Monet

Kaylea's Still Life on canvas

Kaylea's Wire Sculpture ~ Girl Dancing

We are SO proud of our girl!

Check Her Out......

...as you all know, Kaylea is our little budding artist. I have mentioned before that she takes art classes after school during the school year. Then over the summer she attended two art camps that her instructor offered. Well, here is the really cool part. Some of Kaylea's art work (and other kids from the class and camp) is being exhibited at the Knoxville Museum of Art. You really need to go and check it out. The kids have done some phenomenal pieces.

The art work will be on display the entire month of August and the museum's hours are as follows:

Tuesday-Thursday: 10am- 5pm
Friday: 10am-8pm
Saturday: 10am-5pm
Sunday: 1pm- 5pm
Monday: CLOSED

Also, if you live in the South Knoxville, Sevierville, Kodak or surrounding areas and you are interested in signing your child up for Art Classes, contact Jackie Wright @ j4wright@charter.net . I can speak from experience that Jackie is wonderful with the kids and she introduced Kaylea to talents she didn't know she had. Thank you Jackie, your the best!!!!!

P.S. I will be adding photos to Kaylea's online Art Gallery in the next few days, so keep an eye on it. Very pretty stuff to come.

Kaylea is a Martha Stewart in the making...

Yes, I have a mini-Martha at my house. Kaylea loves to cook; I can't get her out of the kitchen when I am preparing a meal. She, also, loves to decorate; she is constantly rearranging the items in her room or the pictures in the living room (and of course I am OCD enough that I have to change them back). And now she has developed a love for Crafts and Crafting. She is attending an Arts and Crafts camp this week at one of our local churches and they have the kids doing all kinds of crafts. She has learned how to weave; she made an ink stamp by carving a block of wood; she made sun art; and the list goes on and on.

I am very excited about Kaylea's latest love because I, too, love to make crafts. I lack the creativity to come up with ideas on my own, but I can copy almost anything (with the exception of knitting/crocheting).

Next week, Kaylea will return for the second session of Mrs. Jackie's Art Camp. She is really excited about that one, as well. Not too much crafting going on there, but definitely a lot of art mediums being used.

I suppose I need to close for now. Mini-Martha and I have to get ready for our dinner party.

To Do List:

1. Pick cotton to weave for table linens
2. Gather bees wax to make our candles
3. Kill and clean the chicken for Coq Au Vin
4. Pick and stomp the grapes to make the wine
5. Gather fresh vegetables from the garden
6. Pick apples for the pie
7. Milk the cow to make whipped cream and butter

Art Camp

Some of you may remember me Blogging about the art classes Kaylea was taking during the school year. Well, when school ended, so did the classes. It just so happens that her Art teacher is also an Art teacher with the school system in Knox Country, and she likes her summer break just as much as the kids. Hey, I don't blame her!

Lucky for Kaylea that Ms Jackie has Art Camp during the summer. She does two sessions, each being a week in length. Currently, we are mid-way through the first session and Kaylea is loving it. She has made colored tissue paper; clay figurines; a recycled materials project; and who knows what else. I will make sure to post pictures of the final projects.

Our next session will be in July and Kaylea can't wait. She is already making sure that she will be able to continue her art classes in the Fall. How can I say no?

Kaylea The Budding Artist

As I mentioned before, Kaylea began taking an Art class back in March. She absolutely loves the class and can't wait for Thursday afternoons to arrive. Being the proud mom that I am, I wanted give her a virtual art gallery to display her works. So check it out. Who knows, she might just be the next van Gogh or Warhol.

This was the first project she did in the class. This was done with oil pastels. If you ask me, I think it is pretty good for a newbie.

This was her second piece. It was done with acrylics and the "whipped cream" was made with some type of putty, which makes makes is multi-dimension.

And finally, we have Kaylea's first attempt at Pop Art. She had a blast making this one and for some reason I feel she will be making many more like it. I think she enjoyed this particular type of art because there were no rules and she could do it however she wanted. Typical Kaylea!

I hope you enjoyed our tour through Kaylea's Gallery. Hopefully, we will be adding more pieces soon. Stay tuned!