Kid Made Crayon & Watercolor Drawing with Branches and Butterfly by Laura Smiley Kerouac and Tyke with just a bit of

with just a bit of mildewing to the end pages

…most of the paint on the head is gone

and whatever I might find to fit in its claw

to create and improve the spaces around them

and handy for a wide variety of tasks

Kid Made Crayon & Watercolor Drawing with Branches and Butterfly by Laura Smiley Kerouac and Tyke with just a bit ofI 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