November 8, 2009
by Bonnie Porter
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WATERCOLOR PAINTING: A Snowy Forest. These girls love to draw and paint. In a style similar to Monet’s Poplars, we used a variety of watercolor techniques [salt, kleenex, masking tape, sponging] to achieve this landscape scene with birch trees.
November 2, 2009
by Bonnie Porter
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A VISIT WITH CEZANNE IN MY KITCHEN. My watercolor class recently spent a session “painting with Cezanne”. Instead of reproducing one of his works, and rather than paint the Still Life we set up for our class, I chose to … Continue reading
October 23, 2009
by Bonnie Porter
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FALL IS IN THE AIR. When you don’t want to carve your pumpkin until closer to Halloween, you let your grandson use sharpies and markers to design a funny face! Radiating Leaves has become an interesting art project. First the … Continue reading
October 17, 2009
by Bonnie Porter
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FLORAL STILL LIFE. Using oil pastels, this homeschool class demonstrated their expressive use of color and shapes. The fall bouquet was a hostess gift from friends visiting from Tucson, AZ and repurposed a few days later for this Still Life … Continue reading
October 3, 2009
by Bonnie Porter
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KINDERART. Alphabet Sampler Project. Even though needlework samplers are the most common “samplers”, we created a papercraft Alphabet Sampler. How many different kinds of paper and styles of lettering? Each student had to create 26 “different” letters for their own … Continue reading
October 3, 2009
by Bonnie Porter
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INTERMEZZO LADIES. Fall Colors!Our centerpiece project this week was a pumpkin, picked up at a local fresh market. An excellent values study. An opportunity to contrast warm/cool yellows and figure out how to add those light green smudges on some … Continue reading