BOYS WITH AN ARTISTIC BENT. Boys have just as much of a "knack" for art as girls do! Art is for everyone!
Interests and styles may vary, but God, the Creator, created each one of us with the ability to create. Isn't it interesting to see so many different creative approaches to the same subject matter?
Participants in all of my art classes enjoy seeing each other's work. We can learn from each other, not just from the teacher. I love hearing students compliment each other on their work, or ask someone to show them "how did you do that?". . . .
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Mon, Mar 29 2010 04:10
| flowers Impressionism, watercolor, painting
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ALL THE JOYFUL COLORS OF SPRING!
My favorite color is Spring Green. And my favorite palette is the colors of the garden. "All colors are harmonious when you toss in some blue." Children must intuitively know this principle because they cannot seem to paint flowers without having some blue beckoning from their paint palette so they "toss it in" with abandonment!
Thu, Jan 28 2010 07:08
| homeschool KinderArt architecture, painting, drawing
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KINDERART CLASSES. Drawing and Watercolor Painting. At certain ages and stages children are drawn to animals. My set of wooden jungle animals from Africa make good models for drawing from life projects. Negative space is a concept which helps the student draw the trunk and the legs.Using the watercolor sketches found in the Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady is an excellent source of inspiration for landscapes captured with a Cotman pan set of watercolors. The #5 travel brush comes with the case and is easy to handle for a young painter.
BEFORE---First, my "studio" gets relocated to the kitchen. Better light and easier access to water. Not to mention the all-weather inspirational view of the pond from my kitchen window!
AFTER---And after adding more dabs of greens and reds and ochre, I'm finally transported to Summer in Tuscany!
It's April showers now, but I'm dreaming of summer. So I decided to return to my summer in Tuscany theme. Experimented with an acrylic palette on a narrow canvas. I like the thicker paint effect, but wish I had thought to include a "looser" watercolor effect in at least one area of this painting. Next time. . . .
Sun, Aug 24 2008 08:43
| home and garden, painting
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MONDAY MONTAGE. 40th Wedding Anniversary.
Painting roses and painting glass are two very challenging subject matters. But the lovely yellow roses Dan gave me for our 40th wedding celebration this week inspired me to give it a go!
First I experimented with color swatches and painted several yell
ow pears---deciding between Aureolin Yellow and Cadmium hues. Discovered that Ultramarine Blue mixed w/cad yellow was the best dark green for rose leaves. And either Rose Madder or Permanent Rose would be great for the edges of the petals.
So here's the set-up on my cafe table, then the work in progress, and finally the almost-finished bouquet. [can one of my computer consultants pls. show me---again---how to rearrange the photo layout?!]
Now I'm trying to decide where/how to add my message to Dan: "Grow old along with me; the best is yet to be." Suggestions?
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Fruits . . . like having their portrait painted
"Fruits . . . like having their portrait painted. They seem to sit there and ask your forgiveness for fading. Their thought is given off with their perfumes. They come with all their scents. They speak of the fields they have left. The rain which has nourished them. The daybreaks they have seen." ---Paul Cezanne
I'm back to painting fruit. Warm-up exercises for the waiting-to-be-painted pages in my new Kilimanjaro Bright White wc paper block. A calming break from my tedious lesson plan sessions.
I'm back to painting fruit. Warm-up exercises for the waiting-to-be-painted pages in my new Kilimanjaro Bright White wc paper block. A calming break from my tedious lesson plan sessions.
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