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!

Scribble Art Studio is delighted to announce our involvement with Live Oaks Public Libraries! We are honored to be designing the new Twigs coloring book using the wonderful artwork of our talented students as well as the graphics for the upcoming Children's Book Festival!

 

October will kick off the start of "Storybook Art with Scribble Art Studio"! Our Storybook art classes will be held twice a month at the Southwest Chatham Library art room and will be free to the public. Projects will draw inspiration from the stories and artwork of new and classic children's literature!

Stay tuned for dates and details!

 

 

The studio is a awash in artwork featuring Twigs, the reading squirrel mascot of Live Oaks. The students are going above and beyond to create the fantastic new coloring book illustrations. Here's a sneak peek!

 

 

 

What An Exciting Week!!!

 

Fall classes began last week and the kids jumped right in with some wonderful artwork! We were happy to see some new faces along with old favorites. Here's a few highlights!

 

 

 

 

Fashion Nite Out!

We were thrilled to participate in the Fashion's Night Out Judge Realty booth installation titled "building savannah: art & commerce". Each participate was given a variety of wine crates and cigar boxes and told to "create" a building. How fun! We created a mini Scribble Art Studio with bird artists. If you look closely you'll notice the birds have been seized by the creative process and are using a bigger canvas to paint (the wall)!

 

 

 

Surfers for Autism!

Sunshine! Waves! Arts and Crafts! What could be better?!

This was our first year participating in Surfers for Autism and we LOVED it! Surfers for Autism is a wonderful organization, their mission is to unlock the potential of people with developmental delays, support advocacy for autism issues and scientific research. It's a fantastic event for all children. The families had a blast and so did we! The weather was perfect with some decent sized waves, usual for Tybee! http://www.surfersforautism.org/

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Helpful Hints! Helpful Hints!

Who doesn't love helpful hints?! Here are a few simple ideas to add pizazz to every day art done at home!

Paper!

Most people don't give a lot of thought to paper, but we do! Certain papers are key in creating a successful art project. Here's a quick run down of different papers and how best to use them!

Computer Paper: Perfect for every day sketching and practice drawing. It's inexpensive and plentiful. The only downfall to computer paper? It's too thin to take any sort of wet medium well and doesn't always feel very special (never underestimate the importance"special" paper lends to a project)!

 

Drawing Paper: Usually a little thicker and heavier in weight. Drawing paper can be bought in relatively inexpensive packs at most art supply stores, plus it feels nice to draw on! Drawing paper can handle wet mediums such as watercolor and acrylic fairly well.

 

Bristol Paper: The Rolls Royce of papers! Bristol paper is great! It's smooth, the perfect weight, and supports all wet mediums wonderfully. Bristol is sold in larger size pads (we often conserve by tearing sheets into smaller sizes) at most art supply stores, unfortunately it tends to be a little on the expensive side. Save for special projects!

 

*Scrap Fabric: Do kids love the scrap fabric box?! Yes, it's the best! Whether used to "dress" a painting, added to a mixed media piece, or simply the finishing touch to a line drawing, kids love scrap fabric. You can make your own scrap fabric box out of any empty box and old clothing, blankets, sheets, or old fabric you have hanging around!

 

*Scrap Paper Bin: Scrap paper is fun! It's fun to go through (like a treasure hunt) and it's fun to use in art projects! Plus it's cheap and teaches about recycling! Cut up brown paper bags, old Christmas cards and stationary; throw it in the scrap paper bin.  Parents, you can always get a few more minutes to any art project if you pull out the scrap paper bin. *Don't forget to clean out your scrap paper bin every so often to keep it new and exciting!

Hello! It looks like we're in for a super exciting fall. This year we're offering art classes at the new Dick Blick Arts Supply store (check facebook for half off specials) and coming this October....a second location in Pooler! Hip, Hip, Hooray! ..... And that's only the beginning!

 

 

One purpose of our blog is to share new as well as past successful art projects. As we swing into high gear at the studio we'll have new projects and drawing sheets available, in the mean time, here's a lesson from last spring that became a studio favorite,

 

Mixed Media Hot Air Balloons!

Hot Air Balloons are fun, whimsical, and composed of simple shapes! These factors make the hot air balloon a popular subject matter for a variety of projects. Last Spring I gave this project to my Express Yourself class (ages 3-6) and was blown away by the fantastic yet different results they came up with!

 

 

To start each student was given a piece of drawing paper and told to scribble on one side using different color oil pastels, the more color the better! Students then painted over the oil pastels using watered down acrylic paint. Oil pastels create a nice border between paper and paint ensuring colors still show through!

 

 

Next each student practiced drawing their hot air balloon using simple shapes. Practice drawings are a good way to sneak in extra drawing, always encourage practice drawing!

 

 

Time for the background! Students were given a sheet of Bristol paper to paint half yellow and half blue.

 

While backgrounds dried students began assembling the pieces for their hot air balloons. Using the paper they prepared earlier, students drew circles (balloons) on the back of their paper to cut out. Next came the square (basket), cut from brown construction paper.

 

 

Let's put it all together! After gluing balloon and basket shapes to background it was time to get creative! I had pre-cut yarn for connecting lines as well as toothpicks for ladders. My favorite part of every project is when the students are left to add their own personal touches. Animals, ribbon, and butterflies were just some of the fun things dreamed up!

 

 

 

 

 

This project is designed to stretch out the creative process, work on drawing and motor skills as well as encourage creativity. Enjoy!