DRAWING, PAINTING, PRINTMAKING was a hit! Five mini-artists (and one dog) joined me for a three-day camp that focused on three important 2-D techniques: drawing, painting, and printmaking. Our projects included Traced-Self-Portraits, Folk-Art Chalk Pastel Birds, Giant Paper Fish, Salty Watercolor Paintings, Potato-Print Gardens, and Andy Warhol-Inspired Self-Portrait Prints. Enjoy our gallery of work, below!
ART CAMP! ART CAMP! ART CAMP!
We’re super excited to offer a series of mini art camps this summer! As always, classes will be chock full of real art-making materials and concepts. (In The Art Room, we’re so much more than pipe cleaners and popsicle sticks!) Sign up today, and join us in July.
THE ART ROOM: Parent Portraits, Inspired by Modigliani
Amedeo Modigliani is known for his portraits of somber subjects with elongated features. Our
5 – 8 year olds mimicked Modigliani’s style to create (colorful!) portraits of one of their parents.
THE ART ROOM: Saran Wrap Painting + Printing
Our 2.5 – 4 year olds made their printing plates (on illustration board) by smooshing, twisting, and smearing paint under saran wrap. After adding some final touches to the plates with the back of a spoon, we flipped them over and printed them on a large piece of paper. The stunning results surprised all of us!
Art is for everyone!
New classes & new prices: Your first class is only $15 or 1,500 KES. Plus, earn a FREE CLASS for every 12 classes you attend. See you in The Art Room!
THE ART ROOM: Pendulum Painting
One of our most fun (and messiest!) projects yet, pendulum painting was a half-art, half-physics experiment. After we determined the appropriate water-to-paint ratio for successful dripping, we let ‘er rip! And, even though we were focused mostly on the process, the results were beautiful.
THE ART ROOM: Spray Bottles, Bubbles, Salt!
In The Art Room, we love using unusual tools and techniques to make art (the messier the better!). Below are a just a few photographs of recent projects made using spray bottles, eye droppers, bubbles, and salt!
THE ART ROOM: Oil Pastel Giraffes
Our oil pastel giraffes get their ‘pop’ from the dramatic contrast of color-on-black. We started with Canson’s black Mi-teintes, created outlines with white china markers, then filled in our images with oil pastels. Bubble gum and scarves were our students’ creative additions.
THE ART ROOM: Salt Dough Houses
Our 9 – 12 year old students made these impressive salt dough houses in-relief (a sculptural technique where raised elements remain attached to a background of the same material). After sculpting and baking, students used an acrylic wash to paint their houses, which helped emphasize textural elements.
THE ART ROOM: Kenya in Watercolor
Our Sip & Splatter students painted beautiful watercolor scenes of the Kenyan plains. We started from scratch with paper-stretching, lightly drew our images, then began filling them in with color. The result was truly impressive.