FABULOUS FACES!

The Fabulous Faces 
of Summer Arts Camp 2017!

Every year on our first day of Summer Arts Camp we celebrate our beautiful selves.

We call it DOODLE ARTS DAY.

And, the first doodle we do is our "selfie!"

We sketch an abstract ~ modern arts style ~ drawing of ourselves with a black Sharpie marker.  

Then we paint it with vivid watercolors.

And we see what happens.

Some of these silly Camper Kids got carried away and painted their pets...and other sweet creatures.

Every face {and creature} and every child unique.

Their art continues to amaze us.

Expressions that made us laugh.
In a very good way, of course.

We love this first day of Summer Arts Camp, as it allows us to really see how each child expresses his or her self. 

Some of these fantastic Camper Kids, even went further and made selfies using just Sharpies.

We thought that they all were GREAT!

This is our fifth and fabulous year of Summer Arts Camp.  It was wonderful to have so many of the Camper Kids return and we so enjoyed meeting new creative souls.

Until next time!

CUT IT OUT!

It's as simple as 
black and white.

Guss says that 
Summer Arts Camp 
is here!

Our first week of camp begins in just two days and we are thrilled to have some of our veteran Camper Kids join us again and excited to meet our new friends this summer.

Inspired by Henri Matisse's paper cutouts, here's a peek at one of the projects we will be creating at Summer Arts Camp 2017 during our BLACK & WHITE ARTS DAY!

See you soon!

HAPPY FACES, HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Hello Friends!

I created this Andy Warhol inspired collage the other day and may be using it in my space at the Historic Macon Design House next Spring!  

Love these faces and miss them too.

Wishing all of you a very Happy Thanksgiving holiday.

WHERE WILL YOUR IMAGINATION TAKE YOU?

Join us for Summer Arts Camp 2014 and let your imagination take you to faraway places...

...where the cityscapes are in technicolor and the sun and moon shine in the skies with galaxies of stars.

What goes on in the rooms behind these multicolored walls, only those who join us will know!

We have one availability left for a Camper Kid each week.  Don't miss out on this fabulous and creative opportunity this summer.  We will not be back for another year and who knows what our cityscape will look like then.

MODERN ART DAY

We celebrated the Twentieth Century Modern Artists one day at Summer Arts Camp during week two.  Inspired by the simplicity of Joan MirÒ and Paul Klee, the Camper Kids sketched their whimsical figures and painted away!

Using just one black Sharpie marker and only the three primary colors of paint ~ red, yellow, and blue ~ the children got creative with their own versions of Joan MirÒ illustrations and paintings.  Take a look at these fabulous works of art...

 

 

While these adorable paintings were drying, the Camper Kids channeled Paul Klee and drew cityscapes on vintage book pages {from old Reader's Digest books donated from the Friends of the Library}, and then painted their drawings with watercolors.

Villages, castles, and faraway places were created on these printed pages.

I'm just showing you a few, but each child drew and painted three and they all were very imaginative.

Watercolor is the easiest way to have instant gratification when painting because it moves so easily on the paper and dries so quickly.

The Camper Kids did awesome work during Modern Art Day!

As the momentum of summer slows down, Summer Arts Camp is becoming a memory, but there are still some creations the Camper Kids made that I will share with you all before I sign off for the season.

See you soon.