December 2, 2010
by Bonnie Porter
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Cezanne Fruit. Fall, Autumn, Fruit Baskets, Thanksgiving. I instinctively dig out my Cezanne fruit paintings and find myself creating Still Life vignettes around the house. And the studio is no exception.
KinderArt students, young and old alike, respond to the shapes and colors of fruit. Oil pastels and crayons are the perfect tools for capturing Cezanne-like art projects. I especially like the composition we put together for this pyramid grouping of Gala and Granny Smith apples.
November 4, 2010
by Bonnie Porter
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October 3, 2010
by Bonnie Porter
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CONTOUR DRAWING OF A GUINEA PIG! One student got to bring her pet to KinderART last week. First we did quick sketches of S’mores from different perspectives. Then we did a finished drawing and paid attention to dark, medium and light values when we colored him with pencils.
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| If S’mores would just stay still! |
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| First, let me tell you about my pet! |
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| A finished contour drawing. |
September 23, 2010
by Bonnie Porter
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DRAWING FROM LIFE: Guinea Pig pet.
September 6, 2010
by Bonnie Porter
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KINDERART. Back in Mrs. Porter’s Art Studio.
Today was back-to-art-class day for my Mid-Morning Monet group. Pencils and Paper on the table. Sketchboards. Name Cards. Markers.
Ready. Set. Go! For warm-ups, we started drawing upside down images. And reviewing the five basic shapes: circle, dot, line, curve and angle.
We also walked around the room, with sketchboards in hand, to find a few things we wanted to sketch “from life”: My Favorite Art Supplies.
August 13, 2010
by Bonnie Porter
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INTERMEZZO CLASS. Vino Bottles: painting on glass.
Before going back to school, our junior guests joined us for this change-of-pace project. Turned out to be fun for us seniors, too!
After soaking the labels off of the bottles and drying them thoroughly, I applied a base coat of latex paint (white or cream color). When dried, a coat of acrylic paint was applied—in this case, blue as background color for our Landscape theme. My inspiration bottles included a Tuscany scene on a wine bottle and a Florida beach scene on a Perrier water bottle.
As you can see, the girls followed their own intuitive path with very personal palette choices and creative images. Turquoise and blues with playful birds and flowers emerged.
We used acrylic paints and made sure none of our watercolor brushes got into the pot with Acrylics-Only brushes!