WELCOME!
Thanks for visiting my art page!
This a simple collection of snapshots from a teacher-mom on-the-go.
So, please imagine that you’re looking through an informal photo album of sorts,
catching glimpses of life with my four sons and some of our good friends
as we’ve ventured into art-making together over our years of schooling at home.
ENJOY!
SNOW BIRD SCENES
FOCUS: custom paper design, cutting desired shapes, shape arrangement, brush stroke / paint control
MEDIA: Cut paper collage, watercolor, tempera
PAPER QUILTING COLLABORATIVE
FOCUS: design, layout, contrast, color wheel, arrangement
MEDIA: cut paper
STORY / WORD ART
FOCUS: illustration, expression
MEDIA: pencil, colored pencil
ARTIST STUDY: JOHN JAMES AUDUBON
FOCUS: detail, layering, shading, blending, contrast
MEDIA: chalk pastel on butcher paper
30-MINUTE BRUSH DRAWINGS
FOCUS: personal practice, landscape
MEDIA: watercolor
ARTIST STUDY: HENRI MATISSE
FOCUS: color mixing, paper design, “drawing” with scissors, arrangement, contrast
MEDIA: painted paper, cut paper
BOTANICAL CONTOUR DRAWING
FOCUS: personal practice
MEDIA: felt tip marker
ECO-ART
FOCUS: interpretive art, symmetry, chalk rubbing, neutral vs. color
MEDIA: chalk pastels
COMPLIMENTARY CACTUS PAINTING
FOCUS: Drawing from a live specimen, shading, contrast, complimentary colors
MEDIA: tempera paint
ACACIA TREE COLLABORATIVE
FOCUS: repeated design, movement, balance
MEDIA: felt tip marker on butcher paper / plywood
GIRAFFE MOSAIC
FOCUS: adult lesson
MEDIA: scrap fabric pieces on canvas
EXPERIMENTING WITH ETCHING
FOCUS: design, pattern
MEDIA: oil pastels, tempera
WEAVING LESSON
FOCUS: local artisanry, consistency
MEDIA: raffia
BIRD DRAWINGS
FOCUS: enjoying nature, drawing from photos, accuracy, proportion
MEDIA: pencil
FRESCO STUDY
FOCUS: simple shapes, plaster technique, image transfer
MEDIA: plaster, watercolor