'The Little Boy' by Helen Buckley

Sharing a poem my Grandmother shared with me.

Once a little boy went to school.
He was quite a little boy
And it was quite a big school.
But when the little boy
Found that he could go to his room
By walking right in from the door outside
He was happy;
And the school did not seem
Quite so big anymore.

One morning
When the little boy had been in school awhile,
The teacher said:
"Today we are going to make a picture."
"Good!" thought the little boy.
He liked to make all kinds;
Lions and tigers,
Chickens and cows,
Trains and boats;
And he took out his box of crayons
And began to draw.

But the teacher said, "Wait!"
"It is not time to begin!"
And she waited until everyone looked ready.
"Now," said the teacher,
"We are going to make flowers."
"Good!" thought the little boy,
He liked to make beautiful ones
With his pink and orange and blue crayons.
But the teacher said "Wait!"
"And I will show you how."
And it was red, with a green stem.
"There," said the teacher,
"Now you may begin."

The little boy looked at his teacher's flower
Then he looked at his own flower.
He liked his flower better than the teacher's
But he did not say this.
He just turned his paper over,
And made a flower like the teacher's.
It was red, with a green stem.

On another day
When the little boy had opened
The door from the outside all by himself,
The teacher said:
"Today we are going to make something with clay."
"Good!" thought the little boy;
He liked clay.
He could make all kinds of things with clay:
Snakes and snowmen,
Elephants and mice,
Cars and trucks
And he began to pull and pinch
His ball of clay.

But the teacher said, "Wait!"
"It is not time to begin!"
And she waited until everyone looked ready.
"Now," said the teacher,
"We are going to make a dish."
"Good!" thought the little boy,
He liked to make dishes.
And he began to make some
That were all shapes and sizes.

But the teacher said "Wait!"
"And I will show you how."
And she showed everyone how to make
One deep dish.
"There," said the teacher,
"Now you may begin."

The little boy looked at the teacher's dish;
Then he looked at his own.
He liked his better than the teacher's
But he did not say this.
He just rolled his clay into a big ball again
And made a dish like the teacher's.
It was a deep dish.

And pretty soon
The little boy learned to wait,
And to watch
And to make things just like the teacher.
And pretty soon
He didn't make things of his own anymore.

Then it happened
That the little boy and his family
Moved to another house,
In another city,
And the little boy
Had to go to another school.
This school was even bigger
Than the other one.
And there was no door from the outside
Into his room.
He had to go up some big steps
And walk down a long hall
To get to his room.
And the very first day
He was there,
The teacher said:
"Today we are going to make a picture."
"Good!" thought the little boy.
And he waited for the teacher
To tell what to do.
But the teacher didn't say anything.
She just walked around the room.

When she came to the little boy
She asked, "Don't you want to make a picture?"
"Yes," said the lttle boy.
"What are we going to make?"
"I don't know until you make it," said the teacher.
"How shall I make it?" asked the little boy.
"Why, anyway you like," said the teacher.
"And any color?" asked the little boy.
"Any color," said the teacher.
"If everyone made the same picture,
And used the same colors,
How would I know who made what,
And which was which?"
"I don't know," said the little boy.
.And he began to make pink and orange and blue flowers.

He liked his new school,
Even if it didn't have a door
Right in from the outside!

The art show was a success.

The art show was a success. It was also boring and hot. I'm happy that I tried something new, but there is no way that I could do this on a regular basis. I don't know how people do it...

Thanks to everyone who came out to visit me at the show. It was nice to have people to talk to.

FOR SALE: JULY 9 & 10 @ the Royal Oak Outdoor Art Fair

My art show is coming up quickly.

Royal Oak Outdoor Art Fair

(Corner of 13Mile and Woodward)

Saturday July 9th: 10-6

Sunday July 10th: 10-5

Oil on canvas: Yellow Rose

Selling the Original.

Prints available in many sizes.

I promised people that I would post images of the things I will be selling. Not everything is ready yet... Still glazing pottery, and a couple of my paintings are at the printer. Here are the images I have from my phone:

This pottery piece made it on the cover of the Royal Oak magazine! Its for sale.

I'm attached to this piece... but an artist has to learn that they cant keep everything they create.

RAKU pottery:

It will be hard for my to sell these because I like them so much...

STONEWARE pottery:

All but one of these are mine. All will be priced to SELL! More is baking as we speak.

Oil on canvas: 1957 Chevy

Selling the Original (24"x 24")

Prints available in many sizes.

Oil on canvas: Orange Ranunculus

Selling the Original (24" x 24")

No prints available.

Oil on canvas: Magnolia Tree

Selling the Original.

No prints available.

Oil on canvas: 1947 Pontiac Torpedo

Selling the Original.

Prints available in many sizes.

Oil on canvas: Blue Ranuculous

Original will be displayed: SOLD!

Prints available in many sizes.

Oil on canvas: Railroad

Original will be on display: SOLD!

Prints available in many sizes.

I just got some of the prints back today. They look amazing! I'm so excited to share my art with people. This show will be a huge learning experience for me. Hope you will stop in to say hello!

Royal Oak Outdoor Art Fair

(Corner of 13Mile and Woodward)

Saturday July 9th: 10-6

Sunday July 10th: 10-5

WSU Art Education Gallery 2010

Here is some of my work that is displayed in the art show for school this year.

Apple blossom

A couple of my favorites.

The three prints on the left are mine.

Newsletter

Royal Oak sends out Newsletters to everyone in the city seasonally. This summer's issue has a picture of my pottery on the front page! It's the one is the top center. All the art shown are samples of what you can find at the Royal Oak Outdoor Art Fair the 9th and 10th of July. Guess the judges must really like my pottery. I never expected this. :)

Exciting News!

I have two art shows coming up! I have lots of work to do in the next couple of months....

Here are the cards I made to invite people:

Now on Etsy

Below is the link to my Etsy account where you can get the card from my previous post!

Above is an image of my painting that is on the greeting cards.

Hurry, there is only 100...

http://www.etsy.com/listing/68933471/greeting-cardprint-of-old-rusty-car

Greetings!

My new greeting cards are now available! They have a print of my "Ninety Eight" oil painting on the front, are 5x7, blank inside, and have the copyright on the back.

$4 each

I'll have them up on Etsy soon... (search AmerLeeArt) Contact me if you want one. :)

Winter 2011

I'm taking Printmaking this semester. Here is what I've come up with so far: (Each color is a different layer that is pressed separately till you develop something.)

Iris

Dock in Venice

Wave