My Snowflakes/Snowscapes Art Class

Snowflakes and Snowscapes Art Class at the Tracy Art Center in Old Saybrook, CT- December 2012.

I read this book to the kids at the beginning of the class. It had some great pictures and it was also awesome because it rhymed. Here is an excerpt:

"He said, 'I'm a snow dude,
as wild as wild can be.
Run as fast as you can run-
you won't catch up with me!'"...

"Magic sparkled in the air-
the wind began to moan.
'It's very simple, everyone:
build snow dudes of your own!'"

Happy 1st night of Chanukkah, everyone!

3D Snowflakes!

 

"3D Snowflakes" 2012. White & colored copy paper with some crayon.

Teaching these to kids tomorrow- I suspect I will be doing a lot of stapling...

Winter Snowscape Watercolor Painting

"The House With the Snowy Hill" 2012. Watercolor on colored paper.

I will be teaching these watercolor snowscapes along with giant 3D snowflakes this weekend in my December Saturday Morning Seasonal Art Classes for children ages 7-10 at the Tracy Art Center in Old Saybrook, CT, where I have been teaching art classes since October 2012. Starting in January I will be teaching adult soft pastels on Saturdays, also at the Tracy Art Center. I'm pretty excited about it. Today I taught people at my work how to make the giant 3D snowflakes and we made 12 in about 2 1/2 hours! (Including one spray painted gold!) We hung up a few in our office, so it looks more festive now. Be on the look out for pictures soon of the giant 3D snowflakes!

New Pastel Painting, Almost Done

"Good Morning" 2012 (Almost finished!). Soft pastels. You're looking at a rooster shaped egg cup!

"Sophie" & "Dad" 2008. Charcoal on paper. These are meant to be two separate drawings but I made them side by side. These are from a group of charcoal portraits that were final projects from my Drawing I class at Smith College.

"Pastel Tree" 2009. Soft pastels. This was one of my first pastel paintings, made at a one-day workshop at the Mystic Art Center.

"Iron and Monkey" 2009. Watercolor pencils.