These are a few of my Sandburg students’ paintings. I teach them varying painting techniques while curbing negative behaviors into positive ones. For example a few children kept saying that their own paintings were ugly and I noticed that they were at least nice to their neighbors. So I announced that I appreciated how kind Read more about Sandburg Painting Class[…]
We painted skulls! The first one is mine and my students did very well too.
I put a few pictures here to show some of the happenings that go on in the studio. ?
I taught my Sandburg kids how to mix color since we will be painting a lot more often. They were pretty crazy today so I will have to figure out some way to keep the classroom flowing more nicely.
Today we painted at Miramar Lake for Gaia’s Birthday! It was nice to see Gaia who was a student of mine before and I met some nice new folks as well. We had a perfect day under the shade of a full tree; The weather was beautiful and we got a nice breeze as we Read more about Painting with Gaia at Miramar Lake[…]
For our Beer and Brushes event that landed on National Beer Lover’s Day we painted… Beer! I had a good and positive group and all their paintings turned out great! It was a hot day so it was nice we got to hang out inside the cool air-conditioned Longship Brewery with good beer and equally Read more about Beer and Brushes at Longship Brewery – National Beer Lover’s Day[…]
This is my end of the summer painting. Behold, a watermelown! ? I love to engage my community especially through public art.
I taught my student last night how to paint mountains in the great Bob Ross’ style. We have learned techniques such as “happy clouds” and to “beat the devil out” of brushes. On a serious note though his brush loading, pallet knife, and blending techniques are pretty ace.
I love seeing variety in art. This is from my fundamentals art class at the Mira Mesa Library where I get to see some new and familiar faces from my community. ?
I got the pleasure to paint with the nice folks of CDA (Child Development Associates Inc.) for their corporate team building event and they were so much fun! I enjoyed their laughter and spirit as they painted their blue butterflies. In the end all of our paintings looked very good together and we made a Read more about CDA Butterfly Painting[…]
This group was super fun and enthusiastic! It was a very hot day so it was kind of the Hamburger Factory in Poway to let our awesome group of painters create some artwork in their cool restaurant. I love how the paintings turned out, they had so much life and character to them. (This is Read more about Old Poway Park Painting[…]
I had a pleasant time instructing Elena’s group of ladies for her birthday at the park. They all did well in creating their sunrise paintings and I love seeing the different ways the same painting is interpreted by different painters. ☀️