Never forget: READING FOR PLEASURE has the biggest positive impact of any factor on children's life chances. So never stop sharing books with kids. Never stop reading to them, and helping them to read. Never stop changing lives. #literacy #kidlit #books

large charcoal self-portrait - maggie beaumont
charcoal on large paper
#art #charcoaldrawing #drawing

small heads 1/4 - maggie beaumont
red earthenware clay, unsure of glaze/underglazes i used
#art #clay #handbuilding

tiny first attempt at printmaking from spring this year - maggie beaumont
hand carved scrap plywood, ink on newsprint
i just thought luci would look cool as a print
#art #printmaking #disenchantment

oil painting practice: first attempt - maggie beaumont
oil on canvas
#art #painting #oilpaint

small heads 2/4 - maggie beaumont
red earthenware clay with glaze
(these are a couple years old so i do not remember the glazes i used im guessing the white is majolica)
#art #sculpture #clay #handbuilding

renaissance painting of my dog flower - maggie beaumont
acrylic on canvas
#art #painting

unwelcome - maggie beaumont
acrylic on canvas 20x24"
#art #painting

surreal collage made from dozens of magazines

#art #collage #surrealism

random charcoal drawings for practice
#art #drawing

charcoal sketch from life

"lazy bones" - maggie beaumont
1/4" x 16x20 shina plywood hand carved and printed with ink on mulberry paper
#art #printmaking