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Fall 2011 Highlights and Art Show
4 Jan. 2012
Becoming Mad Scientists
4 Jan. 2012
How art and science can collide in the studio.
Wooden Sculpture
3 Jan. 2012
The boys started by painting their bases of plywood with bright bold colours. They then happily dug through the bins ...
Haunted Houses
3 Jan. 2012
I’ve been noticing a real sense of humor emerging in Max and Hugo, along with a willingness to learn, to ...
More Dollhouses.
3 Jan. 2012
This is a project that I have been doing with little girls for years. Watching their imaginations zoom in to a miniature scale, where clam shells are kitchen sinks and old mardi gras necklaces are bead curtains, never gets old. This time I tried to provoke conversation about houses, and here's what it sounded like.
CORKS!
3 Jan. 2012
What to do, what to do, with so so so many corks....
The Ocean and The Ship
14 June 2011
This was a great project for Michael and Colin to work on together. Colin loves to draw, and Michael loves ...
Popsicle Stick Bird Houses
14 June 2011
This term Max and Hugo really took the lead in the direction of their classes. Being just the two of ...
A House, A Restaurant, And An Aquarium
14 June 2011
Right from the beginning, this project was lead by Lainey. She came up with the idea of making houses as the kids went through my supply of cardboard boxes. Her constant streams of ever-changing ideas and enthusiasm were infectious, and soon all three of them were excited about this new project.
Marble Tracks II
14 June 2011
What a great opportunity to yet again throw out all my plans, to embrace the adventure in following the lead of the child, and to have two brothers work together to build themselves a marble track.
Clouds
14 June 2011
Our journey up into the sky began with only a few simple instructions to create the soft foundation for which to land our highest flying ideas, our fantastical imaginings, and our soaring spirits. Clouds: Soft round shapes with cut cardboard tubing, lids, foam, and pearls. White, white, white.
Water Colours
14 June 2011
The kids were going to use their softly blended paintings as part of their clouds in the next project... so ...
Piggy Banks
14 June 2011
I thought that Max and Hugo were enjoying the masks, that is, until they began their piggy banks. Hugo started ...
Fan Brush Trees
13 June 2011
Good ol' Bob Ross. I owe this one to him...
Max's Portrait
13 June 2011
It is my hope that exploration of materials and enthusiasm for creating develops into an ability to communicate ideas, express emotions, or share with the world whatever they decide is important.
Teddy Bear Chairs
13 June 2011
I had laid out the materials: toilet paper rolls and cardboard squares. The kids began to pick up and check ...
Raining Rainbows
1 June 2011
Over the course of time that I have known Max and Hugo, I have seen the unfettered joy they express when simply being given the opportunity to explore materials...
African Masks
27 May 2011
I wanted this project to give the kids a chance to adorn their imaginations with ideas and images of bold ...
Squirting and Pouring a Picture
19 April 2011
I had a collection of Frank’s Bottles and filled them up with acrylic mixed with water. How fun would it be to slosh out the paint to make colourful pictures? What would the kids learn? Let’s find out.
Our Imagination is In Our Hands
14 April 2011
What could you hold, if you could hold anything? During the Spring Break camp, we did a project that asked ...
Wooden Hearts
13 April 2011
“I can’t wait to tell my mom and dad I used a hammer!” Lainey said. The kids were so eager ...
Cardboard Bugs
13 April 2011
This was such a fun project! Cutting, painting, wrapping yarn, and adding legs and wings and antennae, were the many ...
Cardboard Bird Houses
13 April 2011
With a focus on creating pattern, working with recyclables, and learning some new cutting skills, we began a project to ...
Paper Mache Land Forms
13 April 2011
“We were never allowed to do this at my old art class,” says Max. I’m not sure what he was ...
Lainey’s Bird House
13 April 2011
Having had so much fun making her cardboard house, Lainey didn’t want to give up on her birdhouse theme. She ...
Print Making
13 April 2011
“I’m going to make an invention it’s going to be called the paint explosion!” -Hugo The table was secured with ...
Creatures
13 April 2011
What could this be? Sometimes it’s fun to begin a class brainstorming ideas. Today, the boys were each presented with ...
Light Table
13 April 2011
When I first started putting together my studio space, a friend had mentioned how cool it would be for me ...
The Dollhouse Project
10 April 2011
A few years ago, while I was working as a nanny, I made a dollhouse with the little girl I ...
Shadow Boxes
13 Dec. 2010
After it was decided that the theme would be all about animals, Charlotte focused on the colours of her sunset. ...
Learning the right tools for the job
13 Dec. 2010
Over the course of time, I have noticed more and more that the kids are reaching for the right sized ...
Felt Tiger
13 Nov. 2010
This stuffed tiger became Colin’s studio companion, and was hugged periodically as Colin worked on other projects. The little tiny ...
Mixing Colours
13 Nov. 2010
Colin experimented with water colour washes, and enjoyed watching the colours pool and mix together. Spilling and siphoning the paint ...
Marble Tracks
13 Oct. 2010
David favoured gentle slopes and lots of twists and turns in his marble track. He showed wonderful understanding of the ...
Sand
13 Oct. 2010
Building Cities!
13 May 2010
Our fall session got under way just after the start of a new school year. Returning and new students greeted ...
Shyness and Blooming
14 April 2010
We had a busy spring 2010 here at the studio! Seven hard working artists came week after week to paint, ...
Robots
13 April 2010
I spent hours collecting bits and pieces and painting things silver so that the kids would have a huge selection ...
Painting from photo
13 April 2010
Another student of mine came to class with a desire to learn to paint realistic-looking animals. She was 10, quite ...
Amazing Charlotte
13 April 2010
Ever so often, a teacher gets a student that sets a whole new level of what they expect is possible. ...
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