I painted with a bunch of fun and cute Parisians on the roof of a building in downtown San Diego. With the vaccines rolling out I am hoping that this could be a regular thing once more before all of our collective lives took a turn. My painters were so high spirited and we had Read more about Painting in downtown San Diego[…]
I know a lot of things are not open so I just wanted to put this out as a resource for any young art lovers. I have been teaching art classes at my outdoors studio and have had 0 incidents. We wear masks, social distance, and we have fun while learning art!
I’m so proud of my young art students. They used their art vocabulary and kept it positive and constructive. They also had great insight on each other’s work! – I try to teach all of my art students to verbalize what they can see using the art vocabulary we use in class and I want Read more about Critiques[…]
It’s a bit blurry, but this is one of my awesome Hickman student’s work. My students and I drew Kate Sessions over zoom. We broke things down using simple shapes and practiced our proportions. She (Kate) planted many plants that we enjoy today (Balboa Park) and is a great figure to represent women’s history month Read more about Kate Session[…]
The days are getting warmer and it’s so much nicer to paint outside with my students ☀️? I love teaching my students while relating with them. My student would talk about a lot of concepts and would apologize that he was talking too much, but I think that that is part of the learning. I Read more about Paint in the Sun[…]
I traveled to Scripps to teach a group of young artists how to paint while under the nice San Diego sunshine. I taught them a few techniques and in the end all of their paintings turned out great! It’s so important for children to have their social and emotional needs met and I was happy Read more about Painting Instruction at Scripps[…]
We were having fun using our hands at the outdoors studio! We learned a little about values in color. ?✨
My young art student freehanded this piece in our open studio day and it looks so good! Her characters have so much life and I love the confidence in which they were created.
My art student didn’t believe in his skill and so I put him on Reddit San Diego and got an overwhelmingly positive response from all the nice folks. Click link to see Reddit post
I got to have a relaxing and hail-y painting day with this cute couple for their anniversary and we painted an impressionist Lilly pad painting together. ✨??✨ more pictures if you click this link
I have been running my art studio safely outdoors with masks on and while social distancing without incident. These are some of my students and check out https://www.facebook.com/miramesaarts/ On Facebook for studio happenings and events! I run regular art classes for all ages and also host social paint parties. Call (858)243-5461 for more info. Read more about My Outdoors Art Studio[…]
This is my first painting of 2021! I used acrylic paint while teaching a student at the art studio. I also made a time-lapse of it on the link below.