Love IS Everything...

What a day!  It was a perfect 65 degree day in the middle of January (MLK day) and I spent this day off from school with some young ladies who were ready to paint valentines.  This was a project that I wanted them to do their own thing (kind of) and gave them some options by sketching down a few ideas.  It's always fun to see what they choose!

Everyone knew what they wanted to do and that includes Miss Fifi, age 5.  She knew exactly what she wanted and set about doing it...bam...done in 5 minutes!

 Which left her time to visit with her pal Emily and her two sisters...and to entertain us all!

 Best buddies wanted to paint the exact same things...this is a common trend!

 These two even share the same paint palette!

 From kisses to flowers, everyone wanted pretty colors.

Don't ya just love it?

Flower power 1...

 and 2!

 Swirly Lilly Hearts...

The morning class on MLK Day...

 and the afternooners!

We had so much fun!

FaBuLoUs FlOwErS and FuNnY fIsH Day!

We crafted canvas wall hangings today and the kids chose to do flowers or fish...but only if they promised to use lots of color!  For the flowers we talked about concentric circles or ovals and the fish was all about simple shapes joined to make an image.

 Smudges and fingerprints are encouraged and we are slowly coming to terms with the fact that "perfect is boring" in art!  If the Mona Lisa was a perfect beauty, where would all the fuss be?!

 We also talked about balance and placement of color...

 

 Et voila!  Here are today's masterpieces!

Queenie Eileenie's Craft Camp, Session One, Day One!

Acrylic Abstract Art!
What a ball, y'all!  We are creating masterpieces here and learning all kinds of things...like what the word "smooshing" means, that you can use a kitchen spatula to create cool effects and that you shouldn't be afraid of trying to create art!  What a great group of kids!

Queenie Eileenie's Craft Camp