Kate Session

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[…]

Paint in the Sun

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[…]

Painting Instruction at Scripps

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[…]

Hands

We were having fun using our hands at the outdoors studio!  We learned a little about values in color. ?✨

Addie’s Art

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

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  

Painting Lillies

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

My Outdoors Art Studio

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[…]