Review of Summer
Saturday Morning FREE Children's Art Classes
Seventh Annual "From a Kid's Point of View"
"What a great way to start off the summer. We made piles and piles of handmade paper."
- Lily Nova
"Painting on handmade paper was a new experience for the kids. We tried different kinds of paper and the class especially enjoyed "painting" with glitter.
- Richard Hart
"Earlier in the year, Nancy Christie brought her expertise to forty young silk painters. The black resist proved truly resistant this time, yet the painters prevailed creating some wonderful pieces.The brilliant colors are stunning!"
- Zoe Alowan
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Andy Tweed, age 11 |
Dwight Lawrence, age 5,"Sunrise" |
"Coaxing the children's imaginations, I told them a story, "The Baker's Daughter." Some painted graphics from the story and others created waterfalls, unicorns and self portraits."
Zoe Alowan
"The Owl and the Fairy" by Jessica Coulombe, age 9
Fierce and Friendly Animal Masks
"The end result comes out great! It is proof of their enthusiasm and ability to realize their vision. Ribbons were received by many of these children at the Nevada County Fair for their mask work."
Denise Wey
Kimberlie Modlin, age 7, with Lion Mask
Summer Paintings - Acrylic Medium and Tissue Paper
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"Allowing children to work with pure color without the techniques of drawing or painting opens up a whole new appreciation for abstraction. The tissue paper when overlapped and coated with the varnish medium becomes transparent and shows what happens when two or more colors are put closely together." Della Heywood Flower Garden by the River, Chelsea Silverman, age 9
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"The children created an enchanted mural within this magical Saturday morning forum for young creativity. In so doing, a new small world was experienced."
Martin Brown, guest artist from London, England
Origami - Japanese Paper Folding
"Folding paper is a very rewarding experience. You can make a swan, a sturdy box, a flying plane, with just a little know-how and concentration. It was wonderful sharing these basic skills with the children and watching how quickly they became adept at them".
- Matthew Cogley
"Making mobiles, the children learn about balance and design. It is pleasure to watch their creations take form."
- David Christie
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Daydreaming |
Reader in the Secret Garden | Freaked Out |
| by J.T. Smith, age 12 | by Tomiscena Hughes, age 14 | Tony Hughes, age 11 |
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I like to set up the conditions for young
artists to see the shapes and pictures waiting to be revealed right inside
the blank paper. It was a challenge for the kids to work so big.
Tim Elston |
When Dinosaurs Invented Flowers
"After a short discussion on the early struggles between the plants and the dinosaurs, the class launched into painting some of the most charming and ferocious dinosaurs imaginable."
- Zoe Alowan
Gigantisaurus by Daniel Roediger, age 9
"The children enjoyed making up stories about the pictures that they drew. "The Happy Bugs" was an especially memorable tale."
Janna Hart