My daughter's version of a Hoplite Shield

[AlCzervik]

this is for her history class, she had to make a shield by herself, i put the handles on the back after seeing her practice with the power drill i figured it was maybe i good idea i do that. Anyhow she spray painted it and then transferred the image of Artemis using some process she learned in her studio art class and then painted it with a really fine little brush, it took her the better part of Saturday and sunday morning. She's a bit worried she'll get points off for using a pre cut piece of plywood but i'm not Norm from this old house so thats what she used.

[CTyankee]

1. It's beautiful! How old is she?

n/t

[AlCzervik]

3. she's 12, and thank you, she's a bit of a perfectionist and she's not totally

pleased with it.

[CTyankee]

6. I love them at that age! I have a granddaughter who is 11

and she isn't too pleased with her art work. But she is very good! I just don'tunderstand it. Even her 8 (almost 9) year old sister is like that! They are pretty picky, but of course wonderful!

[trof]

2. Cool. I want one.

And I'm not even planning on going into battle any time soon.
Make a nice looking coffee table.

[AlCzervik]

4. huh! Thats exactly what i'm going to do with it after Thursday, i'm going to coat it

with some poly and attach legs and put it in her room.

[AllegroRondo]

5. OK, thats just awesome.

She'd get an A from me!

[malmapus]

7. That is freaking awesome!

Great job!

[Book Lover]

8. That's *really* nice, but, um, this is for a history class?

I just don't get what she is learning in terms of history: she isn't doing anything the ancients did... On the other hand, she should show this to her art teacher for extra credit!

[AlCzervik]

9. they're learning about the Spartans right now, this was a just an credit thing.

[hippywife]

10. She did a great job!

:hi: