Welcome to Shyness and Bloom Art Studio!
Located in Telegraph Bay, near Cadboro Bay in Victoria B.C.
Shyness and Bloom Art Studio is led by artist and educator Rachel Boult.
Rachel holds two degrees, a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Victoria with a major in Creative Writing, and a Bachelor of Education with a specialization in Expressive Arts from UBC. With over ten years of childcare experience, Rachel is a children’s author and illustrator, painter and continual creator.
Allowing your child’s imagination to take the lead, Rachel provides a freely creative environment where children can focus and express their inherent abilities as artists, explore, and have fun!
What to expect:
Students begin by exploring the studio and generating ideas into a theme or concept. With their concepts in place, students express individual creativity through the weekly introduction of new media, such as paint, pencil, sculpture, construction, collage, sewing and print making. We have a huge focus on construction, creating imaginative dioramas, and interactive multi-media projects.
Rachel is also available for private lessons, so please contact her if you have a child with special needs or would love the benefits of one-on-one instruction.
Studio Priorities
by Rachel
Positive Growth
When children are encouraged to bring their imagination to life, and see their visions through to a final product, they grow in immeasurable ways. They grow in their sense of empowerment, awareness, intuition, observational skills, respect for tools, relationships with materials, self-confidence, ability to focus, hand-eye coordination, communication, patience, follow-through, and self-expression. My role as an art instructor is to bring about positive growth, and to awaken the spirit of creation in my students.
Good care and lots of fun
With my education and background I am able and willing to provide adaptations, behavioral support, and more meaningful goals to meet the needs of my students. Although the learning potential is significant and important, I hope that my students feel like they are simply playing, exploring, and having fun in my classes.
I will always plan the activity, use examples, and work along side the children so I can actively model the creative process. As I get to know each student, I will incorporate and engage their interests as much as I can, so that they get as much out of the experience as possible.
Building Relationships
Making art with children is a way to engage, model, build friendship, and encourage communication. It will be key for me to establish good relationships with my students, so that they feel free and comfortable to be themselves, and express whatever it is they are feeling and thinking.
Exploring Mixed Media
Projects might involve using materials such as watercolor and acrylic paints, paper-mache, pencils, felt pens, oil and chalk pastels, beads, found/recycled materials, wood, and textiles. We might make puppets, murals, sculptures, mobiles, or try print-making. Whatever the focus, I’ll take my students through a series of steps to create finished pieces guided by their own imagination that they will be proud of.
FALL 2010 Schedule
FALL SESION 1: Starts September 2010. 5 weeks
| Day | Dates | Time | Ages | Fee |
| Mondays |
Sept 13th - Oct 18th (no class Oct 11th) |
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | 9-12 | $150 |
| Tuesdays | September 14th - Oct 3rd | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | 5-8 | $150 |
| Wednesdays | September 15th - Oct 4th | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | 5-8 | $150 |
| Fridays |
September 17th - Oct 15th (no class Oct 8th) |
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm |
3-4 | $150 |
FINAL ART SHOW October 16th 4:00
FALL SESSION 2: Starts October 2010. 5 weeks
| Day | Dates | Time | Ages | Fee |
| Mondays |
October 25th - Nov 29th (no class Nov 15th) |
4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | 9-12 | $150 |
| Tuesdays | October 26th - Nov 23rd | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | 5-8 | $150 |
| Wednesdays | October 27th - Nov 24th | 4:00 pm – 5:00 pm | 5-8 | $150 |
| Fridays |
October 28th - Dec 3rd (no class Nov 12th) |
4:30 - 5:30 | 3-4 | $150 |
FINAL ART SHOW DECEMBER 4th 4:00
Shyness and Bloom class sizes are limited to 5 students. All supplies are included in the tuition fee. All sessions end with an in-studio gallery presentation of the children’s work. Cameras and grandparents welcome!
Please register by contacting Rachel Boult at 250-477-4294 or rachel@shynessandbloom.com
Summer Camp Schedule
Shyness and Bloom Children’s Art Studio is so excited to be offering 3 half-day camps this summer. Camps will be limited to 4-6 students, 5-10 years old. The projects I will be offering are suitable for all levels of artists. Activities will be primarily up to the students, as it always is at Shyness and Bloom, and they will have the opportunity to try many new crafts and mediums too. Have you ever wanted to make a robot or an alien? Have you ever dreamed of building your own dollhouse? How about making your own stuffie? If you have a wild imagination that needs to be unleashed, then come and spend the week here, and get ready to create! Register soon, because spots are filling up!!! email Rachel to register.
All camps run from 1pm to 4 pm, Monday to Friday. Cost $200. Materials all included.
Camp 1 –July 19th – 23nd *REGISTRATION CLOSED*
Camp 2 –July 26th -30th *REGISTRATION CLOSED*
Camp 3 –August 9th-13th *REGISTRATION CLOSED*
Birthday Parties!
Shyness and Bloom Art Studio is the perfect place to celebrate a Birthday! If your kid loves to make things, get messy, spends hours building, painting, or trying new mediums, then gather up some friends, choose a theme, and come and have a party where the kids will all make a fun and interactive treasure to take home. The best part is you won’t have to clean it all up! Cost includes all materials, and we supply all plates, glasses, cutlery etc. Just bring the cake, the kids, and a helping hand, and we’ll take care of the rest! (Maximum 10 children) Email Rachel for more information, and to set up a party time!
1. Fairy Princess party $20 per child.
Kids will make a fairy hat, a magic wand, and a flowing fairy skirt.
2. Alphabet magnets -$20 per child.
With a beautiful spread of letters, decorations, and paint, kids will each make a set of alphabet magnets. Creative and educational!
3. Robots and Aliens - $20per child
Kids will build robots out of wood scraps, and aliens out of felt or drift wood. They will paint and decorate the creatures. Let the fun begin!!
4. Tiny houses - $25 per child
Kids will have a huge selection of wooden walls and roofs and floors with which to build a small shoe box sized house, and after assembling and gluing, they will decorate with all sorts of paints and accessories, and make a little creature to live inside. 2.5 hours
5. Creature Crafts -$20 per child
With wood, pine cones and colourful notions, kids will create little creatures that they can play with and take home.
6.Puppet making - $20 per child
Kids will learn different ways of making puppets, and each get to make one of their own, with a huge variety of materials and notions to choose from!
7. Mixed media - $20 per child
This party is designed to give kids a chance to try several mediums. The studio will be set up for the kids to move from one activity to the next, and to spend as long as they like trying out different crafts.