March 22, 2010
by Bonnie Porter
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KANDINSKY’s “Squares and Concentric Circles” (1913). These squares were made by KinderArt students—each student made two squares, one to keep and one to contribute to our “group painting”. Using oil pastels (or wax crayons, not the “washable” crayons), draw fat rings, with bright colors, inside each square. Try to leave white space between the circles. […]
March 22, 2010
by Bonnie Porter
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KITCHEN ART. Move the art studio into the kitchen! First, choose your icing palette. Primary colors, or three neon brights, or. . . ? Do not mix more than two colors together or you’ll get muddy brown (which your little brother might like). Take your time and care-fully spread the gorgeous gooey colors around. Swirls. […]
February 7, 2010
by Bonnie Porter
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COMBAT WINTER DOLDRUMS WITH ART THERAPY. When your grandkids claim to be bored, grab the art supplies! We had fun exploring different things to do with simple origami projects! What do you like to do with the paper folding origami birds, animals and buildings you make?
January 16, 2010
by Bonnie Porter
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KINDERART. More ballerinas. More pastel paintings. Bravissima!
January 16, 2010
by Bonnie Porter
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KINDERART CLASSES. Dancing with Degas! Using soft pastels like the Master Artist, Degas, we started by planning the ballerina’s pose and her costume colors. It was interesting to use the tip of the pastel stick as well as rubbing it on its side, then using cotton swabs for color blending. Che bella Ballerinas!
October 3, 2009
by Bonnie Porter
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KINDERART. Alphabet Sampler Project. Even though needlework samplers are the most common “samplers”, we created a papercraft Alphabet Sampler. How many different kinds of paper and styles of lettering? Each student had to create 26 “different” letters for their own Sampler and glue them onto posterboard.It turned out to be so labor intensive, AND so […]