Start of Something Great!!

Each fall Scribble has an Art Show at Foxy Loxy Print Gallery & Café! I'm excited about this show all year. Not only is Foxy Loxy the best coffeehouse in Savannah but it's a great space to show in. We've done Sock Monkeys, Chicken Little, and Russian Stacking Dolls. The theme for our show this year is "Box Trolls"! I got the idea from Small Hands Big Art, http://www.smallhandsbigart.com/blog/featured-article/boxtrolls/.
I LOVED the box trolls I saw on their blog and we'd never done a show with 3-D Art before.




We started our Box Trolls last week and I'm excited about we've got going on so far! Most students have drawn and painted their trolls, now we're on to the sculpting. I've added the use of beans, pasta, and googly eyes to help add character to our trolls. We're using Celluclay http://www.michaels.com/activa-celluclay-instant-paper-mache/10515916.html  instead of regular clay or paper mache. I'm a huge fan of celluclay since it takes detail so well!


Take a look at our in progress Box Trolls!

Inspiration Everywhere!

One of the best parts when teaching art is looking for inspiration. And believe me, running an art studio requires a lot of inspiration. Pinterest, children's literature, and other art studios are great sources. Here are few of the things providing inspiration at the moment!

Artists!
Mary Blair! For those of you not familiar with her, she's worth getting to know, http://magicofmaryblair.com/!

 Mary Blair's color work is simply superb!

Art Studio's!
Small Hands Big Art! This wonderful studio based out of Charlotte, NC is bursting with creative ideas!I love to visit their blog and check out what kind of fun they are getting up to! See for yourself, http://www.smallhandsbigart.com/!

Pop Ups!
I've been seeing a lot of Pop-Ups lately (pop-ups are usually temporary shops set up for a day or two in empty store fonts). This gave me the idea for Pop-Up workshops in the studio! I love the idea of a quick, free workshop that has the element of surprise. Here are some ideas I found online that would make cute, easy projects (I particularly like the mini fairytale one)!

Painted Houses!

Recently I've been looking at the artwork of Mary Blair. I love everything about her, especially her use of color. This week in one of my classes we painted houses  using one of her illustrations as inspiration. I showed my students how to draw a simplified house and block in color. We made stamps using fun foam stickers, cut to size and stuck on small pieces of cardboard. Next we stamped on windows, shutters, and a picket fence. The finishing touches came from oil pastels. I loved how these turned out! My students enjoyed the stamping part and I liked how the color palette took a simple drawing and added an interesting touch! 

Sailor's Life! A week at camp!!

We are loving camp and A Sailor's Life is one of my favorites! Here's what a week of camp at Scribble is like! Ages 4-7

Under the Sea Mural! The more color the better!!

Pirate Self Portraits!

Let's Make Giant Jellyfish!

Giant Jellyfish!

Materials:
Bristol
Pencil
Blue Acrylic Paint
Orange Acrylic Paint
White Acrylic Paint
Toilet Paper Tube
Brushes
Orange Construction Paper
White and Black Oil Pastels
Scrap paper
Scissors
Glue

Instructions:
Draw waterline towards the top of Bristol paper. Paint with blue paint, stamp circles for bubbles using toilet paper tube and white paint. Cut a piece of orange construction paper into fourths. Draw a rainbow shape on one of the fourths for the jellyfish body and cut out. Draw jellyfish face using white and black oil pastel. Glue down and add jellyfish tentacles with orange paint. Finish by cutting out tiny boat shape  and glue on top of water. The tiny boat uses scale to show the huge jellyfish!

Ahoy! Cardboard Boats with hand drawn sails!

Ever meet a Strongman Merman?!

Materials:
Bristol
Pencil
Sharpie
Oil Pastels
Green, Tan, Brown and Blue watered down acrylic paint

Instructions:
Draw Merman using simple shapes. Always start at the head and work your way down! Outline drawing in sharpie or black crayon. Color in shirt, pebbles, and seaweed with oil pastels. Paint merman with tan paint and his tail with green paint. Use the brown paint for sand and blue for the water background. Super easy and so cute!!

Bears on Parade!

I love the 4th of July! Fireworks, Cook-Outs, Parades, all of it! Here's a fun "Bears on Stilts" project that draws inspiration from the holiday. I did this project with my pre-k class but would work for older kids too!

Materials:

Bear Printout
Heavy Drawing Paper or Cardstock (cardstock can be found at any office supply store, it's a heavier weight than computer paper but reasonably inexpensive)
Bristol
Pencils
Black Sharpie (optional, helps hold onto drawing details)
Oil Pastels
Grey Acrylic Paint, watered down to watercolor consistency
Purple Acrylic Paint, watered down to watercolor consistency
Paintbrushes
Glitter (optional, for fireworks)
Scrap paper or craft paper
Scissors
Glue

Step One:
Draw bear in pencil on cardstock and outline in Sharpie. Color hat and collar with oil pastel. I like bright colored stripes best! Paint bear with grey acrylic (watered down). Set aside to dry or for faster drying time, dry with hairdryer.
Step Two:
Draw grass with green oil pastel along bottom of Bristol. Paint background with purple acrylic (watered down).
Step Three:
Cut two long strips out of brightly colored or printed scrap paper and glue long ways to background for tall legs. Cut out bear and glue atop of the legs. Draw fireworks in glue and add glitter!

Fun in the Summer Sun!!

Summertime is here and for us that means summer camp! We have camps at both studios (Savannah & Pooler) this year and we're just loving all the little artists we get to work with!! Summer camp is a fun time where we get a chance to work with a lot of kids at once, often with a wide range of ages and interests. Keeping projects fresh and interesting is a challenge we are happy to accept. Here are some of  my favorite projects and pics from camp so far!

Working Together! Each week we do at least one mural or collaborative work of art! Murals are a wonderful way to learn to work together and share ideas. Creating cardboard cities has been a camp favorite this year. Kids love art you can also play with.

Self Portrait as a Parakeet! (Exotic Animals)

Mixed Media Tropical Birds (Exotic Animals)

Robots are the BEST! (See What I Can Make)

Monster vs. Superhero (Superheroes & Villains) 

Making Treasure Maps  (Superheroes & Villains)

Sewing Monsters (See What I Can Make)