A set of carbon and graphite pencils, a huge set of colored pencils/pastels, and a hundreds of sheets sketchbook for her drawing. She also expressed an interest in sculpting so we got her 5 pounds of plastic clay (which supposedly never dries out) to practice with, 5 pounds of air dry clay, and 5 pounds of kiln dry clay, plus a starter set of tools for clay work.
We got to see her artwork the teacher finally let them bring home from school when they left for Christmas break. They were all good, but 2 of them really stood out. There was a still-life of 3 apples that was pretty darned good, had the highlighting and shading right. The one her teacher really liked and was showing off to other teachers was an Andy Warhol-esque painting of Michael Jackson. If I'd known she could paint that well, I'd probably have gotten her paints instead of the clay stuff. I really wish she would agree to take some classes or see if somebody would mentor her 1 on 1, but she wants to teach herself.
I haven't had Kahlua in years...might have to buy myself a bottle for Christmas.
