Viva Vivaldi!

This past week our class went to see Viva Vivaldi. I have always loved the stringed instruments and completed this drawing.

Midsummer Night's Dream

In class we have been studying William Shakespeare and Mom and I read Midsummer Night's Dream. I drew this portrait using black prismacolor pencil.

First Snow

Well it took 9 years of living in California but I finally got up to see my first snow. Here are some photos of me frolicking in the mountains and the snowman named Morris I built with snow that made it home. He now lives in our freezer because I did not want him to melt.

Loving Leonardo

I have been reading a chapter book about Leonardo Da Vinci and mom and I went to the computer to see his famous painting.
I decided to just remember it in my mind then went downstairs to make this drawing and write out her name.

It's Greek to me

Having just turned 9 a love for all things Greek continues for Santiago with this drawing of a noble ship.

My first gallery show at Nickelodeon in Los Angeles

This December I got to put two of my drawings in my very first gallery show at Nickelodeon in Los Angeles. Mike who saw this blog and draws cartoons for some of their shows invited me and my work is above and below the sign in the middle. My drawings sold and I decided to give the money to my school to build a library. There was some great art by children there and I'm so happy I got to show others how much I love drawing.

Drawing is what I do the first thing in the morning when I wake up. I put on my robe and slippers and sneak downstairs while Mom and Dad are still asleep.

When the hear the pencil sharpener go wwwwrrrrrrrrrrr! my parents know I am up and busy doing my favorite thing.

How to learn Spanish

Please click on 2010 [to the right] 2009 and 2008 under Blog Archive to see all my posts and how I am growing as an artist.

A great thing to draw is Loteria Cards and I like the pictures so much. I am happy when my friends and their families come to visit me at our home in Mexico. I feel lucky because I speak Spanish. My grandmother whispered it in my ear when I was very small. I listened carefully to her words and now that I am 8 years old I can talk to people in my town like the man who leads the donkeys down the hill in front of our house or the taxi guys who drive green cabs. I can order ice cream and my favorite flavor is guanabana and that is a hard word to say but not for me because I practice.

The first thing I like to do when a family visits us is break out the Loteria cards and it is a fun way to learn Spanish. There are all these great pictures and it is like bingo but instead you shout out ¡Loteria! We use frijole beans to mark the ones we get like El Alacran and La Campaña. I did this drawing so you will know what it is like. There is a very great artist and friend named Beth Krommes. She sent me scratch magic paper that is really fun to use so I could practice art that is a little bit like what she does. Thank you Beth. She made a beautiful book called The House in the Night that won the Caldecott Medal because it is super amazing. I sent her one of my Loteria drawings because she is really special and I'm so glad she liked it.