tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52300266148134182662024-03-05T19:22:35.246-08:00Purple TwigSamara Caugheyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02404909616122692605noreply@blogger.comBlogger133125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5230026614813418266.post-13347110678951114642021-02-10T18:04:00.004-08:002021-05-29T11:11:52.546-07:00A New Year<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji8zK5-z7JhLWtwAq3sYfRQaXZIWajRCzshR7cUkBlcY0s3wYXN4R5eMqfJ-RkoQm6US_GILoqBiZRirAel57Jak_wPOpsfkH_ggT8Ywm98yJoEADXUh-veQd-SV_e5z1MBhnBbPDrZGE/s877/DWFKIDS-cover.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="877" data-original-width="750" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji8zK5-z7JhLWtwAq3sYfRQaXZIWajRCzshR7cUkBlcY0s3wYXN4R5eMqfJ-RkoQm6US_GILoqBiZRirAel57Jak_wPOpsfkH_ggT8Ywm98yJoEADXUh-veQd-SV_e5z1MBhnBbPDrZGE/w343-h400/DWFKIDS-cover.png" width="343" /></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Order <a href="https://www.powells.com/book/drawing-workshop-for-kids-9781631599439" target="_blank">online </a></div></div>It has been over a year since I have written a post and to be honest I don't know if anyone reads blogs much anymore. I hope so. I feel like a year ago I stepped away from quite a few things due to trying to save my small art studio from utter collapse. So many things have happened in the past year but also it seems as if time has stood still. Isolation can make each day feel much like the last. Events are happening out in the world but we are still here doing school virtually and trying to keep our minds together. We move forward at our same pace but feel as if everything has slowed way down. I look up and my kids are a year older. <p></p><p>All that said, I feel like this isolation has made me really consider what is important to me and my business, being more thoughtful about my teaching and living philosophy. I have simplified my life in meaningful ways, stripping away the superfluous focusing on what I really want. One of the things I have wanted for many years was to write a book. I love a book as both an object and a carrier of ideas whether they be narrative fictional ideas, a memoir, an art monograph a cook book or a book of project ideas, I love thumbing through the pages, not afraid to earmark certain passages I want to remember. Well about 2 years ago an idea was hatched of creating a book of drawing projects. A book proposal was created and with the help and support of Barbara Rucci of <a href="http://www.artbarblog.com" target="_blank">Artbar</a>, an introduction was made to an editor at Quarto Books, quite a few conversations were had and finally a contract was signed. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvEgTL8iq3fsi96JGXtQeQwvIcDnXBDrCklYt2I8rWIykSnFGAK_ZWsvhu59bzvefa35033UDtb6OfwNFdyCPyBDoT4x53lIIOD_xVLIFFunxpXkLdycNyOG_2Yb-OSX5FGjjLFkvGQJY/s648/Image+1-31-21+at+5.03+PM.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="648" data-original-width="546" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvEgTL8iq3fsi96JGXtQeQwvIcDnXBDrCklYt2I8rWIykSnFGAK_ZWsvhu59bzvefa35033UDtb6OfwNFdyCPyBDoT4x53lIIOD_xVLIFFunxpXkLdycNyOG_2Yb-OSX5FGjjLFkvGQJY/w336-h400/Image+1-31-21+at+5.03+PM.jpg" width="336" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>I was very excited to begin a new adventure as an author of art projects for children. Last January I put together a group of curious and willing students to create the drawing projects while I photograph them as they worked. My BFA in photography was coming in handy.<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFqVI3GX0PkpGVPq1zO8h7dKEzxehkJhfB7AMG8JPiLI-nWGNkj9nX0WGWH9lnXKQhvjVesnFeqEUlzlR6FT2KL_LUcbwCQeVWsJZB6UxGOO8h03C_TptUZGWQ8liV9pI2Q6tsX780jIA/s2048/IMG_5298.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1365" data-original-width="2048" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFqVI3GX0PkpGVPq1zO8h7dKEzxehkJhfB7AMG8JPiLI-nWGNkj9nX0WGWH9lnXKQhvjVesnFeqEUlzlR6FT2KL_LUcbwCQeVWsJZB6UxGOO8h03C_TptUZGWQ8liV9pI2Q6tsX780jIA/w640-h426/IMG_5298.jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br />I was in heaven. Creating curriculum is one of the most rewarding parts of owning an art studio for me and sharing these ideas is an important way for me to be part of a community. <p></p><p>When we had to close our doors in March I had to reconsider how to finish the book. Luckily my two kids were up for the challenge. Each week I would set out a drawing provocations for them and they would work on the project while I photographed them. It became a lovely way to spend our time together while in quarantine. 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A girl can still dream. </p></div>Samara Caugheyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02404909616122692605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5230026614813418266.post-25214645222357792632019-11-18T21:41:00.000-08:002019-11-19T21:42:10.365-08:00Deep Dark Woods Accordion Book<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Quite a few people have asked me about creating this accordion book with kids so I looked through my images and found quite a few of for this drawing project so I here it goes This accordion book focuses on creating depth in a painting using just a few materials.<br />
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cardboard-6 1/2 inches X 6 1/2 inches<br />
watercolor paper- 6 1/2 inches X 24 inches<br />
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I do pre-fold the watercolor paper for the kids before giving them to the kids and prepare the ink ahead of time but diluting some sumi ink 1 part ink to 4 parts water. The long piece of paper does lend itself to telling a story. We offer the children the idea of a forest as the scene for their narratives. . We talk about You could set it in a city or underwater or the desert. I like to read the kids a story before hand to offer a little inspiration, linking ideas and language with their drawings. I read them the "The Deep Dark Woods". <br />
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The kids started with the watered down ink and we talked about all the different shapes of trees. Once that layer dries, I give them the full strength sumi ink. I ask them to add a few trees using the black ink or maybe add some details on the lighter trees. <br />
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Does it look like the darker trees are closer than the light trees or farther way?<br />
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The scene is all set for their stories. I give them oil pastels to draw the characters in the forest and add details to their trees if they like. The variety of stories and events happening in these forests was so delightful.<br />
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I don't have images of their covers but we glued the cardboard to each end of the paper, decorated the covers using tape and stickers and colorful paper. We then added a paper handle on each side so that the book could be opened and closed like an accordion.<br />
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<br />Samara Caugheyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02404909616122692605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5230026614813418266.post-90336881805329340192019-09-27T16:15:00.000-07:002019-10-08T16:16:29.695-07:00Cloud Cities<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This project is such an incredible combination of both observation and imaginative drawing. We also combine materials, using semi ink and pencil. The kids learn how to begin with the big forms working on the whole drawing then moving on to adding the details that give the drawing a new layer of meaning.<br />
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<b>Sumi ink</b><br />
<b>pencil</b><br />
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<b>cloud images</b><br />
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We start with cloud images to look at. We talk about shadows and where the sun is in the picture. We observe the light part of the clouds and the darker part of the clouds.<br />
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I give the students a diluted solution of the semi ink and a brush. Sumi ink is so dark that this dilution can be 1 part ink and 10 parts water, but please test it for yourself. You are looking for a light gray.<br />
I ask them to paint at least 4 clouds on the page. They can be big ones or little ones or a combination of both. They can also add more if they want but at least 4 to make the city work.<br />
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When finished I give them a darker diluted solution of sumi ink, creating a dark grey. It's best if the lighter ink is still wet on the page, that way the two shades of ink will merge with each other. I then invite them to really look at the clouds in the picture and to observe the dark areas of each cloud.<br />
I pose questions like 'Where is the sun shining?" "Where is the cloud darker?"<br />
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We then let these dry before we start in with the pencil.<br />
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When discussing adding the cities to the clouds I ask some questions in order to spark conversation "How will people get from one cloud to the other?" or "what kinds of structures will people live in?" or " Where will people get their food?"<br />
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Conversation and drawing is such a wonderful combination. We learn so much about each student and they learn about each other. Each drawing is so unique depending on the kids interests.<br />
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Look at this little ball of cuteness. It's just a head, no legs or arms. It bounces and rolls from place to place. We use socks when introducing sewing to the children at our studio. It's such a good way for kids to create something for themselves while learning simple stitches. Some kids don't quite get the hang of stitching right away, but it just adds to the personality of these little softies.<br />
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<b>Materials:</b><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">socks</span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">plastic needles or metal needles with big eyes</span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">yarn</span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">buttons</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">felt- we make our wool felt by getting wool sweaters from thrift stores and wash them. Then cut the up. I cut out round and triangular pieces for them to sew on. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">With our older kids 7-9, I invite them to thread the needle. I asked them to tie one end of the yarn to the needle and make a knot at the other end. With the younger students ages 5 and 6, I have the needle threaded for them and ready to go. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-size: small;">We offer the kids a variety of socks to choose from. They also choose their felt pieces and buttons for the finishing touches. They stuff them and sew up the bottom using the running stitch or overcast stitch. </span></span><br />
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Our younger students (ages 5 and 6) glue on their fabrics and ribbon and buttons. They are usually exhausted from working through the frustration of sewing for the first time. Gluing on decorations certainly can revived them. <br />
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The variety of soft creatures continuously amazes me. They each begin with a sock, which is basically the same shape and every creation is unique. </div>
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When doing research for the curriculum for our Summer Camps, I spent a lot of time reading Jean Van't Hul's book, The ARTful Parent, simple ways to fill your family's life with art and creativity. She just published a revised version of this fantastic book. The first version has been in my library since it came out in 2013. It has been a staple for both curriculum in the studio and for projects at home with my family. The new version has wonderful updated ideas for creating thoughtful, process oriented projects with your kids, or in my case for my students. It talks about how to set up simple invitations for you child, how to start a play group and lots of recipes to make materials for your kids. It is full of inspiration.<br />
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You know how sometimes you look through a book and you see a project that you have known about for years, but something about the way it's presented, it's like a brand new project. This happened to me when looking through the Artful Parent, I came across a recipe for making your own finger paint. Finger painting is mainly thought of an activity for under the age of 4, but what if we presented it to our campers age 5-10? I did! And they loved it.<br />
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RECIPE FOR FINGER PAINT: From the ARTFUL PARENT</div>
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1 cup cornstarch</div>
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1. Place water in a medium saucepan. Bring to a boil. </div>
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2. Whisk in cornstarch until the mixture thickens.</div>
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3. Remove from heat and let cool.</div>
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4. Divide mixture into individual bowls and add a few drops of desired food coloring.</div>
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5. Store paint in airtight containers</div>
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An alternative mixture recipe:</div>
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Jean also writes about alternative recipes and projects to do with the paint. </div>
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We made ours by adding liquid cornstarch to tempera paint, so that it would have that slick sensory feeling. </div>
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We used some tools with our younger students ages 2-4, bubble wrap on rolling pins, foam brushes for those children who didn't like the feel of the paint. We also offered chopsticks for drawing and corks for drawing and printing. </div>
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I offered finger painting for our campers ages 5-10 and they were so excited. We lay a big sheet of paper onto the table, covering the entire thing. Knowing that the kids would be interested in mixing all the colors together, working together, we gave them yellow, green and blue paints. They used big movements and facial expressions and laughter to move the paint around the table. Our hands are such important tools. Learning to use them and becoming confident in using them is essential. </div>
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Finger painting is not just for little ones. Please do try this with older children. They need sensory play too.<br />
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This a a project I did with our afternoon hand building ceramic class for age 6-8. Both the kids and I had so much fun making these little garden bowls full of vegetables that I just have to share it with you. I went a bit nuts photographing the project. I just could not get enough of the sculpted vegetables. We used low fire white clay and low fire glazes for this one.<br />
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I lay the vegetables out onto a tray for the kids to choose from. They each chose what they would like sculpt. Worked on that vegetable, by looking and feeling as the radish or carrot revealed itself from the clay. </div>
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Each child had their own way of seeing and their own way of working. Here are the examples of the variety of vegetables that were made.<br />
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Once the students felt they were finished with the veggies, we made some pinch pots to put our inedible morsels into. Then one student had the idea to make a snail eating the veggies and like most good ideas, that idea spread through out the classroom and snails were crawling all over the bowls.<br />
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Once dried, I did a bisque firing. The kids used a variety of bright low-fire glazes for the veggies and bowls and I did a glaze fire. I was giddy waiting for the kiln to cool once fired. As usual opening the kiln was like opening a long awaited present. And I was not disappointed.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I can't believe it has been over 2 months since my last post. I have so many projects to write about for the blog but, to be honest, running the studio has been keeping me from doing so. We have been getting ready for summer at the Purple Twig, hiring new people, which I am very excited about, writing curriculum, answering a lot of emails about our programing and gathering materials as well as teaching our scheduled classes and workshops. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">That said, I really wanted to update my post on bubble-wrap printing. I first posted this project about 3 years ago. Since then we have used bubble wrap for many different projects and with many ages, </span>from age 2- 9. We have added bubble wrap to collographs to make textural prints. We have printed bubble wrap on cardboard to add pattern to build sculptures. But we come back to this project again and again. </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">3. small squeeze bottles ( I put the paint in the squeeze bottles or get the IKEA ones)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">I tape down the </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">different</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> sizes of bubble wrap onto the table, covering the entire surface. Just squeezing the paint onto the table covered with bubble wrap is a joy for the children. The texture of the bubble wrap alone is an enjoyable sensory experience, running their hands on it, popping the little bubbles.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">First I give them red or pink tempera paint to roll </span></span><span style="caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">around. We then make a print from the pink by laying a piece of paper gently onto the now pink bubble wrap. I then give them yellow paint to squeeze onto the pink to mix into orange. We then make a print on the same sheet of paper. We all then move over to a clean patch of big bubble wrap and I give them blue to squeeze onto the table. Make a print and then yellow again to make green. And then print again to make layered prints</span></div>
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I just love a Valentine, a little token of love and friendship to say "Hi I'm thinking of you" or "Hey, I like you". I can't resist the sweetness of a little red or pink heart. These are the Valentines my son made this year. I think they are hilarious. They just have so mush personality.<br />
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<b>- a chocolate kiss</b><br />
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Cut out hearts from the red card stock 2 inches high. This size worked well with the size of our clothes pin. Draw the eyes on the heart. We found it easier to do this first. It made cutting the mouth in the right place easier. Cut the bottom part of the heart in a zig zag manner to create a mouth. Glue the top half of the heart to the top of the clothes pin and the bottom half the heart to the bottom of the clothes pin.<br />
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When glue dries, add the tale of the kiss into the mouth of the heart. </div>
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This is a wonderful project for ages 2 up to adult, a project you will enjoy doing alongside your children or just do by yourself while sipping a cup of tea ( or stronger if you like). It's a process oriented, sensory based project with a beautiful result. These marbleized paper can hang by themselves or can then be used for Valentines, or wrapping paper or as a background for printmaking or stamping or black ink. </div>
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<b>- A tray or oil cloth to cover your table</b></div>
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<b>- shaving cream</b></div>
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<b>- either food coloring or liquid watercolor of color of your choice</b></div>
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<b>- pipettes</b></div>
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Spread the shaving cream onto the tray or on the table. With our littlest students, age 5 and under we let the kids just explore the shaving cream first, feeling it and squishing it and scooping it. When they are finished, we then help them to spread the shaving cream evenly on the tray, like spreading frosting. </div>
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<span style="text-align: center;">There are so many sparkly symbols that enhance the celebration of winter. My favorite is the snowflake, paper snowflakes, painted snowflakes, stamped snowflakes, glittered snowflakes. We do a lot of cutting of paper snowflakes a the studio. It's a fantastic way to practices those fine motor skills while making beautiful little designs. </span></div>
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During our first week of Winter Camp we combined two mediums to create layered snowflake prints. The first layer was a watercolor resist. </div>
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These are really fun. We use white oil pastels to draw snowflakes on water color paper, invisible drawings that will appear only when the blue watercolor is brushed over the paper.<br />
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While the water color paintings were drying we started making our printing plates by cutting out little pieces of foam into shapes and glued them onto a round cardboard. The kids came up with so many different designs for their snowflakes, no two alike.<br />
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Once everything was dry it was time to merge all the snowflakes together. We offered both gold and silver ink onto pieces of plexi-glass for the printing of the snowflakes. Using brayers, the kids rolled the ink from the inked plates onto their foam plates, then pressed them onto the watercolor painting much like a stamp.<br />
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One, two or three snowflakes printed onto the paintings. Some kids are happy with just one but some love the sound of the brayer on the ink plate and print over and over again.<br />
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It's no secret that kids love to mix their own colors. This project combines the mixing of warm colors with drawing from life. I hope you enjoy reading it.<br />
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<br />Samara Caugheyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02404909616122692605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5230026614813418266.post-41862266169380985412018-11-28T08:48:00.000-08:002018-12-30T08:49:03.083-08:00Monochrome PaintingsI have been neglecting my blog over the past few months. I do love sharing ideas for art projects with kids and will try and be a bit more attentive to writing a few a month going forward. In the mean time I have been writing posts for some of the talented and lovely women of the online art community.<br />
Go on over to <a href="https://artfulparent.com/monochrome-art/" target="_blank">artfulparent.com </a> where I have put together a post on creating these monochrome collage paintings with toddlers. This early childhood project is a fantastic way to begin color theory with little ones.<br />
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We celebrate Halloween happily the whole month of October. I do so enjoy the orange and black color combination as well as a good plastic skeleton. We make these colorful, layered, sparkly pumpkins in our Toddler Class for ages 2 and 3 but you could do this project with older kids and with larger sized pumpkins if you like. This is a great project to do with a group or just you and your child together.<br />
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<b>pumpkins</b><br />
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<b>tempera paint-</b>colors of your choice<br />
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<b>glitter - </b>colors of your choice<br />
<b>chop sticks</b><br />
<b>a square of cardboard or newspaper down below the pumpkin</b><br />
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I set up each pumpkin on a small piece of cardboard. You could use a scrap piece of paper or if you are doing this with a larger group, you might want to cover the tables with butcher paper or news paper.<br />
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I give each child a bowl of oil pastels. Drawing on a 3 dimensional surface is a different experience the drawing on a flat piece of paper. We talk about each color they choose to use and about the types of marks they make using the oil pastel. This will be the first layer on the pumpkin.<br />
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When finished exploring the oil pastels I offer them paint. They choose a color of paint but instead of a paint brush, I offer them a chop stick. They can drip it on, splatter it on or rub it with the chop stick. This allows for smaller mark making and splattering.<br />
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And some like to pour the paint on.<br />
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Once they have chosen all their colors to use and are finished exploring the paint, I give them some white glue to paint onto their pumpkin stem. It's the time for glitter, pinching of glitter or pouring of glitter.<br />
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Looking at these little sparkly gems puts a smile on my face. My son made one and it sits as a center piece on my dining room table. I feel quite lucky.<br />
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Aaaahhhhh Autumn. Dreaming of a reprieve from the dry summers here in Los Angeles. One of the many things I love about our ongoing classes is that our projects constantly revolve reflecting and celebrating the season. Leaf printing over tissue paper watercolor is a project I have been doing since I opened the studio 8 years ago. We now do this printed leaf project with ages 2 to 10 <br />
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The tissue paper painting never ceases to delight all those ages. Discovering a new way to paint, mixing colors and not feeling the pressure to paint something representational can be so rewarding. <br />
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-Watercolor paper- the size you like<br />
- Bleeding tissue paper- torn into shapes about 5”X 5”<br />
- Cup of water<br />
- Leaves- we gather these from the ground on a walk<br />
- Water based printing ink- which is a bit thicker than paint but paint will do as well.<br />
- A Brayer or small paint roller from the hardware store<br />
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- A plastic placemat or piece of plexiglass<br />
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We make this project in 2 steps. We do the tissue paper painting in one session of class and the leaf gathering and printing in another session of class. <br />
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For the tissue paper painting-<br />
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I have the kids paint water onto their watercolor paper. I spread the torn tissue paper around the table so the children can choose their colors. Place a piece of tissue paper on the painting. Paint it with water. When soaked, peal the tissue paper away and discard in a bowl so it doesn't get all the other tissue paper wet. Repeat as desired.<br />
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When painting is dry we set out into the neighborhood with baskets to look for leaves. Leaves that are still fresh and not dried work best for the printing. We try and find different shapes of leaves.<br />
Back in the studio I put black ink onto a piece of plexiglass and gold ink on another. You can use other colors of course but I find that the dark colors sit nicely on the bright paintings.<br />
Using your brayer or paint roller, spread the ink around the plexi and then onto the leaf. Using the brayer is much more successful than just pressing the leaf like a stamp.<br />
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Moving to the printing, place leaf with the ink side down and use a clean brayer or a rolling pin to press leaf down. You can use your hand to press but the brayer does work best. Learning to use new tools is always exciting and helps children to feel independent and self-sufficient.<br />
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Repeat until desired.<br />
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It's quiet in the studio this week. We just spent 11 lively, festive, sometimes rambunctious but always- full- of -making weeks of summer camp with the studio brimming with curious creative kids. With all the bustling of summer camp, it's been a while since I have posted a project. This one is so good for all ages. We have done it with age 2 and done this project with teens and all in between. I will say that the glue is not as easy to get off as everyone says. We had to use palette knives to scrape and pull off the glue before washing the fabrics. It was hard work but lead for great conversation while working and the results are worth it. As many of you may know, I don't shy away from difficult projects. I really enjoy the challenge and also enjoy challenging my students. </div>
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<b>white fabric</b>- we used cotton muslin bought from a fabric store but you could also use an old sheet or poplin</div>
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<b>small bottles of glue- </b>we have used both the gel and the washable white glue.</div>
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<b>acrylic paint</b>- desired colors watered down to the consistency of watercolor paint.</div>
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<b>ribbon or thin fabric</b>- for the tabs at the top to hang from branch</div>
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Sometimes when doing this project we have the kids draw their idea on the fabric then following those lines with glue and sometimes we just give them the glue and let them draw with it. If you just give them the glue and let them go, many times it the kids start out slowly drawing but then they get the hang of it and just start splattering it around resulting in an abstract splatter affect.<br />
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When the glue is dry we start to paint. We first give them spray bottles. By wetting the fabric first it allows the paint to be absorbed into the fabric a bit easier, than just sitting on the surface. The kids love using the spray bottles through out the painting of the fabric. It helps the paint to spread out. </div>
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If the glue design is simple, the glue is somewhat easy to peel but these artists designs were pretty intricate. The peeling process was a bit arduous so we resorted to using plastic palette knives. I do enjoy any opportunity to use tools. We also had to wet the fabric a bit again to soften the glue enough to scrape. This project was one problem solving opportunity after another. I would love to hear about your experience with this project if you have tried it before.<br />
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It's been a while since I wrote a post. I have been quite busy at both the studio and at home and have sadly have neglected the blog. <br />
I did so want to share this project that we did at camp last week. Look at these sweet sun prints on fabric. These cyanotypes are a combination of art and science and can be so fun to do with kids as young as 3. In order to make fabric light sensitive you need to paint it with a Solar Fast liquid. It does come in a few colors, blue, red and orange I think. We used blue.<br />
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1. An embroidery hoop- You can use any size. These would be so beautiful using a large hoop. </div>
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2. White fabric larger than the hoop</div>
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3. Light sensitive liquid</div>
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4. Natural materials. </div>
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5. A tray or plate to put your hoop and fabric on. </div>
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We give the students baskets and a pair of scissors and head out into the neighborhood to collect our natural materials. We encourage the children to look for different shapes of leaves and long grasses to make designs. We then head back to the studio and pour the leaves onto the table to look at them and decide what kind of design to make on the fabric. <br />
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Prepare your wash bath by following instructions on the bottle. You will need to wash your fabric after it has developed. It both washes away the chemicals and makes your fabric light safe.<br />
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Place the fabric onto your tray or plate. The amazing thing about this liquid is that it's only sunlight sensitive so you (or your child) can paint the liquid onto the fabric under tungsten or florescent light. Then place the hoop onto the fabric and use the leaves and grasses to create a design of your choice. Many of our students made faces using the materials and many created patterns.<br />
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Once the pattern is chosen and placed onto the fabric, carry the tray out into the sun and count to 30. You can see the fabric turn blue before your eyes. There are a lot of OOOOOOOs and AAAHHHS from the kids at this point. Once developed, walk the tray back inside and place in your prepared bath. The fabric just needs to be in the wash for a few minutes and then rinsed under warm water.<br />
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I then ironed the pieces of fabrics and we placed them into the embroidery hoops. I trimmed off the extra but you could also hot glue the excess fabric to the back edge of the hoop.<br />
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These would make fantastic gifts and are really fun to make.<br />
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We like to foster ideas of exploration of materials and also teach techniques and how to use tools. This balance of instruction and free expression and experimentation helps children to find confidence in their own ideas and feel proud of learning how to use a tool or a new technique.<br />
This printmaking project is a lovely combination of the two. We start with an exploration of color and when dry we add another layer of printing using printing plates they make themselves. For this one we talked about villages, towns and communities while creating our printing plates.<br />
Printing isn't easy for everyone. The ideas of repetition and of the image being backwards can confuse some students. We offered this project to ages 6 and 7.<br />
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<b>SUPPLIES</b><br />
<b>-Square Coffee filters</b><br />
<b>-Markers</b><br />
<b>-Pipette</b><br />
<b>-Water</b><br />
<b>-Cardboard</b><br />
<b>-Styrofoam</b><br />
<b>-Black in or paint</b><br />
<b>-Plexi-glass or plastic place mat</b><br />
<b>-Brayer or small foam paint roller</b><br />
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I use these square coffee filters to start. Have you seen these. They are incredibly absorbent and take the color of marker well.<br />
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The kids can make any kind of design or drawing they like, patterns, or abstract mark making or representational. Using a pipette the children drip, drip water slowly onto their drawing and watch the colors change, spread and merge together.<br />
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And now for the printmaking part. I love having kids make their own printing plates. We have made printing plates using a few different techniques and materials but for this one we give the kids small pieces of foam. You could use styrofoam from vegetable or meat packaging.<br />
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The kids cut the shape of the house or castle or tower or factory or cabin, using a pencil to add the details of windows and doors and the oh so essential decoration. We then glued those styrofoam pieces to cardboard.<br />
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I use a plexiglass plate to spread out the ink but you could also use a plastic place mat. I use a water colorable black printing ink. You could use regular paint but it's a little thin and thus the print will be a bit muddled.<br />
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A brayer is the best way to get the ink from the plexi- glass to the printing plate. We encourage student slo learn to use tools properly. You can also use one of those foam paint rollers. For many children, the rolling of the ink can be the best part.<br />
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Then using the brayer to do the stamping onto the painting makes a nice clear print.<br />
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I absolutely swoon over the black inked prints contrasted with the bright colors.<br />
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In the Spring when it begins to get quite warm here in Southern California, the wild irises bloom and the air smells of the orange blossoms. This can be celebration enough but we also like to commemorate the coming of the Spring with these hanging wishing flowers. When hanging these sweet frozen trimmings in a tree the kids each make a wish. If they catch the flower when the ice melts then their wish comes true.<br />
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We enjoy every step of the process from the picking of flowers to attempting to catch the flowers when finally freed from the ice.<br />
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<b>2. flowers</b><br />
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<b>4. string</b><br />
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I like the large flowers and put one in each cup but many of the children love to fill the cups to the brim with flowers before pouring in the water.<br />
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When adding the string, it helps to place it in a circle around the tin before hanging off most of it.<br />
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Place in the freezer.<br />
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Once frozen run the backs of the tin under warm water to release the frozen flowers. And hang them in a tree or somewhere on a deck or play structure making sure the child can reach them.<br />
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I am fortunate enough to have many generous families that frequent the studio. These loverly fabric doilies were donated to us and have been sitting and waiting for the right project. As I was experimenting with paper mâché projects using fabric, I came across fabric stiffener. What a lovely marriage, fabric doilies and fabric stiffener. I made Easter bowls, which are so perfect for those delicate eggs from the small local farms as well as for the vibrantly colored ones.<br />
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This simple project is so lovely, changing a 2 dimensional tabledecoration into a beautiful 3 dimensional functional object to celebrate Spring.<br />
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1. fabric doilies<br />
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4. plastic wrap or plastic bag<br />
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Pour some of the fabric stiffener into a bowl, just enough to cover the doily. Let the doily soak up the stiffener. </div>
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Turn the other bowl over. This will be your mold for shaping the doily. Place the plastic on that second bowl. I learned the hard way that the doily will stick to the bowl, so the plastic is important. Place the doily over the plastic, making sure it is centered on the bowl.<br />
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Let dry. It dries in a few hours and you. Pull bowl out the doily, then peel off the plastic. That's it.<br />
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This year we dyed some eggs using natural dyes, blue berries, beets, red cabbage, and beets. You can find recipes for these all over the internet. I couldn't resist and put one of the doilies into the blueberry dye, letting it dry before placing it into the fabric stiffener. It came out the most lovely shade of purple.<br />
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I fell for these charming fabric bowls. They are so pleasing and satisfying to make. I made quite a few of them and take delight in seeing them in each room. </div>
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We offer clay for sculpting, wood for building, brayers for rolling, pipettes for squeezing. The list goes on and on. Parents and children work together, talking about the color and shape of materials given and the possibilities of the materials.<br />
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As the children come into the studio we have an invitation set out for them to explore before our story and larger art project. These invitation materials are ones that are readily available and focus on practicing prewriting mark making or their fine motor skills. Parents sometimes email me with questions about what materials can be offered to this young age, so I thought I'd share with you all a few great projects you can do with kids age 2 and 3.<br />
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This is a great introduction to using scissors. Having them peel those little colorful tapes is great fine motor skill practice and the snipping of the tape is so rewarding. They can make recalling long strips or little tiny strips. After they peel the tape, I recommend the adult to hold the tape between two hands for the child to cut.<br />
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Your little artist can place the tape on the paper wherever they like, using them as stickers or use them as a line in a drawing, making letters or a simple shape. </div>
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I save all those extra bit of paper left over from other paper projects. I spread them out on the table and have a pair of scissors waiting for each child. This project offers a great opportunity to talk about shape and color with your child as well as help them with fine motor skills. Some children use two hands when using the scissors at first and some go right to using one hand. Even if they don't use them correctly, its great to introduce them to this common tool.<br />
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After they explore the scissors for a bit, I give them a glue stick and a piece of paper to glue start choosing shapes and colors to glue down.<br />
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A cupcake tin is a perfect container to offer beads and cut straws and buttons along with pipe cleaners. The pipe cleaner is so much easier than string and it can be manipulated itself.<br />
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Sometimes also offer small pieces of foam that I punch holes into as well. This project allows for discussions of color and size and shape of each of the materials as they choose what to string onto the pipe cleaner.<br />
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Samara Caugheyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02404909616122692605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5230026614813418266.post-29036580088277404342018-01-12T17:09:00.000-08:002018-01-16T11:10:41.306-08:00Displaying ArtworksHappy New Year to All!! May this year be full of joy and creativity for you all.<br />
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One question that I get asked a lot from parents in the studio is how to display their children's artwork. I thought it would be nice to share some ideas of how to show off art your children made. I have two children of my own thus have pondered the same question myself. They both have been creating artworks since they were about 18 months old. My daughter is now 12 and my son is 9, so I have years of beautiful works both on paper and sculptural ones. Many of the works on our studio wall were made by my children over the years.<br />
Our salon wall is made up of frames I find in a thrift store. I remove the glass and hang both the frame and the artwork directly onto the wall. <a href="http://purpletwig.blogspot.com/2017/03/our-art-wall.html" target="_blank">Here</a> is a post on how to easily hang them. This wall is great because it grows and changes as new artworks get made. I also like how some of the artworks spill out beyond the frame.<br />
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I am lucky enough to have an entire studio space dedicated to displaying my children's artwork but we still have plenty works in our own home. <br />
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Shelves are a great place for small artworks. Through out our home we have our children's artworks dispersed amongst our art collection. Books and small sculptures is one of my favorite combinations. <br />
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My daughter loves cats and has made them the subject of many artworks. They sit nicely near a milk carton boat made by my son.<br />
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This is a drawing made by my daughter when she was 4 years old. We got an affordable frame from the art store. A good place for frames is Blick Art, Michaels or IKEA. They come in standard sizes of 8 X10 , 11 X14, 16 X 20 and sometimes 9 X 12. This one is hung in our small foyer next to our coat and hat rack.<br />
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I do so like the salon wall. On this wall in our dinning room we have hung our children's artworks among our Raymond Pettibon, Philip Pearlstein and Lecia Dole-Recio. The "G" print was made by our son at age 6. He also made the papier-mâché raccoon head at the top, left. I like adding some sculptural pieces to a salon style wall.<br />
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These two little ceramic animals, an owl and a squirrel, were made by my daughter when she was 7. I have them proudly displayed in our hall on a book shelf. The sit atop furniture legs that I found at a thrift store. I think you can also get these at home depot. You would just need to paint them first.<br />
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I also have plastic bins in our storage area filled with artworks. I love to see how their creativity has grown and shifted over the years, so every once in a while I spent some time going through the plastic bin gushing over artworks they have made over the years. It also allows for a rotation of the favorites that we have out. Clipboards are a great way to display those favorite drawings. Sadly one can't really have them professionally framed because the marker is not archival, thus over time the drawing will fade.<br />
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Shelves are another great way to enjoy those drawings, again these are cheap frames that sit upon a frame shelf. I also like the shelf because we can display those small artworks they have made, cork puppets, hoop paintings, and string art. On the table sits the ceramic coil pot my son made with some dried eucalyptus leaves in it.<br />
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In the studio we use a wire a lot to hang artworks to dry but also for display. One could also use this in their house to display all kinds of flat artworks from prints to drawings to paintings. This wire was originally meant to hang a curtain but I found this purpose more useful for us.<br />
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Some of our families that have been coming studio the studio for years sent me how they live with the art their children make as well.<br />
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This family, the Green family have been taking ceramic classes at Purple Twig for a few years. Here are some of the ways they enjoy those handmade ceramics.<br />
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A hand-built coil pot amongst the cookbooks in the kitchen</div>
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Some whimsical terra-cotta slab pieces from masks to mixed media works. Look at that one on the bottom left with some bright pink twine woven in. <br />
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A ceramic snail sits on some vintage cook books. Again what a great combination.</div>
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In the Wolan house they have framed all the colorful paintings their girls made and hung </div>
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The Porter family joined us for our parent/child toddler class a few years back. They have displayed this leaf print by framing it and hanging it alone.</div>
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In their entryway, greeting you as you come in are these two wooden sculptures, sitting below some treasures from Mexico. </div>
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Our family has made a lot of ornaments over the years. Our tree is now filled with ones from Christmas past. We have ornaments made form pinecones, ones made from wood and ones made from tin. This year we went with what was growing on our trees in the yard. Winter is the season for citrus. Our trees are full of oranges, lemons and grapefruit. I am not sure of the history of the dried citrus to decorate the holiday tree. If anyone knows please reach out and let me know. The different fruits dry up in different colors. The lemons turn dark almost blood red, while the oranges are a deep orange. The ruby grapefruit become a deep pink.<br />
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When drying the different fruits, I cooked them separately because they dried at different speeds. This one is with a white grapefruit. I sliced the grapefruit as thin as I could and placed them onto a baking sheet.<br />
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My oven's temperature does not set lower than 250 Fahrenheit and this works better with an oven heated to 200 degrees. I put them in the warm oven for 45 minutes at 250 then turning them over and turning off the oven, leaving the citrus in for another 45 minutes until they are dried. Just keep checking on them.<br />
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As you can see a few are over cooked and some are perfect on the same sheet. Oh well. </div>
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When cooled, I punctured holes near the top and used fishing twine to hang them up, but you can use ribbon or string, depending on the look your are going for.<br />
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This one is the ruby grapefruit. </div>
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I've hung them on the tree and hung them on on our wreaths. I love the combination of the deep green from the tree and the orange from the fruit. You could also create a garland and use them to decorate the presents along with a little tag.<br />
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We started with wood scrap blocks. You can find scraps at lumber yards and probably online somewhere. I have a chop saw so I cut up scraps in shapes I like or need for the kids. I gave each child a rectangle and a triangle, but you don't need to be this literal. A house can be shaped in many ways. I also gave each child some glue and a brush to spread it on.<br />
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While the glue is drying on the wood we start to browse through magazines. For this project I tried to find animal or nature magazines to cut out. This girl wanted a bat house so she cut out a few images of bats to use.<br />
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Then came the web part. I offered many different colors of yarn both bright and dark for them to wrap around the nails to make a spider web. We did talk about who spider webs are all kinds of shapes, big, round and intricate or small and huddled into a corner.<br />
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Each child had their own idea of what kind of house, bat or dog or forest or garden type and took delight in the choices they were allowed to make as to hammering and which color of yarn.Samara Caugheyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02404909616122692605noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5230026614813418266.post-84790129347888254912017-09-25T14:08:00.000-07:002017-09-28T14:09:08.226-07:00A Fall CelebrationFall is my favorite season. After the long, dry and hot summer of Southern California, the fall is crisp and full of color. It's a quiet time for reflection after the bustling summer season in the studio where we have 18 spirited children creating and talking for full days. Fall is a time to exhale. Before that though my teachers and I thought it would be fun to have a celebration telling a story of the seasons.<br />
We thought telling the story of Persephone and her mother, Demeter would be a wonderful way to celebrate the coming of fall and to show appreciation to our supportive families. If you do not know this Ancient Greek myth, please look it up. It's such great story of mother and daughter.<br />
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I take great pleasure in shadow puppets. The mysteriousness of the dark shadows allows for some great story telling and traditionally shadow plays are of folklore and myths. I also like how they are also slow with information. The lack of detail on the puppets allows the viewer to use their imagination to fill in the details. </div>
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My own children, who are now eight and twelve, helped in making the puppets and performing the telling of Persephone's tale. My daughter created the upper world and my son created the underworld. Although the spider webs were my daughter's idea and add so much to the scenery. My children drew the sets individually on large pieces of card board and I cut them out. I the taped the upper world and underworld together. </div>
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The kids waited anxiously but patiently for the show to start while the translucent scrim displayed the set stage for our story. </div>
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Here is an image of Demeter and her reunification with her daughter, Persephone while Hade's empty throne sits below in the underworld. </div>
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After the puppet show and some refreshment that included pomegranates from our tree, we offered a workshop for the kids to make their own shadow puppets. It's not so easy for kids to just create s a silhouette and not add detail of facial features and clothes. </div>
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And parents loved getting involved. I think the parents enjoyed it as much if not more than their children, which is one of the reasons why we do family workshops. Parents so enjoy the creative outlet but sometimes need the excuse of their children to be creative.<br />
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We had all kinds of puppets join the theatre and play in the shadows, alligators, turtles, super heros, cats and snakes. Happy Fall to everyone. </div>
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Our goal is to foster children's curiosity by discovering materials in a unique way. We sometimes combine those materials with themes so that not only are they exploring the art methods, but also using their imagination to do so. Like with most of the projects, I do this one is layered with many steps to move through, exploring each material as they do.<br />
Most children have used glue to bind two materials together and most children are familiar with salt for eating and most children have painted using liquid watercolor, but this project puts all three together with the idea of a labyrinth.<br />
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I read the story of the Minotaur and the Labyrinth from Greek Mythology to the children. This gets the thoughts flowing about the idea of labyrinths.</div>
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With the young kids, ages 5-6, we gave them glue to squeeze onto the paper while discussing with their peers about making a maze and how it might work. They might not look like labyrinths but the ideas are there. With the older kids, ages 7-10, I gave them pencils to draw out their labyrinth. Each took their time to draw and share ideas about the trap doors and dead ends. When finished I gave them glue bottles to draw with. </div>
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After they felt satisfied with the glue drawings, I gave each child a cup of salt and asked them to sprinkle it all over the glue so that the glue sparkled.<br />
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The last step in this process is to add the watercolor using a pipette. We really stressed how to be careful and just drip the color and watch it spread through the salt, creating these lines of colorful crystals.<br />
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They dry overnight and after you shake off the excess salt the combination of glue salt and watercolor leave a crystallized masterpiece with thick and thin lines and degrees of darkness of color.<br />
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