Kid Made Crayon & Watercolor Drawing with Branches and Butterfly by Laura Smiley boxers I nabbed this painted metal

I nabbed this painted metal sign just because I liked it

fall leaves or pinecones

I have found a number of lovely cast silver polar bears online of about the same size and to which it bears a close resemblance

with a little wear and paint loss that I think just makes him better

Kid Made Crayon & Watercolor Drawing with Branches and Butterfly by Laura Smiley boxers I nabbed this painted metalI found this drawing painting at the estate sale of the late NYC Wellesley, MA artist Lois Gross Smiley, and am pretty certain it was made by her daughter, Laura, when she was a kid. (She initiated it LS at the upper right, and perhaps it was her teacher who wrote Laura at bottom left.) In any case, it reminds me of the wonders of wax resist, achieved here with crayon, painted over with what I think is watercolor, in this terrific green. I just love