One of the things I enjoy most about teaching kids is all their enthusiasm and creative spirits. There are days when the creativity gets quite spirited and crosses over to goofing off. Most of my young students have a lot of pressure on them from their teachers at school and sometimes cancel art class to get overloaded homework done of cram for a test. I like to keep the art classes relaxed and fun for them so they can escape some of that pressure for a few hours. As you can see from the photos below there is a lot of relaxing going on in art class.
Sophie started coming to Art E Studio this past winter. She has completed 5 paintings and has done a fantastic job. This featured painting is of Mona Liza. Sophie and her friends are making a video and needed a Mona Liza painting as a prop but this one had to have the face cut out so her friend could put her face in instead. Sophie worked hard on creating this painting. Her attention to detail really paid off and she learned a lot.
My younger students got into the act by painting Mona Liza paintings too. They all came up with some very clever versions of the worlds most famous painting. After they finished their master pieces each of the girls posed with Sophie's painting. Mona Liza never looked so good!
Check out the "Featured Artist, work in progress" page here on this website to see photos of Sophie creating her painting and to see how cute Mona Liza is with her new faces.
It came to my attention last week that I needed to redo my supply list pages when one of my new students mentioned she couldn't find the oil painting supply list. I have rearranged the pages so they are easier to use and read. I've also added photos with captions to the oil painting supply list to help new students recognize what some of the products look like. I hope this helps. If you have any questions you can email me through this website or call me.
Come join Art-E-Studio at Art Fiesta on May 6th and 7th, 2011 at the historic Matador Motel on The Esplanade. This event is hosted by ChiVAA (Chico Visual Arts Alliance). It’s their first Annual Springtime Art Fiesta, celebrating the art of Chico. Many local artists will be there along with fiesta food, latin music and art demonstratiions. Parking is available and FREE at the Chico Nut Company’s lot at 10th Avnue and the Esplanade.
I’ll be doing a color wheel class Saturday morning from 10-12 and then again at 5-7pm. Cost for this class is just $10.00 per person and includes supplies.
For the younger kids I’ll have two fun Mexican themed projects for them to work on from 1pm to 4pm. Projects should only take an hour each. Parents can bring kids any time during the 1 to 4pm session and then go enjoy the art and entertainment as the kids work on their projets. Price for each child is $5.00 to cover material costs.
Contact me if you have questions.
Darice McGuire
(530) 518-3344
darice@daricemachel.com
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