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Editor's Note: Paris's illustration of a bicycle from memory was in response to our Creativity Prompt #119: Draw a Bicycle from memory.
An update from our twenty-second Book Club meeting!
On Saturday, December 5, the Stone Soup Book Club discussed the novel The Girl Who Drank the Moon, written by Kelly Barnhill. The Girl Who Drank the Moon is about a girl named Luna, and the story follows her as she grows up, and learns about both her magic and her past.
Create a piece of art in any style, inspired by a family tradition.
An update from our twenty-ninth Writing Workshop!
A summary of the workshop held on Saturday November 21, plus some of the output published below
This week William returned to talk about rhythm, phrasing and cadence in writing, with a focus on the impact of short sentences, and the relationships between music, painting, and writing.
Akeelah, Akeelah
Akeelah, Akeelah I wake up to Akeelah every morning. Akeelah, Akeelah Puts me to sleep at night. Akeelah, Akeelah I listen to it all day. I can’t stop hearing it. Sometimes it gets deafeningly loud. I can’t hear myself think. I can’t hear others speak. Sometimes it gets so quiet I can barely hear it A whisper at the back of my mind.
Akeelah, Akeelah
Akeelah, Akeelah I wake up to Akeelah every morning. Akeelah, Akeelah Puts me to sleep at night. Akeelah, Akeelah I listen to it all day. I can’t stop hearing it. Sometimes it gets deafeningly loud. I can’t hear myself think. I can’t hear others speak. Sometimes it gets so quiet I can barely hear it A whisper at the back of my mind.
Once upon a time, in a far away land, there was an ordinary bird, Pecky. Pecky was a plain looking, shy, and reserved hummingbird. She was not particularly strong, nor considered herself brave. She was always leaning on her parents. Her family lived in The Silent Woods, named by the mayor, Mr. Fluffy Tail. Despite the name, the forest was anything but quiet.
Talk
Dylan Li, 5
I like to
talk, talk, talk...
I talk to an apple
No answer
I talk to mommy and daddy
Sometimes mommy is working
daddy is sleeping
Sometimes daddy is working
mommy is sleeping
So I talk to Alexa
She always answers
But sometimes power is off
I really want to talk to my friends
face to face
Drawing is a skill you can always improve at. Everyone makes art and draws it in different ways. One style that is both common and very popular is anime art. Anime art uses thin lines and many details. Most people make anime art digitally, but some do it on paper! Today I will be teaching you all how to draw anime art digitally! (Or well, my version of it anyways!