The Completed Canvases :)

This is from an earlier two-part project the children made :)
Acrylic and gouache on canvas

Clockwise from top left: Kenzi-age 7, Lorelei- age 5, Sanjana- age 6, Jayant- age 5

by Zainab- age 10

HO HO HO

It's that time of the year again...!!
A group the kids and I belong to had their Christmas Party- and what a fun afternoon it was- I painited these really quick posters to add some Christmas flavor to the venue

Happy Diwali !

No Classes on Wednesday- November 26th
See you all soon!

Birdies :)

The little artists used colored pencils and drew, shaded, colored so very well...!!! Take a look- some real potential here :)

by Sanjana, age 6

by Jayant, age 4

by Lorelei, age 5

busy at work :)

by Sanjana, age 6

Canvas painting with the Bees

Hot colors, Acrylic and Gouache Paint, Abstract Art and Canvas :)
Just half the work done..... the Bees will finish up their masterpieces next week !

half done canvases....

Still to be finished :)

the busiest bees :)

Van Gogh strikes again ! :)

Brilliant job by Zainab, age 10... always been so interested in drawing, shading and taking it to the next level :)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to my big little one :) !

The Welcome Sign.... It helps to have an artist for a mum :)

So the Big Birthday finally arrived, after the whole year waiting and planning... it was just great for all of us!

This year she went with a Zack and Cody theme, from the invitations, to the dress codes to of course the party decor!
My little girls (ages 6 and 2.5) actually painted the portholes! blue paint for the sea and sky and white waves.. I added the finishing touches with the outlines... all these were taken to the party venue and then back home for the party the next day :)

The Portholes turned out so well!

Close-up of the portholes, done by my little artists!

Another painting done..... :)

Great going Vilma.........
Will definitely miss you.... See you around :)

Patterns and Paint

We talked about patterns- about how sometimes just repeating something over and over can make a very pretty picture! We found some patterns on our clothes ad then tried to make our own.

It seems simple, but this sort of activity actually requires the children to think and sort out things before they have a picture that looks convincing to others; and then they think of the color combinations and the mediums... Phew, thats a lot of work for one great hour :)

by Jayant, age 4- Candy wrappers and geometric shapes: great work from the youngest in class

by Sanjana, age 6- couldn't this pass for some fabric? :)

by Zainab, age 10 - Monster Eyes :) lovely work by a tween!

A tribute to Georgia O' Keefe

Georgia O' Keeffe was an American artist with a very distinct style of painting, mainly remembered for her flowers (poppies especially) which were always large as though magnified and seen up close.

The Busy Bees were shown some of her flower paintings and we worked on drawing and painting on the same lines. They thought BIG and drew large flowers, like O'Keefe's famous paintings and then they used watercolors :)
A fitting tribute to a fantastic painter :)

by Gianna, age 5

by Najma, age 5

by Sanjana, age 6

by Lorelei, age 6

by Zainab, age 9

such a nice picture of my Busy Artists

Jayanth and my inspirational piece

2 minute poses

Hmmmm from live models.....

to my new Studio C Stunt Persons :) Welcome Hanna and George !

Check back soon on the sketches as they come up :)

Pirates and Princesses at High Sea :)

Another take on the black paper and white markers :)
A new batch of little children went to work with their boats with pirates, princesses and sea-life :) As you can see even the little use of color, by way of oil pastels, gives such a bright touch to these beautiful pictures
The black paper did not come out too well in pictures, believe me- the actual art is much more prettier!!

by Mariam, age 11

by Kenzi, age 6

by Jayanth, age 4

by Abdalla, age 7

by Zainab, age 9 :)

by Najma, age 6

by Sanjana, age 6

the beginning of a fun class :)