Princess Nagger’s artistic prowess never ceases to amaze me. Of course her mind goes in wild and crazy directions sometimes, but when you have a creative mind, that’s par for the course, right?
I’ve always loved to draw – though it’s been quite some time since I’ve allowed myself the pleasure of just sitting down and letting the creative juices flow into a drawing or with chalk pastel. Princess Nagger is inspiring me to dust off the creative cobwebs and get back to it.
Meanwhile, she opted to turn in her clarinet since she didn’t have a passion for it, and decided to put that money towards art supplies instead. Her first trip to A.C. Moore with Dada resulted in her picking out an easel (so she’ll always have a perfect place to work her magic), a sketch pad, a huge set of colored pencils, and a pound of Sculpey.
She’s been a bit distracted by her passion for Minecraft, though, so she hasn’t drawn anything on her new sketch pad and easel. She has, however, left funny notes instead:
In case you have trouble reading that, it says:
If water color isn’t as good these days, use COLOR. If you want to stay graphic, use GRAPHITE. For Tree-Saving, use WOODLESS GRAPHITE. If it still sucks, STOP DRAWING.
I have no idea what that means, but we’ll roll with it. She also wrote these:
And when she headed up to bed early, left these notes for us:
She’s been more focused on that block of Sculpey, and posted a sign that said: “SCULPEY LESSONS AT 4:00PM”. I forgot to take a picture, but both the hubby and I took her up on the offer for lessons (you gotta humor them, right?) and she ‘directed’ us to make specific creations.
The hubby had the first lesson – he copped out on making the full creature she was instructing him to make – he didn’t want to attempt to make the legs and tail so he just made a dino head instead. But when PN ragged on him about copping out on her instructions, he created a seahorse, but then reformed it into this instead:
When it was my turn, my creation ended up being remade four times. I thought the third time was going to be the charm, but she tasked me with adding wings, and every time I tried to get the wings to look right, I’d smash the legs. I think I finally got it, though – it’s a sort of dragon, even though it looks like it has a turtle head. I think it gives it character:
Princess Nagger made several creations, like a dragon and a dino while she was doing her Sculpey lessons with us:
And a bird:
And she even made a cell phone holder – you know, so she doesn’t have to hold her phone when she’s watching Minecraft videos:
But the one that impressed me the most was the one she made in ‘Study Room’ (which is technically the Elementary School’s version of ‘detention’, since she had to give up a recess for ‘Study Room’ to complete an assignment she didn’t complete during classroom time the day before. Ahem.)
Since she completed the assignment in the first 15 minutes, she had 15 minutes of time to kill and happened to have a blob of Sculpey in her pocket, so she made this:
Yes, she used the lead (actually graphite) from her mechanical pencil to jazz it up a bit:
Sort of like an artistic MacGyver. Next we’ll bake them and paint them – I’ll be curious to see what the final creations look like when it’s all said and done. I love watching her mind work and see her get so excited about anything she creates – whether it be a Sculpey figurine or a fantastical drawing. I hope she never loses her desire to always be creative.
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I thought yours was a flying pig…a really great flying pig I may add! 😉
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HAHA! From the angle I took the shot, it *does* look like a flying pig, doesn’t it? 😉
Oh, that sculpey lessons looks interesting. I think, it has similarities with pottery because we just have to mold it.
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It does have similarities to pottery – I wonder if Princess Nagger will decide to do that as well? 😉
PN is amazing. I am so impressed by her! And I love that she’s become your family’s official Art Director! LOL!
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Awwww! Thanks, Jennifer! She is our family’s Art Director, isn’t she? I’ll bet she’ll get a kick out of her new title! 😉
She’s doing great. I wish I had been that good at her age and I wish I had such supportive parents.
I bet you were that good at her age but just didn’t realize it! 😉
Awesome! She is good!!
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Yay! You’re back! 🙂 And thank you – I’ll pass your kudos on to PN! 😉
WOW. That first one pretty much BLEW me away!!!!!
Awwww! Thanks so much, Smellyann! 🙂
Duct tape is my son’s MacGyver art element of choice 🙂
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Everything can be fixed and created with duct tape, right Jessica? 😉
Absolutely. Even better if said duct tape is pink or leopard print! thanks for linking up
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What a fun post!!
Happy WW
Thank you so much, David! 🙂
I love it! That is so fun “I took the cat!” lol – She’s very creative. I wanted to let you know that I also took your lead and started moving all photos and videos of my computer for later sorting! lol – It makes it a lot easier to work now. Thanks.
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Her ‘I took the cat!’ note/statement totally cracked me up too! You’re very welcome for the advice – it does make it a lot easier to work, doesn’t it? 😉
Love the notes! I think the first one makes perfect sense! :o) Thanks for you comment, I have replied but I’m not sure if my e mail notifications are working. x x
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Thanks so much, Charlotte! And I’m glad the first one made perfect sense to you! 😉 Your reply/email notifications are working, got it! 😀
PN’s got such talent!! I love the little creatures that she made!
Thank you so much, Barb! 🙂
What am I doing wrong to post my pic? I pic and click done. close & no picture 🙁 Oh your PN is just too smart I’ll tell you. I bet you never have a dull moment! hahahaha Love your art work there kiddo! Thanks for sharing all! Have a great day!
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Where are you having trouble with your pic, Marie? Email me! 🙂 Never a dull moment around here with PN, that’s for sure! 😉 I’ll pass your compliments on to her – she’ll be quite pleased with herself! 😀
I thought yours was a flying pig, too! Your daughter is quite creative. We need more free thinkers in our world!
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LOL! It does look like a flying pig – wonder if I should paint it as such? 😉 Thanks for the compliment – and yes, I agree, we definitely need more free thinkers in our world! 🙂
I always love coming to your site. It’s full of creativity! I needed to see this today.
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Awwww! Thanks so much, Alissa! 🙂 I always love visiting you, too! 🙂
she is TOOOO funny for her own good
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She sure is, Melinda – never a dull moment around here! 😉
Mine Craft! Our grandkids are addicted to it! 😉
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What is it about Minecraft? PN eats, sleeps and dreams Minecraft! 🙂
I haven’t been around for a long time but I see you are still in the “fun” (and funny) game 🙂
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Awwww, thanks Petro! So good to ‘see’ you again! 🙂
Amazing creativity! I hope she continues to cultivate it too! 🙂
Thank you for the visit, and happy WW!
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Thank you, Stacey! I hope she continues to cultivate it, too – talent like that definitely needs to be encouraged! 😀
I agree! It sounds like you and dad are doing a wonderful job of encouraging her. 🙂
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Awww! Thanks Stacey! 🙂
Thanks! Glad they are working! x
You’re welcome, Charlotte – and thanks for letting me know by your reply that my email notifications are working, too! LOL! 🙂
Tee Hee! :0)
That was my comment but won’t let me post. Says it’s too short so I’ll ramble for a minute. :0)
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AHAHA! You crack me up, Charlotte! 🙂
My DD12 LOVES minecraft too! sooooo much!
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If your DD12 is anything like Princess Nagger, I bet she talks about it All. The. Time. 😉 I just nod and smile… 😀
That’s some talented little lady you have there – I love her sense of humour, as well as her sculpey skills!
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Thanks, Erika! She sure is artistic and funny – and artistically funny! 😀
Those are all so awesome!! My son is the same way. 🙂
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Thanks, Melanie! I love that your son is the same way, too! 🙂
Her signs are absolutely hilarious. I love the stuff kids come up with. It never ceases to crack me up and totally brighten my day.
Last week we were at Barnes and Noble and briefly ran into an old (male) friend of mine. We made awkward small talk, he left, we kept reading our books and chomping on cookies from the cafe.
We get home and my daughter tells my husband that we ran into one of my friends and she thinks I “still have a thing for him.” I thought I was going to die laughing when my husband told me this. Where do they come up with this stuff?!
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Thanks, Jen! It’s great to have kids around to crack us up, isn’t it? 😉 And that is way too hysterical about your Barnes and Noble encounter – and the tales told afterwards! 😀
I’m always amazed by her creativity.
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Thank you so much, Angie! 🙂
First of all, I am in love with any post that has MacGyver in the title:) Secondly, I too LOVE the creation with the graphite in it. Awesome job!
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MacGyver is awesome, isn’t he Lauryn? 😉 I’ll pass the kudos on to Princess Nagger – she’ll be very happy to hear her graphite decision was a great one! 😉
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Yay for clay art. It looks like a fun project. I think the one piece looks like a snake ready to attack.
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Clay art is great isn’t it, Joyce? 🙂 That one is definitely creepy looking like a snake ready to attack – which is what was intended. 😉 Thanks so much for stopping by! 🙂
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I am not very artistic – you’re daughter’s dinosaurs are cool 🙂
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Thank you so much, Sue! 🙂
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Yours looked like a hornless, flying rhino. I liked it. Your daughter is really creative. I can’t wait to see what her creation looks like once it’s finished. I am not very creative with making things, unfortunately.
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LOL! A hornless flying rhino – I like it! 🙂 I’ll be sure to post the fully completed pictures after they’re painted – I’m looking forward to seeing the final results, too! 🙂 Thanks so much for stopping by! 🙂
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Cool post. Cool meme.
Thanks for all this coolnessness.
Thank you – and you’re welcome! 😉
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Wow–I thought your creation was an excellent-looking flying pig. (sorry)
She sure is a character…
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