Week In Review!

This past week was a busy one with lots of fun projects, classes, and parties! Here's a quick review of everything we've been up to this past week!

 

Art Shows!

Students continue to put the finishing touches on their artwork for our upcoming Henny Penny Foxy Loxy Art show! Lots of excitement for the show and the s'mores to enjoy afterwards!

 

Free Art Classes at Live Oak Public Libraries!

Our project was inspired by Tad Hille's adorable character Rocket! Everyone drew and painted a Rocket of their own! *Tad Hille will be one of the authors featured at the Children Book Festival Nov. 10 in Forsyth Park

 

Cute Scarecrow project!

Everyone got super into designing their own farms, lots of details and proud artists!

 

Jack-o-lantern Contest and Awards Ceremony!

Students made funny/tacky/creative/weird/scary/child-like/craziest jack-o-lanterns using our potato head project. Next they collaborated on creating ribbons that we gave away in an awards ceremony!

 

Our First Adult Painting Party in Pooler!

We held our first painting party in our new Pooler studio! It was a fun, creative night filled with laughter!

Pumpkin Potato Heads!

Halloween is always a fun time of year for art teachers! Kids generally love to draw anything spooky and ghosts, spiders, witches, and pumpkins provide endless ideas! 

This summer we did a super fun funny face pig project. I was so pleased with the results that I modified it for a jack-o-lantern project. This project was done by my Wednesday Express Yourself class (ages 3-7). Enjoy!

Materials:
*computer paper for practice drawing
*Bristol paper
*Funny Faces Print Out (optional, kids can create their own funny faces if preferred)

*pencil
*black crayon
*orange, red, purple, brown, and black acrylic paint
*brushes
*markers
*glue
*scissors
*sequins/jewels/buttons (optional)

Step 1

We started out this project by practicing pumpkin shapes. Most kids know how to draw a pumpkin but if you want to get a little more accurate, start by making a large C and then a backwards C that connects. This will take the shape out of a perfect circle, next show how to curve the lines inside the pumpkin to mimic the C's. This demonstrates that the lines don't go straight up and down but curve with the pumpkin. After practicing, redraw on Bristol and outline in black crayon.

 

Step 2

Time to start painting! Begin painting on one side of the pumpkin with orange paint, making sure to paint between the crayon lines. At about half way through the pumpkin add a little bit of red to the palettes and had everyone mix in a little orange paint. This produces a nice orange red color, we used this to finish up the pumpkins. *Adding the red really helps "turn" the pumpkin.

 

Step 3

Paint the background with purple paint and the ground with brown paint. Use a little of the brown to paint the stem. Lastly go over the crayon lines with black paint, creating a nice outline.

Step 4

Funny Faces! Everyone practiced drawing from their funny faces print out (kids are encouraged to come up with their own funny features) and colored in their favorites with marker. Next we cut out eyes, nose, and mouth and glued onto the pumpkin. The finished pumpkins looked wonderful, everyone was proud their final artwork and enjoyed checking out their neighbor's pumpkins!

Upcoming Art Shows!

This fall we have TWO art shows scheduled! We are super excited and proud to be given the opportunity to show off the wonderful art work of our talented students in two separate shows!

TWIGS PORTRAITS!

Over the past month our students have been working on creating artwork designed around TWIGS, the library's lovable reading squirrel mascot. Our students did a fantastic job creating their own  unique TWIGS and now all their hard work has paid off as their art will be displayed at Dick Blick Art Materials and featured in the new Live Oak Public Library coloring book! Please join us for the opening reception!

Reception: Friday, October 19th 6-8 at Dick Blick Art Materials318 E. Broughton St. Savannah, GA 31401

Come see the wonderful artwork created in collaboration with Live Oak Public Libraries!

TWIGS will be making a special guest appearance!

Light drinks and food provided!

 

A Sneak Peek at TWIGS!

 

 

THE STORY OF HENNY PENNY!

We love storybook art at the studio, so when Foxy Loxy asked us to do another show we couldn't wait to get started on the artwork of Henny Penny! The result is a beautiful show rendered in a variety of different  materials and techniques. We've never been more impressed with our students and can't wait for all to see just what a wonderful show they created! Please join us for the opening reception!

 

Reception: Friday Nov. 2nd 6-8 at Foxy Loxy Cafe

1919 Bull St. Savannah, GA 31401

Check out the beautiful artwork inspired by the classic storybook characters, Henny Penny, Ducky Lucky, Goosey Loosely, Cocky Locky and of course, Foxy Loxy!

Fire pits on the back patio will be ready for s'mores!

 

A Sneak Peek at HENNY PENNY!

 

Storybook Art at Live Oaks Public Library!

 

Storybook Art at Live Oaks Public Library!

Storybook illustrations provide lots of inspiration for art teachers. There are so many different syles and mediums to look at! Tues. Oct. 2 we will begin our twice monthly free art classes at Southwest Live Oaks Public Library. In case you wanted to try out our Wild Things lesson at home here's a breakdowm of the lesson!

Printout:

Materials You'll Need:
*Wild Thing Monster Print Out
[Click Here to download our drawing sheet!]
*Pencil
*Black (or similiar crayon)
*practice paper
*Bristol paper
*oil pastels
*watered down acyrlic or tempera paint
*glue
*fabric scraps, yarn, buttons, etc.
*Scissors

Step 1:

Practice drawing the simplified wild thing monster. It's best to start out with the basic head and body shape (feel free to provide connect the dot shapes as a starting point) and build from there, adding facial features, arms/legs, and claws! Emphasize the SHAPES that make up the body, this usually takes away some of the intimidation.

Step 2:

Once the practice drawing is complete, re-draw on Bristol paper. Next outline monster in different color oil pastels. Make sure to explain outlining is different than filling in.

Step 3:

After drawing is completley outlined, it's time to paint! I love watered down acrylic paint. It retains a bright color, covers easily, and is transparent enough to preserve a line drawing. A huge deal to art teachers who hate to see wonderful line work completley covered by thick paint.

Step 4:

Decorate with fabric and embellishments!