The Windmill

I copied this one yesterday from the book we have been reading, "The Winged Watchman."
by Hilda Van Stockum. 

It is a great book about Holland during the Nazi occupation.  The family in the book lives in a windmill. 

Robert McCloskey

I live in Papua New Guinea so I can't really take art lessons, so what I do is I look at the work of famous artists and try my best to copy (not trace) them.  Today I did a picture from Robert McCloskey's "Make Way For Ducklings."

Robert McCloskey lived from 1914-2003.  As a child he was fascinated by art and mechanical inventions.    He decided to illustrate children's books during the Great Depression.  Then, during World War 2, he was a reporter for the American Military.  He drew visual aids for the military strategies.  His writing is great, and I really love his art. 

I think that drawing what I see in books and in real life is just as good as real art lessons.  Especially since my dad is good at art and can teach me things.

Leave a comment if you can think of other ways to learn art without lessons.  I would greatly appreciate it!

Moving to Madang

Since I last wrote.  I attended Numanohi Christian Acadamy  for 2 terms, and I moved to Madang again after almost 4 years away. 

Our car was stuffed!  I carried an owl and guinea pigs all the way there. It took 7 hours.

Here is a picture of my dad when we were driving from Goroka to Madang




 

Halfway through the trip, I got to see Yunke Dam.  It is where they make power for a lot of PNG.

Yonke Dam

Let me tell you about my life in Madang.

I have 2 black capped lorikeets, named Rainbow and Flicker. I also got a new kitten named Acorn.  Flicker and Acorn try to fight, but really, they are too afraid of each other to actually do it.

See? They are not fighting?



I do a lot of ocean kayaking down here.  I live next to the beach.  Specifically next to the Bismark Sea which is part of the South Pacific. 



Sometimes I catch a starfish.  They are usually blue and bigger than my hand. There are a lot of coral reefs here, they aren't that colorful, but they are cool.  Once there was one that was not that sharp, and I got out of the kayak and stood on it. I see a lot of reef fish, black and white striped ones, silver ones that hop out of the water, and tiny bright blue ones.

I went fishing last night. I caught one and got it out of the water.  I was trying to grab it when it wiggled off the hook and back into the water. 

I play outside a lot with my friends.  Sometimes we play tag in a tree or a game called "grounders" on the playground.  Whoever is it has to have their eyes closed.


 

Me Eating a Muna Beetle. I caught it and roasted it onthe fire!

My Amethystine Python

Our Catapillars are now Butterflies!

I helped build a pig fence out of bamboo the other day and I got to see a huge fire.