Critiques

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[…]

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[…]

First Painting of 2021

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.    

Painting in Mission Bay

I had a good time painting today in front of the beach with this very nice family ??✨ click the link for more images

Winter Painting

I am pleased at the beautiful winter works that my students are creating at the studio.  It’s been a hard year, but at least we have art to maintain some positivity.   click on the link for more images   even more images with this link