Day 1 of 30 in 30 Painting Challenge: Animals: Delicate Butterfly

Original 8x10 Pastel Painting For Sale- "Delicate Butterfly" : $50.00+6.95 Shipping and Handling

Five, four, three, two, one! Happy New Years!

Greetings and hello from SamDoumArt.com! It’s January 1^st and thus begins another 30 in 30 painting challenge hosted by Leslie Saeta.

I signed up for the challenge in September and I’m doing it again for January; However for this particular painting challenge, my theme won’t be kaleidoscopic snowflakes, as it had been in September, but will be animals, instead! 

Why? Well, it all started with my little princess, Miriam. You see, she inspired me. She asked me to paint her a tiger one day, and then, I surprised her with a painting of three tiger cubs. And I loved painting those tiger cubs so much, that I just couldn’t stop: I’ve been painting animals ever since! (smiles!). (You can read more about Miriam’s tiger cub story HERE)

So this is today’s painting: A beautiful, delicate butterfly drawn in pastel! I hope you enjoy! And God bless you!

A Simple Surprise:

A Simple Surprise:

Bought a simple surprise for the girls this afternoon: Three dry-erase writing tablets with matching markers from Family Dollar. And the girls love them! We like to use these boards to practice their spelling and writing. We had been using only one to teach the girls but since Family Dollar had them for so cheap ($2.99 a board), I decided that each should have their own, and they were a great hit tonight during our activity time, as the girls enjoyed writing out their names on them and practiced their reading skills, reviewing all the three letter words in the” –at”, “-et”, and “–it” families. We haven’t worked on their reading skills in a ‘lil while, but I was so impressed by their memories, Faith really remembered her words in the “-at,” “-et,” and “-it,” families. I’m so very proud of her. So very proud of all of them, actually!