Facing Facts
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Our brains tend to make big deals out of very small things – like facial features. For the next few weeks we’ll be working on our self portraits. This week we used a grid to practice getting things to scale. Young artists often make giant eyes high up on the head because they have strong and persistent imagery in their big brains. The grid helps reign in those false perceptions while getting the artists to face facts about just how delicate and nuanced eyes, noses and mouths really are, how sometimes all they need is a little shadow to make them appear. The reason why our mask-optional poses are at 45 degrees is that I have found that automatically making faces straight forward is another default habit that we hope to break by trusting what our eyes see, not what our brain thinks. Enjoy the kids’ grids, and scroll down for the class schedule.
CLASS SCHEDULE Tues, March 30, 4-5:30 Down & Dirty Wed, March 31, 3:45-5:30 advanced Thurs, April 1, 4-5:30 Down & Dirty NEXT WEEK Tues, April 6, 4-5:30 Down & Dirty Wed, April 7, 3:45-5:30 advanced Thurs, April 8, 4-5:30 Down & Dirty Sat, April 10, 3-5:30 Ryan If anyone wants April Vacation Art I’d be willing to do a couple of afternoons, say Wed and Thurs, 2-4 vacation special, regular class cost. Let me know if you’re interested. |
‘Tis the Season
I hope everyone had a pleasant thanksgiving. Onward to December. We’ll be making beautiful winter works, snow animals, and other seasonal creations for holiday card designs. I’ll print out (printer willing) 4 cards with envelopes for each artist, and the kids
‘Tis the Season
I hope everyone had a pleasant thanksgiving. Onward to December. We’ll be making beautiful winter works, snow animals, and other seasonal creations for holiday card designs. I’ll print out (printer willing) 4 cards with envelopes for each artist, and the kids
Giving Thanks
I am so thankful for all of the wonderful kids and families that come to me through art. Although I’d been teaching adults for a few years, I had never thought of teaching kids. It just happened seventeen years ago
Giving Thanks
I am so thankful for all of the wonderful kids and families that come to me through art. Although I’d been teaching adults for a few years, I had never thought of teaching kids. It just happened seventeen years ago
Abundant Art
Celebrating the season of abundance, we did a cornucopia still life last week. There’s a lot to unpack in the set up, and the kids did a good job fathoming the depths of fruits and vegetables. On to the holidays.
Abundant Art
Celebrating the season of abundance, we did a cornucopia still life last week. There’s a lot to unpack in the set up, and the kids did a good job fathoming the depths of fruits and vegetables. On to the holidays.
Bogs!
Even though there’s no school on Thursday, we are having class. If you are on the Thursday, Nov 11th list, please confirm either way. So far Lila, Char, Elena, Izzy, Sam and Claire have confirmed they are coming. There will be
Bogs!
Even though there’s no school on Thursday, we are having class. If you are on the Thursday, Nov 11th list, please confirm either way. So far Lila, Char, Elena, Izzy, Sam and Claire have confirmed they are coming. There will be
Yummy Art
Kids did a delicious job with the candy challenge. Hard work with great rewards! Now on to the business of the season. We’ll do some bogs and turkeys, maybe a cornucopia, and then move on the holiday card designs of winter scenes.
Yummy Art
Kids did a delicious job with the candy challenge. Hard work with great rewards! Now on to the business of the season. We’ll do some bogs and turkeys, maybe a cornucopia, and then move on the holiday card designs of winter scenes.
The Great Halloween Candy Challenge
Bones McJones and all of his all 206 bones did a great job as our model, and the kids learned a lot. On to the Great Halloween Candy Challenge – learning how to really look at things, about negative space, perspective,
The Great Halloween Candy Challenge
Bones McJones and all of his all 206 bones did a great job as our model, and the kids learned a lot. On to the Great Halloween Candy Challenge – learning how to really look at things, about negative space, perspective,
Masks and Bones
October is a busy month at the Top. We made masks with a new kind of paper maché since newspaper is so hard to find these days. Art with a purpose, like mask-making, is very satisfying as we experiment with materials and
Masks and Bones
October is a busy month at the Top. We made masks with a new kind of paper maché since newspaper is so hard to find these days. Art with a purpose, like mask-making, is very satisfying as we experiment with materials and
More October Art
October is a great month for art. Last week we sculpted the masks using mask forms, plasticine, cardboard, paper mache, and art paste. This week we’ll paint and decorate them so they’ll be ready for Halloween. CLASS SCHEDULE THIS WEEK
More October Art
October is a great month for art. Last week we sculpted the masks using mask forms, plasticine, cardboard, paper mache, and art paste. This week we’ll paint and decorate them so they’ll be ready for Halloween. CLASS SCHEDULE THIS WEEK
October Art
October and the harvest season offers such an abundance of artistic opportunities, they overflow into November. This month we’ll be experimenting with paper mache mask making, skeleton studies with Bones McJones, pumpkins and scary stuff, and culminating at the end of
October Art
October and the harvest season offers such an abundance of artistic opportunities, they overflow into November. This month we’ll be experimenting with paper mache mask making, skeleton studies with Bones McJones, pumpkins and scary stuff, and culminating at the end of
Falling into Art
Our skeleton Bones Jones bit the dust down cellar, so I have replaced him with his rich uncle Bones McJones, an anatomically correct professional skeleton with all 206 bones in the right places. RIP Bones, you served us well over
Falling into Art
Our skeleton Bones Jones bit the dust down cellar, so I have replaced him with his rich uncle Bones McJones, an anatomically correct professional skeleton with all 206 bones in the right places. RIP Bones, you served us well over