Alebrijes With the Frankles

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Alebrijes is something my friend Sandra Strait turned us onto. According to Mr. Google they are brightly colored Mexican folk art sculptures (or drawings) of fantastical creatures. Sandra combines two animals into one. A kind of animal mashup so to speak. And the Frankles loves them! 

The Frankles is my 8 year old granddaughter who just happens to be autistic. She never forgets a thing. And a couple months ago I showed her one of Sandra's Penguilephants and the Frankles right away wanted to make an alebrijes of her own. (She also made her own chop that weekend.) 

A couple weeks ago she was back at our house and the first thing she asked to do was make one of those animals like my friend Sandra makes. This particular one is a combination of some characters from a Nintendo game she likes. And she watercolored it! The gray lines in the background are her version of shading. I think she does an excellent job! She enjoyed it so much - she made a second one! 


This one the Frankles called a humminguin - a combination of a hummingbird and a penguin. And there is her chop at the bottom of the page. She remembered how to draw it even though she said she had not used it since she was here last time. Her chop is a combination of initials E and H. She saw a color chart on my desktop that I made for a class I'm teaching this weekend and decided her humminguin needed a color chart, too! 



The Frankles asked me to make a quick sketch of a humminguin and this is what I did. She thought the wings looked like owl wings - they do - so we renamed my alebrije to be a Hummowleguin. 

We had a great weekend and I didn't want you to feel left art! Art With the Frankles will continue next time she stays with us. 

Comments

  1. Sandra StraitAugust 8, 2021 at 12:43 PM

    It's obvious that talent runs in the family! I'm so glad I got her interested in alebrijes, and I wasn't even trying, lol! I hope you told her how much I enjoyed her creations!

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  2. Jan Brandt, CZTAugust 8, 2021 at 1:51 PM

    Oh how WONDERFUL, Alice!!! Knowing she has YOU to make art with always makes me happy! Delightful creations. Happy-hearted art is the BEST art! xoxo

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  3. KrisAugust 8, 2021 at 3:00 PM

    So Beautiful! Reminds me of Coco with the alebrijes.

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  4. UnknownAugust 8, 2021 at 3:01 PM

    The Frankles did a great job with her Humminquin! Hope we here more about the Frankles art adventures in the future.

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    1. AliceAugust 8, 2021 at 4:32 PM

      Haha! Thank you. You will. she loves Art of all kinds.

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  5. UnknownAugust 9, 2021 at 9:15 AM

    You get the "Best Gramma" award for this weekend!

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  6. Evy BrowningAugust 9, 2021 at 1:30 PM

    Sounds like an absolutely wonderful time for you both.

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  7. GLynneAugust 9, 2021 at 2:05 PM

    These are awesome! Nothing better than “Frankles time!”
    ❤️

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