Dolls for a Cause

Off my art topic, but have you heard of Dolls for a Cause?

Dolls for a Cause is made up of a group of crafters and artisians who create unique one of a kind pieces of doll clothing, accessories and furniture and then donate them. They pick a cause or theme and all the pieces work around that to become a cohesive collection. When the collection is all together, it is then photographed and listed on ebay and the proceeds of the auction are then donated to the charity.

There are many crafters involved. You can find more information, here.

Past Cause's have included Susan G Komen for the Cure, and Autism Speaks.

Want to know how I know all about this great group? Sometimes I get to be the model.

Bet you want to know how I get to be the model, right? Well Lemonhead 103, my mom's shop on Storenvy is one of those crafters. When we host the auction, I get to model/.. well unless one of my sister's call it first.

I need to fight Candace for the Christmas one.

As soon as mom has a finished photo and auction information I will share it here.

 Now, go follow that fb page.

and Lemonhead 103.

It's beginning to look at lot like Christmas.... ( and other holidays)

I have been pretty bad about blogging lately. I have no real excuse. Ummm, perhaps I need to stop messing with mom's smart phone so much and playing games. Sorry.

Well the end of my reign as Girl of the Year is almost over. I am not sure if I should keep doing the art or if Candace or Kaya or Rose should take over the blog for some time. Not sure Kaya ever will take over, she is not sure what the computer is and is a bit afraid of it. She time traveled from the 1800's after all. Most of the technology frightens her. She prefers her buckskin dress to the modern clothes the rest of us wear. I don't know if she can type even. Hmm might need to teach her.

In the mean time, I hope that you have been practicing. Art is all about practice, and self expression.
It does not mean everyone will like what you create as we all have different taste.

So my assignment for you is Make some holiday cards. I am using the generic "Holiday" in place of Christmas because I will not presume that you celebrate it. However, what ever winter holiday you choose, MAKE SOME CARDS.... it is a great way to get some art time and make a unique one of a kind card for someone special, or better yet multiple someone's.

Don't have anyone to give them to? Sure you do. Find a nursing facility near you and take them in. Many patients in nursing facilities do not have many visitors. A card is a wonderful piece of cheer to share with them and a way to let them know that other people think of them.

Another place is a Children's wing of the hospital near you.

If you attend religious services, they may have a list of shut in's and Usually the religious officiant will go to visit them, some hand made cards from you would be a nice thing to take to them.

You have family I would think. Aunties love some art.

Share your art, even if you don't think it is good there are people who will appreciate your time and effort.

I would have mentioned the US Military as well, however there are many restraints on that program. There is a deadline so I think we may have missed it. If  not I encourage you to make cards for the military as well, We did that at 4-H. If you live in an area with a Base or have ties to an American Legion it may be easier to accomplish.
Whoever you choose to share your art and joy with this holiday season I know they will appreciate it.

Stamps and cut outs and scrapbooking embellishments can make it fun as well. If you scrapbook and you design pages that is art, remember , art is everywhere.

Love,

Saige

Well sorry about my absence, I got involved in creating my human brother's Halloween costumes and I had set a bunch of posts to auto load and apparently Blogger was being a bit Derpy so they never posted... I just caught them up. Hope you are still with me.

I am a huge My Little Pony fan, closet trivia about me, lol. Rarity is my favorite pony. 

I also got a new sister. Her name is Kaya. 

I should bring her in as a guest one day and do a post about Native American Art.  

Anyhow I will try to commence with the art ideas, and lessons once again. 

Sorry!

(Please accept this crazy rambling as my I am back to blogging more regularly. I hope, I will do my best anyhow.)

Love,

Saige

Wrap up to the mini canvas craze

I am going to share with you today some more links to Mini Canvas's art ideas that are inspired by the great artists, but remember, if you want you can go all kinds of creative on a mini canvas and make it your own. You don't have do make a replica of one of the famous artists work, you be the artist too.  Let me send you now to the world of links to Art Projects for Kids.org.

Here are some more ideas, Rothko,

 A Mini Masterpiece,

 and Kandinsky

Enjoy creating something beautiful for your dolls world with parent permission, and if permitted, email me photo's of your art so I can stick them on my virtual refridgerator, since the refridgerator is where all the really important artwork always hangs ;) Lemonhead103@verizon.net

Love, Saige.

A Mini Matisse... another mini Canvas idea

I am loving on the mini canvas, what a great way to add some style to your doll's world. I myself have a doll stand and a dresser top I share with my dolly sisters when I am not modeling or blogging, or doing a bit of art and design, but I would kill for a room... oh well.

For those lucky dolls with rooms here is another way to personalize the space, this is a higher skill level, but I have a few more mini canvas ideas I found at Art Projects for Kids.org to share with you still... keep watching.

You can get the how to here.

As always, I would love to hear from you with your parent's permission so email me at Lemonhead103@verizon.net and I will share your art work that you send photos of here with the world.

Love, Saige

More doll sized art from Art Projects for Kids.

VanGogh, Sunflowers... a classic, known for it's use of color and it's beauty... ok you like it but what about your dolls? Don't they deserve a beautiful Sunflower inspired by Van Gogh? This one also takes a Mini Canvas, parent's permission and a few other supplies. You can get the how to here.

I would love to see your work, with parent's permission, so email me at Lemonhead103@verizon.net .

Have fun and show me your art!

Love, Saige

A fun Doll Sized Art Idea

I have still been hanging around at ArtProjectsfor kids. org and I found this little treasure and I thought to myself that this would be cool to make for your American Girl Dolls. They could have a work of art for their space.

You need a mini canvas, and I have seen them in some of the craft supply stores, and some sell and miniature easel to match.

 The mini mondrain painting blog post can be found here. This requires neatness, but not too much techinal difficulty, just the canvass, a ruler and some markers, will do. If you use water based markers, this will need to be sealed before you can use it with your dolls. Steps for sealing are included in the post. Get a parent's permission as always to do the craft and to send me photo's of your work. I would love some peeks at your creations.

Email me photo's of your art at Lemonhead103@verizon.net

You do know who Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael, and Donatello are, Right?

I was wondering if you had heard of Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael and Donatello. Are you thinking of these guys?

LOL 

I was watching some Animaniacs and they did that gag and said they are artists not turtles. It is the inspiration for this blog post. 

Michelangelo was an Italian sculptor, painter, architect, poet, and engineer of the High Reinassance who exerted an unparalleled influence on the development of Western Art. 

He looked like this

Some famous works of his were his sculpture of David

and his painting of the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel

Leonardo... is not Leonardo DiCaprio even if he is super famous as well. Leonardo DaVinci was an Italian Renaissance polymath: painter, sculptor, architect, musician, mathematician, engineer, inventor, anatomist, geologist, cartographer, botanist, and writer.

  He is famous for the Mona Lisa,

Inventing, 

 and his studies.

Raphael was an Italian painter and architect of the High Renaissance.

 Among his famous works is his painting of the Madonna. ( not the pop singer)

Donatello was an early Renaissance Italian Sculptor from Florence. He is, in part, known for his work in bas-relief a form of shallow relief sculpture that, in Donatello's case, incorporated significant 15th-century developments in perspectival illusionism. Some of his famous sculptures are St. George, 

and Annunciation

and St. Mark. 

I have a fun project coming up featuring some of these... stay tuned. 

The Renaissance must have been a wonderful creative time, so much of our worlds most prized art came from that time period. 

Love,Saige.

Video games, are they Art?

Video games creating involves artists that work with computers to create the visual world that you are playing in and the characters.

The Smithsonian Museum had an exhibit on the Art of Video Games.. On Kids.gov they have a video and the written text of the video, so if you can't get there you can see some peeks of it. How cool is that? It is now a traveling exhibit through 2016 so perhaps it will come to a museum near you.

You can read more about this cool exhibit here and find out where it is now and where it is headed. 

Art is really everywhere. 

Go make some of your own, Practice makes perfect!

Love,

Saige

Finishing the leaf

I am on a leaf kick, probably because where we live we don't see many nice one like you do farther north. They dry out before they fall here, and they are green, they are green, they are green then boom, brown. I do wish I lived where my Mom grew up she had the pleasure of the full spectrum of leaf color. Oh well... I some times get to see a yellow one, lol.

Here is another fun idea, finish the leaf. I once again found this at Art Projects for Kids. org. It is my new favorite blog.  Get your template here.

More Autum is near fun

We talked about line patterns when we were doing our Zendangle designs, and here is another fun project that is a more structured Zendangle.

I found this template on the Art Projects for Kids. Org website

You do a different design in each section of the leaf. I love how this looks. 

Get yours here.

Get permission to email  if you are a kid, and even if you are an adult reader, email me what you came up with and I will make a post of my reader art. Art is for sharing. 

Lemonhead103@ Verizon.net

Love, Saige

Our second entry in The Doll Wardrobe Blog Fashion Design Competition

Hi everyone, So I promised I would share my mom's second outfit in the Doll Wardrobe Blogs Fashion Design Competition with you and here it is.

vote here

Please Vote

I need more votes please, Thanks

You can vote for me modeling this great outfit here.

Thanks for the votes!!!

Saige