{"id":9906,"date":"2026-02-01T17:22:18","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T22:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/?p=9906"},"modified":"2026-02-08T15:23:03","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T20:23:03","slug":"february-art-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/heidimayo.com\/topblog\/february-art-4\/","title":{"rendered":"February Art"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Snow days! Thursday kids did upside-down of Henri Matisse’s Lucia Guitry as Cyrano deBergerac. Upside-down painting makes the brain take the back seat, and we let our eyes tell our hands what to do.
Only three weeks in February, and then we’ll be moving to bodies in motion and faces, and then the annual self portraits. And planning our annual show and auction May 15.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FEBRUARY SCHEDULE<\/strong> 3 weeks
TUESDAY<\/strong>, FEB 3,\u00a04-5:30 Down & Dirty with pastels\u00a0
Amy
Grace
Drew
Viv
Bea
Emma
Jillian
FULL
WEDNESDAY<\/strong>, Feb 4,\u00a03:30-5:30 Advanced Art Salon
Megan
Caroline
Molly J
Lilah
Fanoula
Dylan
FULL
THURSDAY<\/strong>, Feb 5, 4-5:30 Down & Dirty with pastels
Char
Peyton
Ellis
Cece
Penny
Elana
Molly H
FULL
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TUESDAY<\/strong>, FEB 10,\u00a04-5:30 Down & Dirty with pastels\u00a0
Amy
Grace
Drew
Viv
Bea
Emma
Jillian
FULL
WEDNESDAY<\/strong>, Feb 11,\u00a03:30-5:30 Advanced Art Salon
Megan
Caroline
Molly J
Lilah
Fanoula
Dylan
FULL
THURSDAY<\/strong>, Feb 12, 4-5:30 Down & Dirty with pastels
Char
Peyton
Ellis
Cece
Penny
Elana
Molly H
FULL

FEB 17-20 VACATION – NO CLASSES——————————<\/strong>

TUESDAY<\/strong>, FEB 24,\u00a04-5:30 Down & Dirty with pastels\u00a0
Amy
Grace
Drew
Viv
Bea
Emma
Jillian
FULL
WEDNESDAY<\/strong>, Feb 25,\u00a03:30-5:30 Advanced Art Salon
Megan
Caroline
Molly J
Lilah
Fanoula
Dylan
FULL
THURSDAY<\/strong>, Feb 26, 4-5:30 Down & Dirty with pastels
Char
Peyton
Ellis
Cece
Penny
Elana
Molly H
FULL
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Snow days! Thursday kids did upside-down of Henri Matisse’s Lucia Guitry as Cyrano deBergerac. 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