Ballet Skirt

So today I got bored and decided to try and sew my own ballet skirt. I had some old pink curtains that were sort of the right materiel for a ballet skirt, though not so pretty and flowy. I used my purchased white wrap-around Capazio ballet skirt as a guide. It took me about 45 minutes from start to finish(and prayer). It's not as pretty as my white skirt, but I can use it as a back-up.

Ballet Class

I said I was going to talk a little about ballet on my blog, so here it goes...
So today I had a ballet class, only myself and one other girl showed up. It's really nice sometimes to have a smaller class because our dance instructor, Mrs.Donna, has more time to focus on individuals and help us perfect certain steps. Also, Sundays is our most difficult class because our Tuesday class has a lot of younger girls. By the way, I take classical ballet. Since there was only two of us today though, our teacher worked us extra hard... I was exhausted after class!I think most people don't really realize how physically challenging ballet is. It's not about pink tutus and dancing on your toes. After class I drank like two full bottles of water... Most of all I have to remember that I'm not dancing for just pleasure, but for God!

Ballerina

This is ANOTHER ballerina pencil drawing! I didn't put her legs or feet in because I messed up her pointe shoes so bad:)

Roses Sketch

This is a pencil drawing of a bouquet of roses that I got for my birthday last year.

Drawings

I drew this in pencil about a year or so ago. I copied it from a picture book called Marshmallow.

Drawings

This is a pencil drawing of a turtle that I did on September 19, 2009. I copied it from one of our old photos.

Sketch

This is a sketch of my back yard that I did on October 21, 2009

Ballerina sketches

Just some ballerina partner sketches!

Ballerina

This is a picture of a little ballerina that I did last year when I first started taking ballet classes. Ballerinas are probably my favorite thing to draw.

My Little Sister

This is a colored pencil drawing I did on November 30, 2009. It's a picture of my littlest sister when she was about 6, sitting in a tractor wheel at the Berrien County Youth Fair in Michigan. I drew this picture by looking at an old photo.

Landscape Pencil Drawing

This is a pencil drawing of a landscape from October 26, 2009.

Leaves Pencil Drawing

This is a pencil drawing that I did on December 10 2009. I have a self teaching art curriculum called Artistic Pursuits. The assignment was to go out in my yard and collect 20 different leaves and then draw them(half of the page was cut off, sorry)Doing this assignment pushed me to look at every little detail on the leaves, and made me appreciate God's amazing creations even more, no matter how small they are.