PASTELS - ages 6 - 14

Here are the completed pastel drawings the kids have been working on!  (William, I will post yours when I get a photo)  GREAT job!

OIL PAINTING CLASS #2!

Natalie (age 8) is starting a landscape

Anna (age 10) is working on a Cedar Waxwing

The girls began a second painting today.  Since Oils take so long to dry, I like to have them work on 2 paintings so they can switch back and forth when one gets too wet to work on.

ART AT LEAH'S - class #1 - ages 5 - 8

Bradley (age 5) working hard on his Texture drawing

One of Bradley's finished Texture drawings - well done!

Blair (age 5) proudly showing two of her many wonderful Texture drawings - Great job Blair!

Drawing from life - Emma (age 8)

Drawing from pictures - Ashton (age 7)

Ashton and Emma drawing from life AND pictures!

Ashton (age 7) working hard on one of her beautiful butterflies

Emma (age 8), Chloe (age 7) and Ashton (age 7) - showing their works in progress - great job girls!

...and the art continues.....FACE PAINTING after art class!!! 

This is class #1 of a four part ART CLASS for ages 5 - 8.  The older kids worked on drawing skills while the younger ones worked with texture.  Then they kept the art going after I left by doing some FACE PAINTING!  What a fun, energizing time we had last night!!

OIL PAINTING CLASS #1

Natalie's bird

Anna's cat

The girls in this class began by sketching the picture they wanted to paint using a photo as a reference guide. 

CLAY PINCH POTS - 4 year olds

These were made by a group of 4 year old children I worked with recently. These pinch pots are petite and precious - GREAT JOB KIDS! 

GIFT CERTIFICATES!

KID CREATIONS OFFERS GIFT CERTIFICATES!  If you (or Grandparents!) want to give the gift of art this holiday, or for other special events, contact me for details at rebecca.brooks1@yahoo.com.

A fun way to present a gift certificate for an art class is to wrap it up with some art supplies!  Good quality art pencils and a sketchpad coupled with a gift certificate make an inexpensive but special gift. 

Classes are already being scheduled for 2013:
CLAY for ages 12 and up, 3 week class starting mid-Jan (dates/times TBA), hosted by Lynn Fleites at her home in Spring Hill.  $50 per child with a sibling discount of 15%.

DRAWING for ages 12 and up, 6 week class following the Jan clay class (dates/times TBA), hosted by Lynn Fleites at her home in Spring Hill. $72 per child with a 15% sibling discount.

ALL SUPPLIES ARE PROVIDED FOR THESE CLASSES with the exception of a sketch book for the drawing class. Thanks for supporting the arts!

JAMES COLEMAN - BIO

http://www.freewebs.com/moreboardwalkartists/Inventory/ColemanArtistProfile.pdf

Quote from James Coleman, Disney artist.

"One of the teachers said he was going to take us into his studio and show us a brush stroke he had worked his whole life to invent. I just looked at this guy and said to myself: 'This is a bunch of nonsense!' I realized he was intellectualizing something that, in my mind, was a spiritual thing. Painting isn't an intellectual study . . . it comes from the heart."

CHALK PASTEL CLASS #1 OF 4 - gridding

Me with the whole group

Kayla and Shayna working hard!

Alex and Levi working on their grids - great job guys!

The group!

Today was day one of drawing with pastels and the kids chose their reference photos, got their paper gridded and began drawing basic outlines.  They did an awesome job!  Gridding isn't always easy, but this group tackled it with perseverance and patience, and I'm really proud of them. Next week - blocking in color with powdered pastels.

KID CREATIONS FALL CLASSES HAVE BEGUN!

KID CREATIONS is kicking off the fall season with a PASTEL class hosted by Lori Hyde which begins today! I have a 4 week private Oil Painting class starting Monday with two lovely sisters, a DRAWING class with some "youngies" starting next Friday AND a 3 PART CLAY CLASS starting in October hosted by Lori Ringo in Spring Hill....I'm looking forward to working with some familiar students as well as some new ones! We still have a few openings left in the CLAY class - if anyone is interested, please contact me for details. If anyone would like to set up a class, contact me and we'll set something up. I shall post students works from these classes as they become available!

MORE SCOTT FIFE!

ARTIST SCOTT FIFE ON HIS WORK

WATCH THIS SHORT VIDEO WHICH SHOWS THE ARTIST TALKING ABOUT HIS WORK!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&NR=1&v=l4x0tv2k5jU

ARTIST - SCOTT FIFE

 WATCH THIS ACCELERATED VIDEO OF HIM MAKING A SCULPTURE!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EARTfmKpOI

OLD ARTWORK BY BECKY - from the 90's!

Bronze Man

Bronze Woman

I used to make signs!  This one was for the YMCA

OLD ARTWORK BY BECKY - from the 90's!

Brenda's dog - pencil

Patches - I drew this for my Aunt Jane - pencil

Gretel - pencil

Chelsea - pencil

Reba - pencil

Tanya - pencil