Kawaii Fruits & Veggies! Summer Camp Week 6 Day 1

Kawaii Fruits & Veggies. My sample top left, the rest are some of the kiddos work.

Kawaii; from the Japanese word for cute. Not to be confused with kowai; meaning creepy or scary! Cute faces adorn most of the kiddos favorite healthy foods. I did have one purist, however, who just wanted still life fruit for her painting. Either way, this was a hit. I present Kawaii Fruits & Veggies!

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Paper Cut-out Critters, Summer Week 4!

Paper cut out critters! My fish and turtle at the top, the kid’s projects below.

A nice mixed media project loosely based on Mattisse, both the goldfish bowl and his penchant for cutting out paper in his latter years, but I digress. Only a few kiddos stuck with the goldfish theme, but all in all this project went well and I’d do it again.

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Ripped Paper Collages, Summer Week 2, Day 2

Ripped paper collages. My samples at the tops and the amazing art by the kids below.

For my second project in week 2, I was quite tired and I really did not feel like painting [read cleaning up paint lol], so I chose some ripped paper collages I have been wanting to try. It started a little rough, but the end results turned out great!

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Fabulous Flamingos, First Day of Summer Camp 2019

It’s been hot this week in NorCal. Perfect time for a beach themed painting!

Summer art day camp kicked off this Monday at the studio, but I did an offsite this week at a tech company so my official first day of summer camp was today. I chose flamingos for my first subject this summer. I’ve got kids aged 5-14, so picking out something not too complicated and not too childish can be a balancing act. Presenting,

Fabulous Flamingos

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