Paint, print and collage your way to an
autumn painting of colorfull leaves!
October 21, 2016
October 11, 2016
September 29, 2016
Orizomegami Papers, Books, and more!
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| Orizomegami - The Japanese art of dyeing paper or fabric. These are some beautiful hand dyed papers created in class. Aren't they amazing? |
September 17, 2016
September 16, 2016
September 13, 2016
August 4, 2016
Watercolor and Salt Technique with lots of Texture!
In the first step in this watercolor painting, I wet both sides of the paper and starting putting colors down from light to dark. Tipping the paper and letting colors flow into each other were the next steps.
I'll show you more in my next post so please stay tuned!
More Butterfly Scratch Art!!
Students in the adult class had fun creating using this medium.....Try it at home using simple tools and card stock covered in crayon and black paint.....let me know if you have any questions!
July 31, 2016
Art Camp in July!!!
June 16, 2016
Beautiful Owls and Trees from the Art Show
Student Work at the Art Show Reception
Parents, students, and friends participated in the Art Show, exhibiting work from the entire school year. It was a fantastic evening, full of conversation about art and awarding certificates of excellence!
May 24, 2016
Amazing Art Day at the Farm!!!
Inspired by bunnies, chickens, roosters, goats and kids, the class filled their sketch books with many fantastic and beautiful drawings! What an amazing day!
May 22, 2016
May 3, 2016
Tulip in Watercolor!
Watercolor with added watercolor pencil
It's spring and tulips are blooming! These beautiful flowers make great studies for color and pattern.
A great way to add watercolor pencil to a painting that needs more definition is to use the pencil in several ways. One way is to add lines on edges, softening them with a wet brush. The second way is to dip the watercolor pencil in water first and then color or add lines. Try this technique and let me know what you think!
April 11, 2016
Seurat's Dots!
"Lots of Dots!"
This is a project the classes have been doing lately. The drawing was created by placing lots of dots next to and overlapping each other. When you look at this from a distance, the colored dots blend together to create new colors. This was a technique created by the artist Georges Seurat, a post impressionist very interested in precision and the symbolic and emotional meanings of color. It sometimes took him 2 years to complete one painting. Try this project and you will understand why!
March 28, 2016
March 20, 2016
Psanky Egg Project!
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| Psanky Eggs made by students
Look at the beautiful hand painted eggs made by my students in the class EXPLORING ART AND GREAT ARTISTS: AN ART HISTORY TIMELINE! Many of the symbols have been used for 3000 years. Imagine.....since the time that some of the pyramids were being built!
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March 7, 2016
AFTER SCHOOL ART CLASSES!
KIDS AFTER SCHOOL ART! 2016
ART AROUND THE WORLD Grades K - 5 Wednesdays for 5 weeks
March 16 - April 13 3:00 - 4:30pm
Come join us as we learn about color and design. Explore art materials while having fun learning how artists create! Students take home 2 to 3 works of art each Wednesday!
February 20, 2016
Painting inspired by Georgia O'Keefe!
- Draw a dot or circle in the middle of a canvas board or paper using pencil.
- From that circle draw lines radiating out to the edge. Make lines curved or straight with some long and some shorter.
- Draw the outside edge connecting all of the lines. As you can see in Georgia O'Keefe's painting, that line is very curvy and forms the petals.
- Using acrylic paint (watercolor or tempera will work fine also) paint the flower. Start with the lightest colors first. Have fun picking your own colors, using the painting above as a guide.
February 12, 2016
Winter Sunsets
- With pencil, draw the line that will separate the sky from the hill.
- Paint the house, trees, and bushes on top of the hill using black acrylic paint. It is very important to use acrylic paint and not tempera since the acrylic acts as a resist for the watercolor.
- Also paint the texture on the hill with short black brushstrokes. (Again acrylic)
- Then with watercolor paints, start with a wet wash of blue at the top. Continue down the sky towards the top of the hill using red, oranges, and yellow or any other combination.
- Pick a color( red, orange, blue, or yellow) that will act as the reflection of the sunset on snow and create a watered down wash. In these paintings a watered down wash of red was used.
- Add any finishing touches and you're done!
January 24, 2016
KIDS AFTER SCHOOL ART! 2016
Student Work
Acrylic Paint
KIDS AFTER SCHOOL ART! 2016
ART AROUND THE WORLD Grades K - 5 Wednesdays
February 3 – March 2 3:00-4:30pm
Come join us as we learn about color and design. Explore painting and drawing materials and learn how artists create! Students take home 2 to 3 works of art each Wednesday!
January 20, 2016
Return to Stitching!
The New National Sewing Machine from around 1890
Small books sewn with the National
On these cold winter nights I work at this vintage sewing machine, making small one-of-a-kind books.
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