Art Explorers - Winter/Spring 2015

Our Art Explorers Winter/Spring 2015 Classes are well on their way 

and the students have some great stuff to show for it.

After learning how to draw the proportions of the face,

we moved into drawing our own portraits with a Modigliani twist.

The results were AWESOME!

Maya age 8

Aliveah age 8

Brady age 8

Niki age 12

Carly age 10

The students finished up their bubble projects last night.
The project taught them about reflective color 
and working with see through objects.
I love all the colors they added and how
each student had their own take on how to draw them.

Niki age 12

Maya age 8

Brady age 8

In addition to my regular Art Explorers art classes this session
I had the pleasure of teaching a personal pastel class as well.
This student has been taking classes with me for a few years now 
and expressed an interest in learning more about working with pastels. 
This was her final project and I think she did an amazing job!

Mary age 10

Our final project in Art Explorers this session 

was working with a tree silhouette, and blending watercolors.

I love how different each one came out.

Maya age 8

Aliveah age 8

Brady age 8

I can't believe the Winter/Spring session is already over.
I had so much fun working with my students and I am just so proud of them.

Just a few of my Licensed Products of 2014

Last year was a very busy year for me. 

With so much going on I never got the chance 

to post some of my licensed products.

So here is a look back in 2014!

Here are Cocktail Napkins that were sold

at the Christmas Tree Shoppes

over the summer months.

Served best with drink of your choice.

Here is my Cornucopia Flag 

that was sold at Menard's in the fall.

The Ball Corporation picked up my 

Christmas on the Coast collection 

and made these tins. 

I wanted to hand cookies out in them for Christmas,

but I loved them so much I kept them.  

Shhh don't tell anybody.

Conimar picked up the same collection and produced reversible 

placemats, paper placemats, mugs, car coasters, square coasters, 

round coasters, signs, and trivets.

It was definitely a Christmas on the Coast kind of year!

TSC GIFTABLES

In January of 2014 I started working for TSC Giftables.

This is a newer company that needed an artist who knew about the 

gift market and could produce art for them to fit along a long list of product lines.

Their products are of a very high quality and I consider myself so lucky to be working for them.

It's been awesome seeing my art on their products.

This is the square tray from my Hibiscus Blossom Collection.

Here is some of the collection that was shown at the Atlanta Gift Show.

Added to this collection, but not shown here, are coasters,

table runners, kitchen towels, place mats and napkins.

This is the oval tray from my Lemon Garden collection.

The picture doesn't really do it justice but I really just love how the product came out.

I can't wait to use this on my patio when it gets warmer. 

Here is the vanity tray to the same collection.

This was the cover to their Spring Supplement Collection.

I was honored they chose one of my collections to showcase.

This Lemon Garden collection consists of a large size tray, a vanity size tray, 

a square tray, an oval tray, a waste bin, a decorative pillow, coasters,

placemats & napkins, a table runner,  and a kitchen towel.

This was the large tray from my Peacock Collection.

This is the waste bin from the same collection.

The peacock collection consists of a large size tray, a vanity size tray, 

a square tray, an oval tray, a waste bin, a decorative pillow, and coasters.

This is the large tray from my Coastal Breeze Collection.

This collection consists of a large size tray, a square tray, 

a vanity tray, an oval tray, a waste bin, a decorative pillow, 

coasters, a place mats, napkins, a table runner, and a kitchen towel.

Here is the decorative pillow from the same Collection.

Here is another photo from the Atlanta Gift Show.

2014 was a great year and I am looking forward to what 2015 will bring.

Fall 2014 at Art Explorers

In anticipation for Halloween 

we decided to create bat posters.
We learned about negative space 
white creating colorful images.

They made for great decoration on Halloween Night.

Aliveah age 7 

Brady age 8

Natalie age 10

Metal Tooling is such a fun project.

We learned about embossing and engraving as

we created these great pieces.

Someone is missing summer already.

Aliveah age 7

Others were ready for Thanksgiving.

Brady age 8

No class would be complete with out at least

one Dr. Who fan.

Natalie age 10

Winter 2014 - Art Explorers Style

Owl project using charcoal and pastels.  

Students learned about utilizing the entire paper 

while experimenting with creating texture in their work. 

I love how everyone had their own idea 

about how to show the texture of the owl feathers.

Brilliant!

Nicole age 11

Aliveah age 7

Erin age 12

Lydia age 12

Mary age 9

Carley age 12

Kamryn age 9

Kate age 14

Natalie age 9

Taylor age 9

Some of our students have not had a chance to finish this project.

Stay tooned to see more.

Below are some of our fruit still lifes in pastel.

As always I love this project.  

The students learn about highlights and shadows as they make their fruit appear round. 

Aliveah age 7

 

Erin age 12

Lydia age 12

Nicole age 11

More Masterpieces - Art Explorers Fall 2013

Taylor, age 8

My fall session of Art Explorers is coming to a close.  

Our final project was a Batik.  

A Batik is a cloth that is traditionally made 

using a manual wax-resist dyeing technique. 

We used glue instead of wax and acrylic paint instead of dye.

I think they came out GREAT!

Natalie, age 9

Not everyone is done with their projects.

One more make up class coming up.

Stay tuned. :)