March 6, 2011
by Bonnie Porter
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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.
March 6, 2011
by Bonnie Porter
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March 6, 2011
by Bonnie Porter
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February 23, 2011
by Bonnie Porter
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February 6, 2011
by Bonnie Porter
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COLORFUL CASTLES.
Brian Wildsmith’s colorful “puzzle” book inspired this project. We observed all of the different geometric shapes he used to “construct” his towers and castles. Then we went through a basket of children’s building blocks and picked out the shapes we would need to construct similar buildings on sketchbook paper.
A few of the young artists chose to use a ruler to draw 1 in. squares, but it worked just as well to trace the wooden blocks. We found triangles and other shapes for adorning the top of the towers.
Final step. A bright and colorful pattern was selected and then everyone set to work painting their creations with markers.
January 1, 2011
by Bonnie Porter
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STUDIO HOURS. One afternoon of winter solitude and free to paint for personal pleasure. Not a commission. Not a lesson plan project.
For a long time I’ve wanted to sketch and paint this 1800’s Canadian woman. It’s my acrylic/watercolor style interpretation of an oil painting which a pioneer artist did at a time when women in the arts were going against the current.
Thus the quotation I included on the canvas: “Let the excellence of your work be your protest.”
My friend Diana and I named her Francesca because she strikes us as a woman of Italian descent.
Our cottage during the snow and . . . .
my studio/classroom transformed into a dining room for our family Christmas dinner. Praise God from whom all blessings flow!