A few more wonderful wax resist and dye projects. Kabir's ( 6 years )panda, Maddie's David Hockney inspired Landscape, and Lilly's dye fish.
Next we worked on foam printing blocks. Using thick foam, we drew and image into the foam and it became a printable block. We printed on rice paper with water based inks.
Next we worked on foam printing blocks. Using thick foam, we drew and image into the foam and it became a printable block. We printed on rice paper with water based inks.
Coming back to art class after 4 months away is pretty exciting for all of us! I got some wonderful new dyes and wax crayons while in New Zealand. All schools use them there frequently for the kids to get fairly instant, gratifying colour results plus a multitude of experimental uses. We started our project with simple images, just to get a handle on the new materials. Here Kaayva is preparing to put on her first brush of brown dye on a splendid panda drawing.
Our First week back into art class in September, I bravely went before the class and asked them to draw moi. Below you will see a string of startling, honest and sometimes hilarious portraits of me with a cup on tea in the studio, all wrinkles there for the observing. We were working on observation, drawing what we see not what we think we see, or know. Also the placement of a subject in the surrounding room.
The Self Portrait, with a twist.
We went from the drawing of a subject, to one of my favorites, the self portrait. This time to make it more interesting, we did a black and white stylized portrait on old white washed maps I got from a scrap exchange. The finished effect is fabulous. We talked about basic facial proportions, and observation again.
Mobiles. The children could chose any subject they wanted, then create double sided pieces of artwork in permanent marker, and finally explore the art of balance (with the use of the occasional penny) to make a balanced and beautiful mobile.
Lilly's self portrait. 6 years
Childrens Art Class photos.
I run a small art class for children in my studio, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. We do an enormous amount of activities as you will see below. The ages of the children are from 6-10 years old. i just adore what they come up what and I think you will enjoy looking through this portfolio!
I like to have the children do a self portrait at least once in the year. Its a wonderful document of their creative development, plus a real keep sake! Below are a few I managed to capture before they left the studio for good.
I run a small art class for children in my studio, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons. We do an enormous amount of activities as you will see below. The ages of the children are from 6-10 years old. i just adore what they come up what and I think you will enjoy looking through this portfolio!
I like to have the children do a self portrait at least once in the year. Its a wonderful document of their creative development, plus a real keep sake! Below are a few I managed to capture before they left the studio for good.
August's Sea Bird 8 years
Below are fabulous works from one of my favorite activities with the kids, plaster cloth sculpture. It's messy. They have to get their minds into thinking 3 dimensionally, (sometimes a bit of a challenge!) They have patches where its just hard work and they want to give up, but the results are stunning and they always end up very very proud!
Another visually interesting project. Drawing on aluminum foil. Metal tooling, with permanent sharpie for colour. The children made wall hangings of images about themselves... some were a lot longer than others, works well for the fast and slower worker...
These last two weeks have been about air dry clay. Firstly we made sushi plates, then I showed them how to make coil pots, pinch pots, and lastly free reign on our own creations.
This week we made painted paper collage pictures. Firstly we all made the same image of a rooster, so the kids got a feel for the collage process, then the made a second picture of an image of their own choice. Here is Charlies image of a crocodile by the pond. Fab!
Inspired by the stencils of the UK artist Banksy, I taught the children how to cut stencils from freezer paper. We ironed them onto fabric, then painted with acrylic to make our own wall hangings.
This project I came up with has been a crowd pleaser with the kids from the first. We discuss line and form in abstract art, then proceed to create our own piece of non representational composition. I put a portion of pouring medium into thick black house paint, and we sit around and watch each other create these lovely thick black line drawings in paint. The following week, after the thick paint has set, we discuss balance through the use of a limited palette. Super effective and lots of varied skills involved.
The final project of the year was that everyone could make a plaster cloth sculpture of their own pleasing. We had everything from elephants, to birds, kangaroos, and giraffes. We drew our sculptures and designed the colour scheme before painting them. This is August's superb drawing of his camo jet.