Prismacolor Birds

Our last project for this session was a colored pencil design of colorful birds inspired by the designer Laurel Burch.

Some of them didn't get finished.  I was dismayed to hear that many of these talented kids don't have colored pencils or oil pastels at home. I encouraged them to ask their parents for PRISMACOLORS for Christmas.  They are expensive, but if taken care of will give them many years of use - super handy for school projects!  Crayola makes an affordable alternative. 

Iris

Angela

Erica and Melody

Antony

Noah

Ella

Mason

Madie

Lu

May

Citlali

Colored pencil - rainbow birds

Today we started a color pencil drawing inspired by Laurel Burch's illustrations.

Ashi

Elena

Madeline

Mason

Mai

Fall classes underway

I just started teaching three Poway CFS homeschool classes. This week's lesson dealt with color - using graduated color blends in color pencil to enliven an artwork. We drew birds as a jumping off point. They really got into it!

Daniel

Joel

Monica

Morgan

Joel

Jonathan

Emma

Stuart

Matthew

Ben

Ethan

Travis

Art Start "It's All About Color" class in Poway

Ginjireh and Eden make creatures

I had designed this lesson with this color class in mind....the students created color splotches using just the 3 primary colors. It's definitely a "process" oriented experience. The kids have so much fun squishing the paint together and discovering what new colors they come up with. Here you see them crafting aliens and creatures with their splotches.