Hunter is singing now with the Idaho State University's Children's Choir.  He auditioned last fall and made it. In the following clip, he is on the back row in the middle.  He complains all the time about how he does not want his voice to change and how he wants to be a soprano forever!

CASTLE IN THE GLEN

CHRISTMAS WREATH 2010

HOME FOR THE HOLIDAYS 2010

HARVEST TIME

ELK TRAVELING

TWO DEER acrylic

TEMPLE OF THE FUTURE

DECEMBER LINK (Do you see a special interest here?)

GANONDORF

HAPPY CHRISTMAS TREE

CHRISTMAS CANDLE

MISSING SPRING

Outside
By Hunter McBride

When I go outside,
I see the Lovely trees.
I see a big bee hive,
filled with honey,
and lots and lots of bees.
The grass is growing so very tall,
than I hear a robin, blue bird,
crow, and lots of hawks call.
When I look up in the blue, blue sky,
I see lots of clouds up high.
The flowers are growing,
Now it's time to do some lawn mowing.
If you look in the sky,
you'll see the bright, yellow sun,
Wow, look at it! That thing must weigh a ton!
It's a perfect day to draw outside with a pen,
I can't wait till spring comes again!



Written on July 19, 2009

THE HIATUS

Hunter has finally started drawing again after a 4 month hiatus.

Hunter and his brother, dad, and grandpa went camping today, so in his absence, I decided to tackle his bedroom. And this was a full-on tackle. Papers galore. Some had just a few markings on them; some were mess-ups. Some were very good. Here are a few I found in the following posts:

BEACH IN HAWAII

SUSEGANA, ITALY CASTLE

IDAHO FROM MEMORY

MAP OF IDAHO

US WEATHER MAP (FROM MEMORY)

POKY STREETS

OUR HOUSE

PEACH, HOUSE, and TREES

OREGON WATERFALL

Here is Hunter's latest. He did this for kindtree.org 's Autism Artism 2009. It's so hard to get him to stay on task! He had many 5 minute breaks to run outside and jump on the tramp before he finished this. Argghhh!

A DISAPPEARING ACT FOR NOW

I haven't posted in awhile because Hunter has stopped drawing. I don't know why. He'll draw a little, but nothing like he used to. He is in a different phase now, and it is music. He has been playing the piano, picking out tunes with both hands, and it actually sounds good! He mostly plays hymns and Primary songs. To be honest, something is up with him. He's regressed in some areas, and I can't figure it out quite yet. The tide ebbs and flows around here. I just hope it doesn't dry up completely.

LOVE IS CARING

ONE ELF

Hunter has been on an elf kick lately. He is already planning for Halloween.

LINK I THINK

POT OF GOLD

LINK

TWO ELVES

A PIRATE MAP

Here is a pirate map that I found in the garbage. He even wrinkled it up to make it look old.

ANOTHER MAP OF THE 'BURBS

Hunter loves maps. He studies them for awhile, then draws them. Sometimes he'll make up the street names and make-believe cities.

MAP OF THE 'BURBS

STREETS OF POCATELLO

SPONGEBOB AGAIN

SPONGEBOB

Once again, drawing from memory...

COUNTRY STORM

CHARLIE BROWN FRIENDS

This was Hunter's Charlie Brown phase. He draws these from memory.

RED CHRISTMAS TREE

CUPID AND HEART

Thanks to Rabacal at http://nowforthecheesecourse.blogspot.com/ for commissioning Hunter to draw a cupid. After telling him what a cupid was, he whipped this drawing out.

BABY JESUS IS BORN

CHRISTMAS EVE

THE NIGHT JESUS WAS BORN

THE EYE

GIVE ME YOUR TIRED AND POOR

UNDERGROUND RAILROAD CONDUCTOR

PALMYRA NEW YORK, early 1800's on acrylic

SPRING TIME (Hunter's favorite season)

SPRING FLOWERS

MY COTTAGE