Tuesday, October 28, 2008
The student art reception was great. The kids were really glad to have their friends and family come see all they have been working on. I was proud to hear them explaining some of the exercises we had done early on in the class. They are an amazing group of curious and open people and [...]
The first art class comes to a close this afternoon as the students set up the studio for their art reception. Their friends and families are invited to come see all the things they have created during our classes. Aside from making wonderful art, this group of students does a fantastic job of making connections. [...]
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Last week at the Clear Spring School, I had the pleasure of working with all these student eyes! We discussed the difference between additive and subtractive color systems, learned about prisms and the color spectrum, and had a long discussion about optic technology, thanks to a talkative technology buff in the class. Fortunately, that led [...]
Saturday, October 11, 2008
After a long and strenuous trip to Florida and back, I find myself happy to be back in the studio just as busy as I was before I left. A couple of hours on Caladesi Island soothed my rough edges and I am back to feeling I can balance work, renovations, play, and rest. I [...]
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Today was an unusual day in art class. One student walked into the glass door. (Gently, no one was hurt.) A couple sat at the table staring at ribbons, while others seemed to be made of rubber as they bounced off the trees and each other. It seemed everyone was in LaLa Land. That [...]
Friday, September 5, 2008
Clear Spring School is full of wiggly life forms! I had the pleasure of working with some of them this week when the first through sixth graders at Clear Spring School came together in Miss Jenny’s room for a hands-on lesson on color mixing. My friend, Helen, who made the awesome slide [...]
Today’s painting class in the studio was small and fun. We kept things very casual and did a little review of color theory while painting for pleasure since the majority of the class was unable to attend. It is amazing to see the differences between the working styles of these two students. One cannot keep [...]
Summer has flown by and I’m working on my plans for this fall as I add more teaching to my schedule. I will be offering three paper making workshops at the Ozark Folk Center and the first one is in November during their Make It a Handmade Christmas event. I am developing ideas for classes [...]
Thursday, August 14, 2008
This week the homeschool students continued their work on space and form. We began with a discussion about the picture plane and house its shape influences the overall compositon. Last week’s stamped works served as excellent examples that the students already exercise choices in relation to the shape and dimension of their canvas. These kids [...]
Wow! What a little epoxy, a quart of varnish, and a lot of loving care can accomplish! Once the inside of the boat was sanded and cleaned out, I ran off and left the boat in Martin’s garage. He says that if I leave it there he will continue to find things to do to [...]
Tuesday’s art class was different and exciting for me. The students worked very quickly at coming up with ideas and it is always a pleasure to see how well they all work together. Moving on to the study of form, I decided to introduce some concepts within the application of graphic arts. I chose [...]
Tuesday’s painting class with the homeschooled students took an interesting turn this week, and like most fun projects, the idea for the structure of this class came together from pieces of items which had previous uses and from the inspiration of friends. I had torn the ceiling tiles off the living room and split the [...]
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