Hello, Great Readers of our series! Just In case you haven’t visited before, let me tell you a little about A Great Nephew and A Great Aunt. My great nephew, Landon (a fifth-grader) and I (his great aunt) collaborate. I write a poem which he illustrates. We started this collaboration last fall and have had so much fun with it that we decided to invite others along. Landon and I will continue to have a new episode on the second Friday of the month…except for today.
We switched to the first week this month because Landon has been drawing the Statue of Liberty. We have two of his drawings today. His drawings inspired my poem, Liberty. Being that the Fourth of July is tomorrow it seemed the perfect week for this post.
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The Art
Statue of Liberty #1-Time Lapse Drawing by Landon
Statue of Liberty #2-Drawing by Landon
The Poem
Thanks for joining us today. We hope you have a wonderful Fourth of July. See you next week for another guest collaboration.
Donna Smith at Mainely Write has the Poetry Friday Roundup this week. Head on over for a poetry-filled Friday.
Penny Parker Klostermann 
What a fun video to add to the image and poem. Always glad I stop by … even though always late. 🙂
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Lovely Penny!
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Beautiful both, illustration and poem. Thank you Landon and Penny.
AND it was wonderful to see you and most of the Parker clan together on the 4th.
Love, Renata
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Love that time lapse video, Landon. So clever to capture the shapes with shadow– I never thought of that! Will have to mention the technique to Miranda and show her the video. And Penny, your poem captures the feeling of liberty perfectly. Every time I see another wordplay poem (and I’ve seen quite a few post-May), it makes me smile from the inside out.
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Whoa, the time lapse was fabulous! And I love that you used Nikki Grimes’s word exercise for your poem. I swear, that exercise bears most excellent fruit every time. Great show, Penny and Landon!
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Wonderful drawing! I loved seeing his process- and he’s so quick too! 😉
The poem is wonderful and clever! Well done, team. Hope you had a great 4th of July!
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Great drawing, Landon! Larry D
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Thanks to everyone for joining us for today’s episode. I hope you all have a wonderful Fourth of July!
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Fun! Doubled!
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What a fun video watching Landon create his art. Terrific drawing and poem! Hope the two of you have a very happy 4th!
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Love seeing Miss Liberty emerge on the paper, and the poem too, Penny. How sweet it can be.
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Thank goodness for Liberty! Love the time-lapse drawing! (And the poem, of course…)
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Just wonderful. I really enjoyed the video. Have a happy 4th!
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p.s. The time-lapse video was incredible and the sketches extremely accurate. How long in “real time” did it take Landon to draw these?
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Very special. I enjoyed the video. Brandon has a wonderful eye for proportion.
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Love it, Penny! Perfect poem for this weekend. Happy Independence Day to all!
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Yes! Liberty is all that. Great job, Landon and Penny to remind us of our special Liberty.
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Shadow drawing! Awesome, L. Great words for this great holiday in our great country.
Love and licks,
Cupcake
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Fantastic! And so appropriate for this weekend! I particularly loved the time-lapse video. As someone who doesn’t know where to begin with drawing, I found watching Landon and the techniques he employed so useful. Happy 4th of July to you both and to your families!
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