Little Monsters

Today in class, I had the students design their own monster.  Then
they drew them on the canvas, and painted them with acrylic paint. 
Kate here is outlining her painting...too cute.

This is Anna and her monster, with curly arms!

And Samuel's is a sort of buffalo creature...scary!

Children's Art classes: Wednesdays  4-5pm
$10 each  Call the gallery to register
318-628-3560

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The Learning Curve

In our Tuesday art class today, Dana finished her egret
painting.  I thought she did a nice job.

This is her next project...a white iris.  She applied the masking fluid
onto the paper, covering up the drawing of the flower.  She will
continue on it next week.

This is Jordan's "Louisiana" montage piece.  She designed the whole
thing.  It is for a contest, and has to have a Louisiana theme.  I think
she got it all in there!  She will keep working on it.

I have two new students in the group...a couple of friends wanted to learn some basic things, and today was their first day.  I started them off with
 some pen and ink.  Students always have some success with it.  They
both did very well,
drawing this little bird using different techniques with the pen.

And this is my finished egret watercolor painting.  It is about 12
 inches by 16 inches, and I would like to sell it.  I would take $40
for it if anyone is interested.  I can ship it free!  Just leave me a
comment or email me:
sheltongail@hotmail.com

Info on Adult Art classes:
Tuesdays  from 4-5 pm  $10 an lesson
Call the gallery to register  318-628-3560

Workshop Day: Collage on Canvas



Hard at work on their collages today



Busy, busy



This collage has a magnolia theme



This collage is a collection of recent Mother's Day cards...
very clever



All finished!



A "Mother's Love" collage



"Sweet Magnolia"



"Mountain Travel"

I taught a collage workshop today in the studio for

three women from the Natchitoches Art Guild.  We

had a great time.  They each brought their own photographs

and various paper items, etc.  They painted their canvases

first.  Then they selected their subject matter, and began to

tear and cut the different elements.  When they reached

a satisfactory design, we began to glue down the pieces

one by one.  The final touches, some buttons, old earrings,

and other three dimensional objects, were added last.

One of the collages had a magnolia and garden theme.

She used some of her own photography, some scrap

booking paper, some of my altered photos, and some

old jewelry and buttons.  Another collage was made

up of all of her recent Mother's Day cards.  She

cut them up, and combined them with some

paper and jewels.  The last one is made up of some

travel photos and items from several trips to the

mountains.  She used a map, some pics, and

some old jewelry. and an "explore" sign.

I think they all turned out really well, and they

said they really enjoyed the process.

We also enjoyed some lunch in the cafe when the projects

were all finished. 

good day

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