I received new students today and I decided I wanted to divert from our class a little to directly paint something using values and to see what level my new students were in. I had a lot of fun with them and enjoyed their good effort.
This was a super fun event at Green Flash Brewery in Mira Mesa that I call Beer and Brushes! This is hopefully the first of many such painting events and it was a nice atmosphere to do art with good beer and good people. I have been wanting to do a local paint and sip Read more about Green Flash – Beer and Brushes[…]
This group class we did some guided drawing and used ink to draw our favorite animals. We also used patterns to fill in the animal drawings that we made. We didn’t finish, but we will continue next class and go on to do more painting.
I live across the street from this park and I have been wanting to do this project for years. I asked my little cousin Juju and my niece Riley to help me paint an old friend of ours. I got the go ahead from Joe F of Parks and Rec, aka grandpa Joe affectionately by Read more about Fresh Paint On An Old Friend[…]
During this group class I wanted to get us painting again. We created the color wheel and became expert mixers so I wanted us to use lots of color.
This is the best news I have received all week!
Today was Hickman’s heritage fair where we ate a lot of good food from many different cultures! I set up a booth to showcase some art and show what kind of exciting art lessons I have planned for next year. It was also the last day of Asian Pacific Islander month so I was pretty Read more about Hickman Heritage Fair[…]
Today we painted with a limited color palette and drew/painted our self portraits in an abstract way.
It was kind of gloomy today and in contrast we got to do our vibrant practice of making a color wheel. We will be painting more and I wanted my young painters to have knowledge of color as we will be referring to it as we progress.
My mommy and me group did great at the park! It was a beautiful sunny day with a nice breeze. My young painters (4-7 years old) painted with their lovely moms at the Mira Mesa community park.
We were finishing up our paintings from a few weeks back. I think they came out great!
I started my group classes today and had Joshua, Joseph, and Nehanth. We thought of some of our favorite things and painted the outline with ink and then colored in our paintings with paint. This is an expressive and exploration type of painting. These are still a work in progress, but the paintings are already Read more about Group Classes[…]