art's loft art set Review!

So, I got an art set for Christmas! it is really cool. I will put descriptions in the pictures

This is how the art set looks when it is closed (I put that sticker there, because my brother got the same present.)

This is how it looks when it is opened.



 

 In this set, there are two different kinds of colored pencils, regular, and watercolor (You have to dip the tip in water.) So I am doing an experiment with these two pencils.

These two pencils are the same color. Permanent Green. The one with the brown end is water color. White end is regular.

The tips of the pencils.

These are the results.

They look the same, don't they?

 

 So they looked the same. Now I will show you what the set includes.



The whole set when it is fully opened.

A booklet titled 'Artist's tricks and techniques'

A thingy to hold paint (It comes with two) Hint: Don't put the oil paint in it! It sticks and it won't get out even if you put it in the Dishwasher! I learned the hard way :)

A waterwell. to hold water inside.

A sharpener and eraser

Six paintbrushes

Ten big tubes of water paint

twelve little tubes of watercolor paint.

twelve little tubes of oil paint

Twenty-four oil pastel crayons (Continued in the next picture)

Continued from last picture.

 

The only con I found was that it didn't come with paper, so I looked around in the art stuff I already had, and found this drawing pad from Target.

Drawing pad (Not included in the set!)

 



This is what I drew with the regular coloring pencils. A Downy Woodpecker (Left) and a Cardinal (Right)
This set was fun to use! Stay smart girls!




















 

Hello!

I have been gone for awhile! But I am back! I am going to do posts to review the presents I got for Christmas! Next post is scheduled for tomorrow!

Bloggiversery!

Hi guys! January the 8th was Girl Smart's blogiversery! My blog is one year old! To celebrate, I will change our logo!

Old Logo
 

New Logo

Whatcha think?

My brother's birthday is tommorow! + Chess tips

My little brother's birthday is tomorrow! He will be 4!
Also, my Homeschool coop is having a chess club, since tomorrow is FFF, and I can't post, because of my brothers birthday, I will share some chess tips. And a website where you can play chees!

Chess tips:

Bad Moves - What you should NEVER do!

Never move silly pawns anywhere in the beginning of the game, especially not on the outer files like Black has done below. You just lose time and run behind in piece development.
This means that your opponent can and will attack you with his pieces, once he has castled. Pieces are: knights, bishops, rooks and the queen, not pawns! He can attack you as he has more pieces developed than you have. He will simply overrun you in the center because he has more knights, bishops, rooks and the queen actively placed and you got no pieces placed actively to defend yourself. Why? Because you have wasted your time to push some silly pawns here and there and may have not even castled.

It is very important that you understand this principle!
Read this text above a hundred times to get this into your head or you will never ever become a good player. So don't touch useless pawns in the beginning of the game.
You should first move one or two center pawns, then develop your knights and bishops towards the center. Best is to get the kingside knight and bishop out, then castle quickly. See the white position. White is going to get out his kingside bishop next and castle afterwards.

source


And here is a fun website to play chess. You can even join tournaments!
click here for the link

Play-doh fruits!

Hi guys! As a stocking stuffer for Christmas, I got Play-doh! The colors looked so cool, I decided to make fruits out of them. Here are some pics!

 

 

All the fruits in a bowl.

Strawberries

A different angle of the strawberries

This originally was supposed to be an apple (Color in the picture is much more orange that real color)
The color is more peach color, so it is a peach!

different angle of peach

Banana!

Tangerine. Yummy! My favorite

 

Grapes!

All of the fruit



Angel, My American girl doll, wanted to pose with the fruit. She choose the banana first.
Bananas are her favorite!



strawberry!

Peaches! tangerines! Both!

Grapes. A nutritious and delicious, bite-size snack

How it looks, in angels hand

Angel and her dog honey, saying goodbye.

 

I hope you liked my fruit. My family sure did! But remember! "Fun to play with, not to eat!"