Mermaid
By Kathy In Animation, Sewing On December 29, 2015
When this student said she wanted to be a mermaid for Halloween I imagined that fins and seashells would define her costume. She had a much more sophisticated vision.
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Artist and teacher, Kathy Anderson, has been providing for, protecting, and nourishing the creative spirit in her students, young and old since she opened her school in 1980. Check out www.schoolforyoungartists.org
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