Hobbies

 Well, seeing as I have so much free time between being a wife, mom, and student (read: heavy sarcasm), I thought I needed a hobby that was not TV. So, on a whim, I bought some colorful ikea frames that I must now fill. I've decided to attempt to paint some of the same animals that are on Micah's border. There are probably plagiarism laws about such things, but I don't plan on selling them. In fact, I sadly remember so little from my 8th grade painting class, that I made my first attempt with acrylic paints on computer paper. Questions then arose: why is this paint not drying EVER? and why is there a ring of oil around my cute little lion? Due to the input of a much wiser artistic friend, I have realized I must buck up and buy canvas. Thus, this morning's trip with Micah through three different art shops. Alas, the canvas does not fit inside the cute little frames I bought! So, I will attempt to use 'multi-purpose artist paper' and see if it works any better than computer paper. I know you artsy folks out there are shaking your heads...but you know that he won't like lions anymore in a year anyway!