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. ?✨