Hadley4433's Comments (9)

I wonder what this picture is about. Its title is “Faith Ringgold Tar Beach Quilt”—is that a story? Is the girl in your picture Faith Ringgold? She looks like she’s flying over a city. I wonder why… You’re really good at drawing people, Hadley. That’s tricky to do (at least it is for me). What is a Tar Beach Quilt? It looks like you made the frame out of some material pieces so it looks like a patchwork quilt. I’m very curious about this picture.

I think this is a very special Mother’s Day picture, Hadley—I love all the different types of flowers in your Spring Flower Pot, and I’m sure Mama loves this picture too. You really used your imagination and it’s very colorful too. Do you enjoy using watercolors? I’ve always wanted to be good at using watercolors. Did Mama ever tell you that she and I took some classes together to learn how to paint with watercolors? It was quite a long time ago.

This an interesting picture Hadley. I’m really curious what it is about. It’s called the Peaceable Kingdom. Is that a book? I know in the Bible it says the lion will lie down with the lamb so I’m wondering if it has something to do with that. You’ll have to tell me about it when we visit next time. You did such a good job of drawing everything, especially the animals (my animals never look right when I draw them). I also like the way you used shading and made shadows.

What a happy looking snowman, Hadley! He looks like he’s having fun swinging on the Christmas lights. The lights are so colorful. I noticed they’re rainbow colors—was that your idea? I like the snow—did you make it by flicking a brush (maybe a toothbrush?)? Have you had enough snow to make a real snowman lately? You really do very nice artwork!

I like your Byzantine mosaic, Hadley. Did you think up the idea of the fish picture yourself or did everyone in your class make the same picture? Was it fun to make? You had a lot of “tiles” to glue. Did it take a long time? Have you ever seen a big tile mosaic on a wall or floor? It must take a really long time to make those beautiful works of art. Did you know that Mama likes to make mosaics with tiles and broken pieces of plates? She’s made some very nice things. Maybe she can show you pictures of some of the pretty things she has made before.

I like your pumpkin painting, Hadley. It looks like you used a special art technique like maybe coloring the picture with pastels and then washing over it with thin black water color paint. It makes it look like a cloudy fall day. You can tell me how you did it when we have our next visit. It must be fun to learn different art techniques. Are there pumpkin farms in New Mexico? Did you get a pumpkin and carve it this year? I didn’t get a pumpkin to carve but I made pumpkin bread! Yum!

Your picture is very colorful, Hadley. Did you use paint or markers? I see you’re learning about the artist Justin Vining—your picture looks a lot like one of his pictures. He is a versatile artist (versatile means being able to do things many ways)—he has lots of different styles of painting. I think your picture is his whimsical style (whimsical means playful and unusual). It looks like you had fun making this picture ??

This picture is “out of this world!” (that’s another way to say it’s great!)—it’s very imaginative, Hadley. It says it’s called “Shape Creations”—I’m curious about that name. Did you start with certain shapes and then think of a picture that you could make from the shapes? Was the space theme your idea or did your teacher tell you to make it about space? I like the way you made things look like they are glowing. Did you use chalk to do that? You are so artistic!

I really like your artwork Hadley ?? I see the Abstract Cat picture that is on your bedroom wall—you made it so colorful. You also made the Audubon bird very colorful—it’s very beautiful. Is it a certain kind of bird or did you use your imagination to make up a bird? The Starry Night picture looks A LOT like the picture Van Gogh painted! I like the way you painted the waves in the Great Wave picture. Is there a story about a great wave (a tsunami?) that goes with the picture? It looks like you were learning about the Parthenon—there were a lot of sculptures of people on the Parthenon (who were all those people?) and you did a good job of drawing some of them. It’s really hard for me to draw people! I look forward to to seeing your next artwork ??