This past Saturday I hosted a watercolor art workshop with Shirley Hogg at State of the Art Gallery. As is always the case when making art with kids, I had a blast! Having this art workshop during Shirley’s exhibition of paintings of endangered animals was really important. Shirley is so passionate about animals and she […]
On November 12th I will be having a watercolor painting workshop inspired by the absolutely fantastic new exhibition up at the State of the Art Gallery! Awaiting the Ark is Shirley Hogg’s exhibition of large scale watercolor paintings and it is really breathtaking. Each painting depicts an endangered animal life sized, on a white background. […]
This past weekend was a special one in Ithaca. It was Wizarding Weekend- the homegrown and hugely successful Harry Potter themed festival now in its second year. I didn’t go last year- I’m not much into festivals. But, this year, I did go. And I thought it was magical. I was really moved. This festival […]
I love these Sketch & Wash pencils! I’ve written before that kids often come to me for lessons because they like to draw and are pretty comfortable with their line drawing skills. It’s my job to start where they are comfortable and to bring their art skills to the next level. Gently. I’ve been using […]
We’ve been doing a lot of gesture drawing in the studio lately. When artists talk about gesture, they are referring to the position and movement of a body and the way that position and/or movement conveys attitude or feeling. When a single line captures both movement and mood, it is a beautiful thing. Gesture […]
This year, I am really loving Scratch-foam printmaking with students. I especially love introducing scratch-foam to new students. Often, when kids start art lessons with me, they come because they love drawing. They feel very confident drawing but don’t have as much experience with other media. Scratch-foam printmaking starts with line drawing, but introduces a […]
My awesome brother and his whole awesome family came to meet our baby boy in Ithaca a while back (Like, a long while back. In the summer).We did a swap. My brother and sister-in-law took my little guy in the ergo while I took their four to the studio: the five year old twins, my eight year […]
It’s been months since the last post and I promise I have a good excuse. I had a baby boy at the end of May! I could write for days about him, but I’ll just say that he’s amazing and he’s been keeping me company in the studio occasionally. It doesn’t take too much to […]
I had a first lesson with a wonderful 7 year old artist last week. All I knew was that he loves to draw and is into making very detailed and quite technical looking drawings of Transformers and Hero League characters. I knew I wanted him to leave his first lesson feeling like he had learned […]
Okay, so that’s not a little hand holding that adorable bird sculpture. That’s my old weathered hand. But, the kids had already run off! They were a lovely trio of 3-5 year olds and this project was perfect for a pre-schooler’s attention span. I love this project for several reasons. First, they all end up […]