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Spring Does Come, by Ann Taylor-Schmidt.
This Taylor-Schmidt photo – Sunglow Succulent –won honorable mention in an international Photographic Society of America competition.
In her years with Penn State University social media office, she took many photos of campus and State College.
Taylor-Schmidt taught an annual nature sketching workshop to university students at Penn State’s nature center for nearly twenty years, including the power of the squint. 😉
In her drawing classes, Taylor-Schmidt leads you in different ways of perceiving and of drawing including the gesture drawing technique.
The challenge of imitating gemstones with polymer clay intrigues Ann. These mimic Labradorite.
An aTs’s polymer clay slab before cutting.
Ann loves learning new art forms and methods, like how to create Natasha Beads in the art and craft of polymer clay, learned from generous artists. She sells her art jewelry as Ann Taylor-Schmidt Artworks – aTs Jewelry at local fairs, boutiques, and trunk shows.
Shaver’s Creek Environmental Center, where Ann worked for part of her Penn State career, shelters and cares for non-releasable raptors, like this Great Horned Owl she drew.

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