Take Advantage of Every Opportunity
I’ve been part of kids creating art a lot lately. One Saturday I was teaching kids at the Sleepy Hollow Festival in Vevay, IN how to paint a cat in the moonlight and the next Saturday I was teaching kiddos in the Art Academy at the Community Art Center, also in Vevay.
The Cat in the Moonlight was a fun simple painting using drawing and painting skills. Kids visiting the festival had a chance to paint this adorable painting for free. The Vevay Tourism sponsored me and I was set up in the kid zone and any kiddo who walked by was invited to paint. I created a video to show some of the painters. It was a great day.
If you would like to paint the black cat in the moonlight, I created this short video that shows all the steps. It would be a fun project for you and your family. See the class HERE.
The Community Art Center recently held an Art Academy for local 4th and 5th grade students. We took applications from schools all around the art center and 35 children signed up for 5 different art classes.
They were:
- Pottery
- Polymer jewelry
- Wood Turning
- Epoxy Woodworking
- Painting
The students got to spend 4 hours with an artist and learn the whole creative process. We provided all supplies and lunch so the opportunity was completely free for the students. It was an incredible opportunity the 4th and 5th graders. Sadly only half of those signed up showed up for the academy. That was somewhat disappointing, but those that showed up made some great art.
Below is the video I made of the students I had for my painting and drawing class.
If you live in the Vevay, Indiana be aware that this was the maiden voyage for the Art Academy and it will happen again in 2024. No dates have been selected but I’ll let you know on this blog with any future info.
If you would like to take a FREE acrylic painting class click HERE. It’s totally free and you will learn a lot as you learn to paint a fun daisy painting. You’ll learn how to create an abstract background, paint stems and leaves, curly’q’s and of course the daisies themselves. The class comes with a complete supply list.
My mission is to help 1000 beginning artists learn to paint using fundamentals of art, elements of art and step by step painting classes created specifically for beginners regardless of their age.
Thanks for stopping by today and let’s paint together real soon.
Sharon