today we...

today we

made a huge mess making paper.

i'm talking a -third- graders- in- charge- of- a- blender

making- paper- pulp

kind of mess.

the room's a disaster,

but the paper turned out nice.

and the kiddos were happy.

so i was happy.

it was a beautiful mess.

First Project: Done!

 Made some homemade puffy paint for the special little ones:

flour, salt, and powdered tempera: painted it overtop of crayons....and then... MICROWAVED it and it totally puffed up for a cool texture. 

and by cool texture, I mean similar to a puffy cheese pizza crust.

all the kids drew a self portrait to start the year off, and then I combined them to create a rainbow of faces!

 and in random life things: I made a vegan stuffed shells : wohoo homemade fake cheese!

been drawing new tattoos on my arms each week: felt like a hypocrite last week when going over proper use of materials:

"do we write on ourselves with markers?" "NOOOOOOOO."

and back up to date with my cards!

whew!

school is here again.

and the truth is,

my classroom makes me happy.

my job makes me happy.

my little artists make me happy.

art makes me happy.

the last week.

a skinny strip of pictures.

the last week of summer before school starts again.

and i've spent it...

babysitting this cutie.
lots of good snuggle nap time.









making kale chips...
working my way through the vegan cookbook.











pretending to be hip enough to have a tattoo.










the card stack is getting smaller.







the finished card poster is filling up.







and surprise, surprise....
this weeks card is done
on time!

tuesday triptychs

as usual,

i was behind on my cards 

so I did three all at once to catch myself up.

triptych time!

 The longboard is finished!

the finishing touches were:

include psalm 37:4 (as per the owners request)

and create an awesome overlay pattern with gloss and matte sealer.

that's my favorite part.

I woke up one morning last week, and the idea was just there.

i get my best ideas in dreams.

and the final triptych: vegan baking/cooking attempts

vegan cupcakes

they looked beautiful.

they tasted dry and horrible.

and then i tried one a few days after i made them, 

and it was moist and delicious.

the best things take time to develop.

a pretty lunch in the middle

and vegan snickerdoodle cookies.

my post gym breakfast of champions.

mmmm....sugar.

progress update

i've been happily painting on the longboard this week. and i think it's coming together.

artistic takeover.

Last year when I watched the documentary "It might get Loud," I obsessed over Jack White's cartoon section on his childhood bedroom, which got taken over by music - instruments, amps, speakers. Today, i looked at my own bedroom, and realized that I've done the same thing. but with art.

art studio first.
bedroom second.
just call me jill white.