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Spring is still in the air! Last week, that meant bunnies. This week it's flowers...

by Jim and Laurel Pence

Laurel and I live in Texas and, although we don't have any horses, they are all around us. As a matter of fact, we occasionally feed our next door neighbors' horses when they are away, and it's always an amazing experience.

Our neighbors have a long driveway that crosses the horses' main pasture. When we walk over there, they know it's "goodie time". As we walk up that driveway, these two huge animals come up and walk right alongside us. It's an awe-inspiring experience. I'm 6'1" and they're both taller than I am!

This week's Thursday resource post is about how to draw horses.

On Tuesday's blog, Jim did a simple pen and ink sketch of "Cross Hill" and is going to finish it out with watercolor. Pen and ink is a great way to sketch, and (as you can see in the picture on the left) it's possible to do amazingly complex drawings with it. This week's Thursday Resource is going to focus on pen and ink. How do you do it, what materials do you need, and how to get started.

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by Jim & Laurel Pence

Since we've been working with watercolor on Tuesdays for the past few weeks, I thought it might be helpful to give you some online watercolor resources. So, this week Laurel has scouted out some awesome Web sites that provide helpful resources for those who want to go a little deeper into watercolors.

by James H. Pence

When we talk about "value" in art, many people might think that we're discussing how much a painting is worth. Although that can be true, more often than not the word value is referring to how light or dark a particular color or shade is...

by James H. Pence

As parents, we all enjoy displaying our children's artwork around the house. Often, the gallery of choice is the refrigerator. And, as galleries go, that's a pretty good location. It's certainly a place that's visited many times during the day by all the members of the family. What could be better?

While it's true that the kitchen refrigerator is a great gallery for young artists, why stop there? 

by James H. Pence

On the See the Light blog this year, our goal is to provide useful and practical tips and resources for your homeschool art class. Today's focus is on Web sites that will help you teach your children about one of the seven key elements of art: line...