Chalk Talk - Keepers

          

  Keepers At Home, our homeschool club, has started again and we are all so excited!  Our first meeting was led by Sis. Melissa.  She chose for us to attend a chalk talk by Elva Hurst in her Lititz Studio and to have the opportunity to make our own chalk drawings. 

A chalk talk is where an artist creates a picture while telling a story. 
Elva prerecords her stories in a studio then plays them while she draws.  This chalk talk was titled "School Days".  Elva told about her school day as a little conservative Mennonite girl.

 

It only took her about 20 minutes to complete the whole thing!

 

Hope and Lincoln played some checkers before we had our art lessons.

 

 

 Joy and Mrs. Scarecrow :)

 We used glow-in-the-dark chalk so it glowed under a black light.

 Under different color lights...

Elva has a book series called "Farm Life" for children, describing daily adventures as a Mennonite girl.
The children really enjoyed these books so we had her autograph them.

 This old bike was up against the barn so Hope, Lillia, and Faith all climbed on for a picture :)

 Cousins Forever! <3

This beautiful horse used to pull carriages in New York City. 

Because of his size his name is "Goliath".

 He is now retired and enjoys his days in the meadow at Shady Lane Farm.