Wed, Dec 30 2009 01:57 | Home School, ArtClasses projects | Permalink


KINDERART. These are a few of my favorite things....some Favorite Art Projects for the Christmas season. Symmetry angels, German nutcrackers and electric guitars belting out 'JOY TO THE WORLD'!
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Wed, Dec 30 2009 01:47 | Intermezzo | Permalink


INTERMEZZO LADIES. "Flipping Hobbies". Quilt Artist turned Watercolor Artist. Inspired by the world around them, this neighborhood group continues to express colorful responses to their observations and feelings about a new way of "seeing".
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Wed, Dec 30 2009 01:34 | Intermezzo | Permalink





INTERMEZZO LADIES. "Later in the Game". Honestly, these women are serious about their new "hobby"! Quick learners. Their progress has been "molto rapido"! Exercises of blending colors, value studies, and practice-practice is paying off.
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Wed, Dec 30 2009 01:25 | Intermezzo | Permalink
INTERMEZZO LADIES. First Brushstrokes. Six courageous women eager to enter the world of watercolor. Shopping for supplies, then loading up new art bags and baskets. A "first" for everyone---taking an art class to explore a very challenging medium.
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Tue, Dec 22 2009 11:04 | Home School, Christmas | Permalink

KINDERART CHRISTMAS. With "Joy to the World" as our theme, we drew electric guitars and sang Christmas carols while we worked. Each student chose an image to copy and then added their own design and color choices.

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Thu, Dec 10 2009 07:56 | watercolor, Bonnard, Intermezzo | Permalink



PAINTING WITH BONNARD. One of the founders of the turn-of-the-century Les Nabis movement, Pierre Bonnard used intense and close value colors. We studied his technique by personal interpretation of one of his interiors---one of his many "open window" paintings. When I discovered that quite a few of my scraps and strips from old watercolors were close to his palette, I ended up with a collage approach to my own study. Other Intermezzo ladies painstakingly mixed colors from their own palettes to mimic Bonnard's choices. Beautiful results!
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Wed, Dec 2 2009 07:33 | sketching | Permalink



SKETCHING LIKE LEONARDO. This theme has been popular in all of my home school and private school classes. Drawing is fundamental to every art project, so I want students to discover the joy of sketching and drawing as a way of life. Middle School students were able to have a sketch session in the plaza at the HIGH Museum of Art, drawing Leonardo's horse, a two-story high statue! Younger students filled a sketchbook page with everyday objects, mimicking da Vinci's passion for filling his pages with drawings of all sizes and all subject matter.


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