Patterns and Birds, ages 10-12 and teen class too

I saw a demonstration online about an artist who uses white ink to create patterns on her paintings of birds. I showed my classes some of her examples and also talked about zentangles and looked at some books of patterns. I think my students totally got the lesson!

 and my example of a cardinal

 

and then the adult class did an animal/pet.

This is my Buddy!

What a fun technique!

Magazine mosaics, ages 9-12

The students used magazine cut outs to make a mosaic of a photo they chose. Lovely!

Watercolor, ink and focal points, teen class

We talked about focal points and how we can use color to create points of interest.

Wooden panel outside the box, teen class

We took 8x10 wooden panels and had our subject matter come outside the box that was painted as a base. Fun ideas!

Poinsettias, ages 9-12

Watercolor and marker from last month.

Winter, ages 9-12

We took 4x4 inch wooden panels and painted small winter inspired images.

Ornaments-ages 8-12

We used oil pastel and some students also used watercolor and cut outs for these holiday tree branches.