Mon, Aug 9 2010 06:41
| ArtClasses projects, AG dolls, ArtCamp
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Mon, Jul 5 2010 02:12
| ArtClasses projects, watercolor studies, ArtClasses, Intermezzo
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INTERMEZZO LADIES are back in the studio! We're attempting a looser style, learning to "let go" and let the watercolor flow! Months devoted to practice and learning, we're more confident about facing that blank white canvas. We're ready to trust some intuitive decisions regarding color choices, brush size, mixture of pigments, and various techniques.
As you can see from these images, each one of us are showing improvement. We all enjoyed doing our personal interpretation of this mysterious lady gazing into a secret garden.
Wed, Dec 30 2009 01:57
| Home School, ArtClasses projects
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Sat, Jul 25 2009 10:49
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FRENCH PAPERDOLLS. Because of my focus on Impressionism in American Girl art classes, there's one book I highly recommend for gift-giving to the American Girls in our family circles: CHARLOTTE IN GIVERNY, by Joan MacPhail Knight. The illustrations, by Melissa Sweet, are charming and the book is illustrated with beautiful reproductions of art masterpieces. One take-away inspiration from this book are these French Paperdolls, ready to be dressed in paisley, chintz and toile! I used my patterns to cut out "original designs" from both scrapbook paper, wrapping paper and fabric scraps. Paper doilies, ribbon snippets and colored pencils or fine point markers were used for design details. Several of the girls even added matching shoes and mini-purses!
