Monday, March 5, 2012

Valentine's Day Artwork

Wow, I have been hibernating ! No posts at all for a whole month :) Anyway, we are back!

Jim Dine... such a popular artist for the month of February, in case you are not familiar with his work, google him. I did have print outs for the children to look at and they decided on their favorite style, not to copy though... never encourage that :) they had a limited palette of colors to work with and sponges instead of paintbrushes. So proud of the final results!

Here are the kiddo's own Jim Dine-style Valentine creations, enjoy !

by Jayant, age 5


by Sanjana, age 6
by Gianna, age 6

by Rishi, age 6



Monday, January 16, 2012

Monet's Water Lilies

Over the course of the last few classes, the little ones got to learn about another one of the greatest artists- Claude Monet.... we looked at his work, discussed what he may have liked and how he painted and of course painted one of his very famous "Water Lilies"

Enjoy their completed works !!! (and initial picture of them at their easles just starting out)

by Mariam, age 11

by Zainab, age 9

by Sanjana, age 6

by Abdalla, age 7






Friday, January 6, 2012

Our Fun Apron Painting Party

The children had a great time during the Winter Break when we had a Painting Party at the Studio

Lots of fabric paint on their custom made aprons, rhinestones, 3D Paint and LOADS of fun and creativity. The pictures tell the story :)



Gianna, age 6 with her lovely creation


Zabby, age 6 all done.. she sweetly went over swapping her stones till she got the colors she wanted :)

Mariam, age 11- "Best Chef" and nice colorful one at that


Abdalla, age 7- he got a Snowman, Christmas Tree, Stars and a small pocket on the side with tools :)


Esther, age 9- A gift for mom; love the Egg and "curry/ gravy" on top :)



Selena, age 9 ( if i remember well :)) Lovely apron for our Little Chef


Kenzi, age 7- Santa (in orange) and the Christmas Tree :)


Rania, age 6 with a very lovely heart art :)

A bit of a spill!
Zahabiya's work in progress

Estger ready to add the rhinestones

Gianna just starting out with the pattern at the edge

Rania busy with the colors- all of them :)

Kenzi and the orange Santa
(well, she finished the pearl green and the others finished off the red)

Mariam and the colorful name done

Abdalla's small tool pocket working in with the Christmas theme

Snack time- pizza, hot dogs, crisps and juices