Clayton1621's Comments (162)

Interesting block of ICE--great to think of on a hot day.
-- Mark

Go Clippers! Great picture of a glove.
-- Mark

Celebrating the Cubs at second base--great!
-- Mark

Baseball--I love summer! Great sculpture in clay. How big is it?
-- Mark

What a great wallet! We look to a great summer of baseball.
-- Mark

Love the shine and the smooth surfaces. This would be fun to touch.
-- Susan (Grandmother)

Will it be a summer of baseball? I think so! They're all here.
-- Susan (Grandmother)

Magic Wallet? I like it whatever it is. It looks like licorice. What is it made of? How did you shape it and make it hard?
-- Mark

Who is this? He's a great character! Maybe an alien?
-- Susan (Grandmother)

This is beautiful, Clayton. So many shapes; they look like hundreds of kites in the sky.
-- Susan (Grandmother)

This is called jelli printing, we use a special gel-mat and I placed drops of different paint colors on it, then pressed my paper onto the mat. This is the resulting image.
-- Clayton

I am trying to complete all the NL teams, then will maybe move on to the AL.
-- Clayton

Lia has a spirograph too, and mom said she alway liked using hers when she was younger. For this, I used a ruler to make all the lines.
-- Clayton

This is more practice during our vanishing point project.
-- Clayton

This is my image using a vanishing point.
-- Clayton

Did I miss this cute little figure? It looks like a head coming out of a green turtle shell.
-- Mark

Wow! I love these shapes bursting out of the paper--stars, lights, firecracker explosions!
-- Mark

This looks like a football field with thousands of people (dots) and the black goal post. The super bowl is coming soon.
-- Mark

What great colors. That looks like an apple or a cherry on the fine. Spring soon, I hope.
-- Mark

This looks like the bow of a boat. Blue water and black and yellow stuff swirl around the bow. Maybe it is a tent in a thunder storm.
-- Mark

Flower people! Gloves in different colors with faces. I like these figures.
-- Mark

3-D. I love it. These big towers in different colors are coming right at me. These could be tall buildings in downtown Chicago.
-- Mark

Oooh! Interesting perspectives. A fireworks display? A colorful snowflake? What do you see?
-- Susan (Grandmother)

Clayton, how did you do this drawing? It reminds of something called a spirograph I had when I was young. It could do all sorts of designs with circles.
-- Susan (Grandmother)

Wriggley Field! Spring training is coming. Maybe we can also go to little Wriggley Field where Gigi Clayton lives.
-- Mark

It looks like a rocket. Is it landing? Green grass makes this seem like Iowa. Are these space aliens?
-- Mark

Cool! I love the shapes. How did you do that? Are you learning geometry?
-- Mark

Thanks for including my first team--the Cards! Do you plan on covering all the teams?
-- Susan (Grandmother)

These look like figures on baseball cards. I'm thinking of sports.
-- Mark

I like all the players running across the bottom of the picture--then the red and yellow and blue.
-- Mark

I do like the ball going through the goal posts and the colors on a bright autumn day.
-- Mark

Cubs will do it this year. Do you have all these together? It would be nice to see all the teams in a notebook or on a wall.
-- Mark

Great colors! The brown lines look like goal posts and the dots people at a game.
-- Mark

You seem to be doing the whole National League. Grandmother will love this.
-- Mark

Baseball season soon. I can't wait. I would like to be in Arizona in 6 weeks to see spring training.
-- Mark

I like the people in the house. It looks like your family with people in red for Christmas. Everybody looks happy.
-- Mark

Go Hawks! You make this look like a snake or a friendly dragon, however. Is this a blanket?
-- Mark

I like the colors and your lettering--but go CUBS!
-- Mark

Playing the outfield? Am I in the stands? A rainbow!
-- Mark

What great flowers we had this year! Two of them look like space aliens coming down to earth: "take us to your leader". I like the picture.
-- Mark

Breat Cancer awareness on a field of grass--maybe at a baseball game. Good. I like the colors.
-- Mark

Breat cancer awareness? Great poster! You make your grandmother happy.
-- Mark

Halloween, the first snow, Christmas, the movie Frozen? Snow and reindeer? All done with a very nice blue.
-- Mark

This looks like the kitchen counter after you and your sister make lunch. I see chocolate and some strawberry and mushed banana. I want to get a sponge and clean it up. What fun shapes!
-- Mark

You have such a great big "I" versus that green tree. You make great posters for the Hawks.
-- Mark

Great football players on a green field! I love the texture of the grass.
-- Mark

Cubs vs. Nationals. The red versus the black. I like your poster.
-- Mark

Ahhh! The Beast! I like your monster energy. It is fun to play with letters on a poster.
-- Mark

I love this picture of you in Chicago. Have you come to play basball among the tall buildings? Go Cubs!
-- Mark

This is a striking design for the Clippers. You have a good eye for color and shapes.
-- Susan (Grandmother)

Great image of Chicago! Are you getting ready to bat for the Cubs?
-- Susan (Grandmother)

Very colorful! Go Cubs! Grandmother
-- Susan

I love the colors and the lines--you can see different layers.
-- Mark

Cubs vs. Rockies! Oh the poor baseball being hit by the Cubs bat! Great Colors!
-- Mark

Beautiful! Go Cubs!
-- Susan (Grandmother)

I love this--getting ready to bat: the box, the bat, the ball, the dirt, the stands--and even the on deck box--a little too close to the batter.
-- Mark

Yea! Baseball season is here! Is that an umpire in the upper left? Grandmother
-- Susan

I like those baseballs flying out of the infield. Great picture for the spring!
-- Mark

Your gell art is a beautiful meld of colors. Grandmother
-- Susan

What great colors! I love this. How do you do it? You print, right? But what to you press down on the paper? Anyway, I love the texture.
-- Mark

Are the Clippers a favorite team? I like the jerseys and the letters laid out on the background as if they were laid out on the ground or a mountain side.
-- Mark

Clayton, I have not looked at your artwork in a while. I really like all the colors you have been using.
-- Dave

Clayton, I like your B10 logo, nice job. Keep it up bud. Grandpa
-- Dave

I like your poster. It helps to see West and East lined up. Is that a ticket in the middle? Anyway, "Go Hawks!"
-- Mark

The blue lines seem to float above the black lines. Nice pattern. Grandmother
-- Susan

I love the design: The "C" with the black and blue web of crossing lines. This would look good on the wall in my den.
-- Mark

Great colors--it looks like a fish bowl--but all the triangles and rectangles and colors make it seem like I am seeing the whole thing through a distorting glass--like a fish seeing us from its fish bowl. This is fun. It makes me want to draw fish.
-- Mark

Great locker room picture! Did you watch the Superbowl? That was an really exciting game.
-- Mark

You are a loyal fan, Clayton! Go Hawks and Cubs! Grandmother
-- Susan

The Hall of Fame for a lot of Cubs but not yet. We have to win a few more World Series Championships. I like his jersey.
-- Mark

Steelers football: I like the green field and the big pig skin being kicked down the field.
-- Mark

Go Cubs! Go Hawks! This year will be great! Has Cubs spring training started? I have students in basketball, swimming--and the football players can't wait for spring training. I like your picture!
-- Mark

Clayton, your picture shows the strength and resolve of this player in the way he is standing and in the colors you chose. i really like it. Grandmother
-- Susan

You have great colors for Javier Baez--posed for action. In only a few weeks Spring Training!
-- Mark

Monster and human baseball players? I like the contrast and the color. However, how good can monsters be at baseball?
-- Mark

I love the colors and energy in your picture. It reminds me of superman and batman (red and blue) fighting the joker (black) at a really high speed. It would also be Christmas colors and me chasing you around the Christmas Tree.
-- Mark

I see the flash and I love the big red background. I'm thinking about a story. You will have to tell me about your story for this picture when I see you.
-- Mark

I don't think I've commented on this painting yet. Nice colors: orange pumpkin with black (shadows? night?) and a yellow moon or star. The colors and shapes make a very pleasing picture.
-- Susan

Yeah Cubs! I like your playing field. I cannot wait until spring!
-- Mark

Yaaay! Cubs numbers on pinstripes--a fitting tribute to the new World Series Champions! Grandmother
-- Susan

Go Cubs! The great players from a great game seven!
-- Mark

Cool birds-eye view! Grandmother
-- Susan

This is a beautiful picture with vibrant colors. It makes me feel like I'm under water! Very fine work. Grandmother
-- Susan

Is this nemo the fish? I like his bowl. I haven't seen the movie in a while--who is in the other bowl? I like the way you arrange the colors and the bowls and the wavy lines on the page.
-- Mark

The moon looks like a banana and I love the layers of colors in the sky. That's a nice campfire and a tent. I like hot dogs and would you put on some marshmellows? Do we have ice cream?
-- Mark

I like your green football fields gold end zones--especially when we are winning!
-- Mark

I like your picture about camping. Are the campers making s'mores? Yum! Grandmother
-- Susan

Bringing back the memories.
-- Logan

This is a wonderfully detailed picture. The driver must be going really fast! Grandmother
-- Susan

What a great car! Are those flames coming out of the back? What is across the bottom--people watching the race?
-- Mark

I thought I had commented on these great colors. Have hundreds of jellybeans fallen on the floor? Are people celebrating the Super Bowl with confetti? Anyway, I love your eye for color.
-- Mark

This is great. It seems like fire is coming out of the heads of all these people (?). Maybe these are flowers. Anyway, I like the energy of your picture.
-- Mark

I like your picture of the fishbowl. I used to have one. The fish had a little castle like this one has. Do you have a fish? I like the colors around the bowl: the table and floor and walls.
-- Mark

Nice variety of shapes. I see a fishbowl in the middle with a little castle and a fish.
-- Grandmother (Susan)

Oh, what a sweet cat! I want to take it home!
-- Grandmother (Susan)

Green and purple and white--what nice colors for a coffee cup or hot chocolate or water. I would like the feel of this cup. You must have had fun shaping it.
-- Mark

This is great! I like the shape and purple and blue and green. You could put M and Ms in it.
-- Mark

You have beautiful colors for your balloon. I also like the trees and house and the big blue sky. It reminds me of summer--and flying very high in a slow moving balloon swaying in the wind.
-- Mark

I like #6 with his bears hat. He looks like a fan at a game with a big goal post in the background.
-- Mark

Superman is one of my favorites and I want to see his new movie. I like the big S.
-- Mark

I love this bear. What great paws! Is another bear lying beside him? He looks surprized. Maybe he is hoping that I will take his picture like you have.
-- Mark

Clayton, you are so thoughtful! What a nice art piece.
-- Susan (Grandmother)

The blue sky seems to be holding the brown house in a comforting way. Is that a person looking out the window on the left? Very interesting!
-- Susan (Grandmother)

All the colors of the rainbow are here--plus black! Nice big blocks of color.
-- Susan (Grandmother)

This is a beautiful Fight with Flash picture. I like the strong yellow flash.
-- Susan (Grandmother)

I love the lightning bolt! Is that a design for a team symbol? Fight, fight with lightning!?
-- Mark

I love the pen, the dark green thing. You have a green heart. The red thing reminds me of frosting on a birthday cake. Are you making things out of clay? I love to roll it out in my hands. Great stuff. Can you make an animal?
-- Mark

I like the Chhicago Bears. You have a great football field. I can imagine players running down the field, a touch down, and then there is a kick for extra points.
-- Mark

Clayton, I think I commented on this piece before, but I just have to say again how wonderful the shapes and colors are. Grandmother
-- Susan

Wow! Nice 3D! Grandmother
-- Susan

Great movement here! The GO looks like it's wheeling toward victory. Grandmother
-- Susan

Clayton, I love the vibrant colors in your picture. This makes me think of looking at the ground from an airplane. Grandmother
-- Susan

Clayton, you are doing a fantastic job in your artwork this year again! I love all the different colors you choose. I very much enjoy seeing all the different subjects you choose to draw, that are important to you, such as the fight breast cancer symbols, Hawkeyes, The Bears, and on and on:). continue on! Love you, Gramma Downes
-- Cindy

Clayton, all of your artwork this year is improving so much! I love how you choose subjects that are important to you, such as the fight cancer symbol, Hawkeye football, your football season and so much more! Keep up the great work. love, Gramma Downes
-- Cindy

This looks like a whale. It could also be a bow on somebody's head. See the brown and the flesh color on the right. I like your colors and the movement of the whale across the picture.
-- Mark

Clayton, those are great colors. The green and yellow remind of spring--and baseball. The blue reminds me of Lake Michigan outside of Wriggley Field where the Cubs play. I see you swinging for the fences.
-- Mark

What a beautiful starry night! I'd love to hear all about this picture. Grandmother
-- Susan

R2D2! I love the colors. May the force be with you!
-- Mark

The shapes in yellow and blue are really pleasant to look at.
-- Susan

A very strong wrestler! He is victorious! Grandmother
-- Susan

I love your Ninja Turtle! I must try to draw one. I like the yellow, organge, and green.
-- Mark

Wrestling champion! Great picture!
-- Mark

Go Iowa! Yes! The Hawks are encouraged by your drawing. Grandmother
-- Susan

Go Hawks! I love your picture. The "O" of "Go" looks like a ball going through the goal posts.
-- Mark

Is that a giant balloon? I love the stripes and the yellow sun and the clouds. What a nice composition! Great picture!
-- Mark

What a scary pumpkin! Good colors--black, orange, and bright yellow for the candle inside the pumpkin.
-- Grandmother

Clayton says: This is a picture of Lia. It's a portrait. I think it looks good. The dress has a heart on it.

Clayton says: It's a Star Wars picture with Luke Skywalker and Darth Vader fighting and Yoda is just standing there watching. That's all.

Clayton says: The yellow guy is wearing armor to defend himself from the fire. The orange is fire. And that's a dragon. The orange sun was actually yellow marker.

Clayton says: The bird is a robin, and it makes the rythm, if there were sound there, that's what you would hear. The rythm of my robin.

Clayton says: I messed up on this one. It's supposed to be yellow writing on black shirt. But this is me, in my soccer shirt.

Clayton says: It's a picture of me, in my soccer shirt.

Clayton says: It's a giant punkin and in the background is the space that I can't remember what it's called right now. Those black things are the clouds. (They were learning use of space, but the terms I offered were not discussed in class. I, mom, was "wrong. All wrong". Because I'm "old and maybe now they teach different than they did way back when" I had art class... Thanks, kiddo, thanks ;)

Scary pumpkin! I like the black leaves swirling around its head. And those eyes!
-- Mark

Clayton, is this fingerpaint? I like all the big strokes of paint and the big smile. The colors make it look kind of Halloween-like but a friendly Halloween.
-- Mark

I love this smiling head. His shirt and all the yellow make him look like a bee. The gray seems like a fall sky. Halloween is coming.
-- Mark

Clayton, this is a superb winged dinosaur. And I really like the yellow person standing in front.
-- Grandmother

I like this picture--a self-portrait? He seems happy with slightly messy hair. Maybe he is playing soccer.
-- Mark

Nice art work. Looking great in your soccer shirt Clayton!
-- Dave

Man, dragon, red barn, and is that an orange sun? Its fall and you have all the bright colors. What a great Halloween picture!
-- Mark

I love this big face, the blond hair, those eyebrows, and that big smile. Is she wearing a poka-dot dress? The sun seems to be coming out of her head in the blue sky. What a great portrait! Anybody I know?
-- Mark

You and Logan had a lot of ideas. I see interesting people and colorful houses and ocean. Grandmother
-- Susan

Clayton, I like your colors, the red cape, the blue sky, the yellow sun. What a great picture!
-- Mark

Your strong picture makes me think of many things. I think of important people, or mountains, or volcanoes. What were you thinking of when you drew it?
-- Susan

This looks like an amazing tree house! Great colors and composition. Tell me more about it.
-- Grandmother

Clayton, this is such an interesting mix of shapes and colors. I love the lined background! Tell me more about this picture.
-- Grandmother

Great picture of super hero on the roof. You have encouraged me to get out my pens and start drawing.
-- Mark

Clayton, this picture for Grandpa Art is so very special! You did a great job of showing so many different colors, then putting Grandpa's heart in the center:). He loved you so much. You are a very special boy.
-- Gma

Clayton, the purple snake is my favorite.
-- Grandmother

Clayton, there are great colors here. And I like the idea that it could be a magician or your grandpa.
-- Grandmother

Clayton, you drew a fantastic figure! The shapes and the colors are fantastic.
-- Grandmother

Clayton, this is a beautiful and scary Halloween scene. The black and white colors behind the pumpkin and scary figures really make this picture special.
-- Grandmother

Clayton says: This is for Grandpa Art.
-- Jessica

Clayton says: This is a picture of all the ninjago characters I know. With 3 snakes, Lord Garmadon, and all the ninjas.
-- Jessica

Clayton says: This is a present for my friend, Xavier. It is a robot.
-- Jessica

Clayton says: This is the ninjago, Jay, with a grappling hook.
-- Jessica

Clayton says: A picture of my family, to tell Lia I love her.
-- Jessica

Clayton says: This is a ninjago picture where they're all stuck in poisonous elements; that's where they get their powers.
-- Jessica

Clayton says: This a clay sculpture of Daddy.
-- Jessica

Clayton says: Daddy with his bicycle helmet.
-- Jessica

Clayton says: This is an Easter egg hunt with my friends.
-- Jessica

Clayton says: I was trying to make a magician. But then afterward, I decided it was Grandpa.
-- Jessica