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Halloween at Averyboo Arts
Here is some spooky fun from the studio last month. We definitely had a mummy theme going on! … The holidays are a great time to try some classes. Click here for our current offerings, many starting this week>
1. Little Picasso’s (Age 4-6), mummy drawing
2. Drawing Studio (Age 6-10), pumpkin still life/shading techniques
3. Pee Wee Art (Age 2-3), paint a batty sky
4. Beginning Art (Age 6-9), Dia Del Los Muertos patterns & resist painting
5. Halloween Party 10/31
6. Pee Wee Art (Age 2-3), paint-a-pumpkin
7. Open Studio – opened ended art & play time, age 2-8.
8. Beginning Art (Age 6-9), mummy sculptures
9. Paint, Play & Music (Age 2-4)
10. Drawing Studio (Age 6-10), Mummy Portraits
11. Paint, Play & Music (Age 2-4), Mr. Pops gets into the spirit
12. Open Studio (Age 2-8)
13. Beginning Ceramics (Age 5.5-12), Halloween Chimes
14. Kids Canvas Workshop (Age 7-12), acrylic paint handling
15. Halloween Party 10/31, Batman paints a pumpkin plaque.
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Abstract Rainbows – St. Patrick’s Day
I’ve seen A LOT of rainbows since opening Averyboo Arts. It’s the #1 subject that children like to make when they come into the studio; and with good reason – they’re so happy and colorful 🙂
For St. Patrick’s Day I decided to introduce the Little Picasso students (age 4-6) to “abstract rainbows”. I wanted to show them that rainbows don’t always have to be depicted with 6-7 bands of color spanning over a house and a flower (although there’s nothing wrong with that). Abstract rainbows can be found all around from oil slicks to paint splatter.
Little Picasso’s – tape resist, abstract rainbows
(1) lay down 3-4 pieces of painter's tape across a piece of tagboard. (2) Use a variety of drawing tools in "rainbow colors" to fill in the shapes created by the tape. Encourage kids to "overlap" & use 6 colors in each space. (3) Save one space to be painted with gold acrylic paint, sprinkle with gold glitter. (4) Carefully remove tape. (btw - it looks like a black pencil slipped by me while setting up, drats.)
Pee Wee Art (Age 2-3)
The littlest artist got to have some St. Patty fun too…
Color Mixing...kids mixed green on their papers then stenciled a shamrock on top. Fascinated by the process & the different shades of green.
With a little help from Mom, our creative tots tried their hand at abstract rainbows also (substitute gold acrylic paint for glue & glitter).
Open Studio (age 2-8) available W/F/SAT
One of our regular students came in during Open Studio to make a rainbow painting. I set her up with a canvas board and some acrylic paints ….
By Clara... 5x7 canvas board available for purchase during Open Studio hours.
Jim Dine Hearts – Valentine’s Day
Student work from Jim Dine lesson
This year for Valentine’s Day, we made art in the style of artist Jim Dine who has made lots & lots of paintings of hearts. I really wanted the kids to focus on their brush strokes and keeping the colors separated. The age range for this project was 4-8years old. Typically the younger kids tend to want to use their brushes in a scrubbing motion & will finish quickly. I came up with a fun way to get them all to slow down and keep the colors from mixing (too much)…
First, we folded a piece of tagboard in half. Students traced a heart-half stencil then cut the shape out. This is a challenge for the younger but they all did a great job!
Next came the painting... I used a timer & the rule was that each child had to take turns and use ONE color for ONE minute. This really helped them make small dabs with their brush & distribute the paint all over their heart.
The final step was to decorate their black background paper with oil pastels. I asked the kids to cover the paper (especially the edges) with "Scribble Scrabble". They were all very excited to hear the term & show me how well they could scribble.
The project still left room for personal expression.
The final step was to mount the heart onto the background using double stick foam tape. You can use glue, but the foam adds a 3D effect. I think the kids did a great job! Below is an actual painting by Jim Dine…
Jim Dine, "The Circus"
Halloween Projects
Hope everyone had a fun Halloween! Here’s what we worked on in the studio last month…
class: Pee Wee Art (Age 2-3)
Spider handprints, pumpkin puzzles, and mini pumpkins
class: Little Picasso’s (Age 4-6)
Goofy Pumpkins (color mixing, cutting skills) & Autumn Spider Webs (patterns in nature, lines, cutting/pasting).
class: Beginning Art (Age 6.5-9)
Witch Legs, Haunted Castles, Finish the Spider Drawings, Black Cat Portraits
class: Halloween Art Party
Halloween Art Party: bug goo, free art, storytime, bat puppets, yarn monsters, & squishy eyeballs!
New Class: The Language of Art, 8/2-9/6
We’ve decided to keep up the momentum of our current class “Sketchbooks & Sculpture” and add another 5 week course called “The Language of Art“; beginning Aug 2nd.
Fundamentals will be taught including: color theory, perspective, composition and 2D vs 3D. Projects will include painting, drawing and sculpture, and will also be influenced by the group. Beginner, intermediate and advanced students are all welcome! (Age 7-12). Register>>
Our current group of students are having so much fun together. We hope more will decide to join us on 8/2. Here are some photos & video from “Sketchbooks & Sculpture”
Toni introduces the concept of a sketchbook & shares her own drawings.
After the book covers are constructed, students paint an abstract expression of themselves on the front.
Then they began their cupcake sculptures….
Messy, grossed-out, but in the end it was fun!
Time to paint and glitter the sculptures.
For our final class next week, the kids will make watercolor/sketches of their cupcakes in the books they created. And perhaps they'll get to eat real ones too 🙂
Meet the Instructor – Micky
Spider Web using umbrella skeleton & misc found items.
We have a new class called “Crafty Earthlings” an eco-art class for kids 5-9 years beginning THURS 7/7-7/28; 11am-noon (4wks).
Kids will learn creative ways to make arts & crafts from found objects and household items. New theme each week including: The Beach, Instruments & Music, Superheroes, & Beautiful Bugs. Only $50, includes all materials!
I want to introduce the instructor, Micky… she’s a really sweet person, nurturing & patient. She will also be teaching our “Mom’s Craft Night” on 6/29 & 7/27; 6:30-8pm
Micaela Aldana Salatino, AKA "Micky"
Micaela Aldana Salatino was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina in 1978. The artist and self-proclaimed “crafty vegan” attributes her love for art and fashion to her family’s creative roots. Inspired by her grandmother, a seamstress and knitter, and taught to crochet by her mother, Micaela began crafting outfits for her dolls at 5 years old.
Micky teaching finger crochet to kids at Averyboo Arts.
Helping give rise to the term “upcycled”, Micaela has presented eco art classes in Long Beach, CA since 2010. Supporting the process of creating valuable products from waste materials, Micaela teaches kids, teens and adults how to create green works of art from left-over scraps of fabric, yarn and environment-friendly supplies.
Upcycled Necklace by Micky
Micaela inspires all to take care of Mother Nature and tread lighter on the earth.
Class info here: http://averyboo.com/classes_micky.html
Coasters made with magazines & twine by Micky
Klimt + LB Parks & Rec Classes
Our Little Picasso’s Class (Age 4-6) is now available through Long Beach Parks & Recreation beginning TH, June 9th. This class is my favorite to teach. I love to see the kids delve into the projects and come out feeling confident about what they made.
Here is an example of what we made last week… We looked at some kid-friendly works of Gustav Klimt and focused on his use of pattern and the color gold (ooooh, gold!). Students and parents really loved this project. It had a little of everything… drawing, painting, shapes, patterns, cutting, pasting and ,as always, room for a little self expression.
1. The kids were given a piece of transparency film and painted one side with gold acrylic.
2. Then we placed the film –wet side down– onto a black backing (the paint has to be wet to stick).
3. Dry side up, we drew our patterns & talked about alignment.
4. Lastly, students added more Klimt-like patterning & colors using paper.
Go to this link for LB Parks class info:
http://www.longbeach.gov/park/classregistration/pre_school.asp
St. Patty’s Day
Here’s all the green goodness that took place for St. Patrick’s Day this year… (click photos for larger pic)
Class: Pee Wee Art (Age 2-3)
Kids learned about color mixing, threading, and as always, exercised those little fine motor muscles while sponging, using small brushes & markers.
Green necklaces and color mixing shamrocks. Neil was also excited to show us on the easel that Y+B=G!
class: Little Picasso’s (Available T/TH/SA, age 4-6)
All Picasso classes this week are working on Paper Sculptures; however, the TH class was the only one making them with shades of GREEN. We used an amusement park as our inspiration and observed photos of rides while learning how to manipulate a practice strip of paper. Kids learned how to make circles, twists, loops, coils, hills, and accordian folds before starting their project. Then I let them do their thing…
Using 3 shades of green + brown strips of paper, kids created their own amusement parks.
class: Beginning Art (Age 6-9)
Students learned how to draw a 3-leaf clover & watercolor techniques. We talked about “small scale”, how to use” light pressure” while using our colored pencils, and how to “dilute” our paint to make a new shade of green. They also learned how to control the watercolors to avoid bleeding.
Sometimes a project seems simple at the start, but as the kids discovered, this project was a great skill building experience.
The background color also had a fine, gold glitter added to it. These came out really pretty 🙂
Open Studio
My sis-in-law came in with the family (well, some of the family, she has 9 kids!). She lives in AZ, so it was the first time she had seen the studio. She’s the one that has generously provided me with many of the fun costumes we have at Averyboo.
Making Leprechaun Beards with the kids during Open Studio.
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