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Portraits and Pints

CH did her first portrait of me, one that required posing and time and deliberate work.  This was her first drawing that wasn’t a stylized representation (eyes, mouth, hair) but a recreation of what she saw when she looked at

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Like Sister, Like Brother

Last night Child Harbat decided to do a section cut drawing of a vet’s office, with a view into each room where a different animal was being treated.  I loved that she had a specific architectural view in mind.  Not

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Eyes are the Windows of the Soul

Child Harbat is beginning to take her art seriously.  At the ripe old age of 3 ½ she’s finally “applying herself” and “taking things seriously”.  By this I mean she’s actually sitting on her rear end to undertake an activity

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Apologies All

I know what it’s like to be a zombie.  You see them staggering around the streets with their ragged clothing, ragged skin, ragged breaths.  “I won’t become one, I’ll be careful.”  Then there’s an itching at your ankle.  “Nothing, nothing

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The Young Artist

Have the tools available.  This is what my wife and I keep trying to do with Toddler Harbat.  If she has an interest in cooking, she’s got her kitchen and ours.  If she wants to make music, we have instruments

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