Cartabella Art Notes

Paint Days

2012-05-11T11:49:00.001-04:00

KINDERART

End of School Year

Using Up the Paint Days!

Creativity Unleashed!

Collage Prep Studio Day

2012-05-11T11:40:00.000-04:00

INTERMEZZO LADIES. Sunflowers Galore! Canvas prep for collage project.

2012-05-03T21:30:00.000-04:00

CREATIVE GIRLS/American Girls ART CAMPS

$10 DISCOUNT FOR

EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION DEADLINE MAY 6

REGISTRATION FORM AND DETAILS ON CARTABELLA CLASSES PAGE

2012-03-26T09:20:00.001-04:00

RED PAINT DAY!

INTERMEZZO LADIES CLASS

2012-03-08T22:14:00.000-05:00

Sunflowers,

in the style of

Van Gogh

second painting session,

including a visit from our librarian, Miss Margie!

2012-03-05T20:31:00.001-05:00

"Friends of Downton Abbey"

Bonnie's latest painting series: Victorian & Edwardian ladies

Name?

Adele

Van Gogh Sunflowers first day

2012-03-05T20:30:00.000-05:00

KinderArt. Van Gogh Sunflowers.

first day: observe, plan, sketch, underpainting

Heart Art Day

2012-03-05T20:29:00.000-05:00

HEART ART DAY

Drawing on Inspiration from Jim Dine

2012-02-01T22:33:00.000-05:00

ACRYLICS Painting Class

Painting Kandinsky-Style Circles

keeps us alert

Kandinsky-style "movement" created with

"imperfect" circles + same colors never touching each other

2012-01-30T22:20:00.002-05:00

KinderArt PAINT DAY

another Modern Art

color-filled

Kandinsky Day!

concentric circles within a grid

2012-01-13T17:03:00.001-05:00

KinderART. First Lessons of Exploring Modern Art.

Introduction to "Masters of Deception",

Op Art & Pop Art

MASTER WORKS ON CANVAS!

2012-01-03T19:15:00.001-05:00

Advanced KinderArt students give their full attention to their current project.

Each one selected an image they wanted to paint on canvas.

I am so pleased with their application of the techniques we've been practicing

in previous lessons.

2011-12-12T10:26:00.001-05:00

KINDERART. Drawing from Life. Setting up a tableaux of Carl Larsson painting of his son, Pontus, finding a quiet place to read and plan his shipbuilding projects.

Matisse's Pillbox Hat Lady

2011-11-01T20:08:00.001-04:00

Our Intermezzo Ladies class continues to add to our series of Ladies in Hats by Master Artists. Painting with the Masters proves to be a good exercise.

Seurat Pointillism Trees

2011-11-01T19:53:00.001-04:00

2011-10-04T21:29:00.004-04:00

Color Blending with Origami Star. With a limited palette, students mixed paints and discovered how tint and mix for specific hues.

2011-09-04T15:00:00.000-04:00

PET DAY IN THE STUDIO

For this particular class, our guests included a rabbit, a turtle and a hamster. We found it challenging to draw from life. We had to work fast to sketch our pets. It helped to have library books about these same kids of pets because they included good photographs which we could use as reference photos for our drawings.

2011-08-08T22:23:00.019-04:00

PET DAY, part two

2011-07-25T17:00:00.000-04:00

it's not too late to register: openings for AG Dolls fine art camps Summer 2011. More info and 0nline registration on CartaBella Classes page.

2011-05-13T22:00:00.000-04:00

STRIPS OF PAPER
PIPE CLEANERS
TAPE
GLUE

+ A DASH OF INSPIRATION AND CREATIVITY!

PLAYMOBILE MEN CAN SCALE A ROCK WALL!

JUST KEEP CUTTING AND

EXPERIMENTING

UNTIL YOU FINALLY FINISH YOUR PAPER PLAYGROUND PROJECT!

WANT TO MAKE ANOTHER ONE? GOT A BETTER IDEA?

DID YOU REMEMBER TO EXPLAIN HOW THEY WORK?

MAYBE YOU'LL WANT TO TRY A MORE ADVANCED ENGINEERING PROJECT!

2011-04-01T09:00:00.002-04:00

KinderArt Paper Sculpture Project

a playground? a castle? a waterpark?

construction stage

finished project---rock climbing wall, monkey bars, etc.

Each child started with a sheet of 140# watercolor paper as a support base. After mapping out a plan, crayon rubbings gave their foundation some texture. Next, strips of colored paper and other scrap papers, chenille stems, foil, brads, etc. were put to good use with imaginative creations. Challenged to create a park and/or playground, swings and slides started emerging, just the right size for Lego people! What did they use to "attach" their creations? Stapler, scotch tape, brads, and glue. Fan folding was a popular approach to creating stairs.

2011-03-26T09:00:00.001-04:00

MASTER ARTISTS STUDY:

Girl with a Pearl Earring

by Vermeer

Intermezzo Ladies class tackles the challenge

using watercolor techniques

2011-03-05T22:04:00.000-05:00

PAPER MACHE DAY #2. Our animals have been air-dryed and are waiting to be painted!

2011-03-05T21:47:00.006-05:00

PAPER MACHE DAY#1. Newspaper balls taking shape. Then "molding" with masking tape, completely covering our animals. Finally, making a paste with flour and water to "cast" our animals with strips of newspaper.

2011-03-05T21:40:00.013-05:00

COLOR STUDIES

with Legos Photos iPhone app