My longest art exhibit so far…2 months 🙂
Give Into The Trend
I’ve written about the benefits for colouring before…
Have you tried it yet?
5 Reasons To Give Into the Adult Coloring Book Trend
One thing I have recently done… I’ve given into the Pinterest trend. One of my boards is “Colouring Pages”. They’re things that caught my eye and inspired me – maybe they will for you too. Might be a quick and easy place to start. 🙂
A Little Paul Klee, Please
Spring session of art class started today. We’re back at a session of looking at the “masters”. Yes, I get to throw a bit of art history in there! This time we took a look at the work of Paul Klee. While his work is representational of a few different movements we focused on Expressionism. The subject matter for this week’s project was a bit open-ended…love how they turned out though. ❤
Produce Art For Better Brain Function
Maciej Frolow via Getty Images
The “Arts” have many benefits to kids and it’s sad when these subjects are limited or removed from school curriculum. But the arts can, and maybe should be a lifelong pursuit. At some point we may outgrow the classes, exams, etc. of our youth but we don’t out grow the benefit that can be reaped from the arts.
Turns out tough that something can be said for actually DOING IT. It doesn’t matter if you see yourself as creative. You don’t need to do it for anyone else but you. It doesn’t need to be a show — just an experience! Dive in and give it a try.
~ all forms of “the arts” have benefit but the link below is an interesting article pertaining specifically to visual arts ~
Art on the Boardwalk
Great show today! 🙂 ❤
Easter Blessings
May you and your family have a blessed Easter.
“Art Idol” Wrap Up
Last art class of the Winter session finished with our final project today.
Things Covered In The Project:
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identify the horizon line
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background vs. foreground
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layering
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colour theory
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highlights and shadow
- working with medium
- wash technique
The experiment may need some tweaking if I try it again…like fewer options…but overall I think it worked out okay. We did end up with a winner for our final project.
Northern Lights VIII
original artist Nikki Page
To read more on the background of this “experiment” check out the Student Choices? post.
Student Choices?
It may be a bit unorthodoxed but this session I decided to try letting my students pick the final project!
Okay, honestly…yes I’m perhaps a little stumped for ideas. Or at least maybe ideas that would excite them. I mean the things I paint are the things I choose – the things that draw and excite me. Of course it’s my hope that they will speak to someone else as well but generally that is not my first consideration in selecting the subject of my own creations.
Complete free reign for/with some students does have the risk of establishing chaos or inactivity so in the end we will all be painting the same thing with the usual coaching. This time though I’m running a contest. Our own little “Art Idol” and the kids, for lack of a better description, are the judges!
Valentines
Happy Valentine’s Day! 😉 ❤
Small Things Are Big
Don’t underestimate the small things.
My daughter got a hair cut last week. She had a lot of hair… It crossed my mind to look into donating it. We discussed it and she liked the idea so after the cut we sent in her14 inch-long ponytail to Beautiful Length. For her, what she did wasn’t a big deal. I mean the hair would have fallen on the salon floor, been swept up and disposed of…probably to the garbage. But for someone who receives the real-hair wig that this ponytail went in (it takes 8 to 15 of them to make one wig) it is likely a huge deal.
You know though, a lot of things in life are like that!
