Art Club: Spring 2018

Art Club was super excellent.  I was ahead of the game so most of my stress was concentrated within the weeks leading up to March 1, coming up with fresh ideas, testing them out with Chloe and then photographing them to add to the page of Classes.  After two years, it feels like I am developing a groove, which is an amazing feat for someone who struggles with organization.  I'm really happy and really proud of myself for how much better I managed this year than the past sessions.  I am in the process of coming up with projects for a weekly 5 session go to see how that schedule will work and I am super stoked for the projects I have so far!

I can't thank everyone enough for their support and participation in this new creative venture.  Thank you for sticking it out along with all the little bumps here and there, thank you for the faith and encouragement and enthusiasm, I hold all of it very close to my heart.  I absolutely could not do these classes without attendees so thank you for filling my home with your avid little artists. 

Here are a few quickies from Spring Break Art Club, please feel free to check out the ENTIRE GALLERY (as well as all our past sessions) on our WORKSHOPS page HERE.

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Art Birthday Parties

I have begun offering Art Birthday Parties this year and so far it's been nothing but fun.  We started off with a Sleepover Themed birthday where the girls all designed and decorated their own SleepMasks.  Our second project was Watercolour/Yarn Unicorns which have been such a huge hit that we had double classes of them over our Spring Break Art Club.  Unless my Mom Brain is betraying me, I am certain that this was the next one in line and what an awesome and easy and colourful and visually fun project it is.  Mini Wall Tassle Hangings!

I am a million percent mega into providing these Art Birthday Party services so please hit me up with your party theme and I will do my best to create something for you!  These parties are not exclusively for children either, they are fully open to all ages looking to get their art on!

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Art Club | Summer Edition: Week 3

Art Club | Summer Edition: Week 2

Week 2's projects included Windchimes and Indigo!  The windchimes were a new project that we brought on board.  In choosing our materials, the aim is to use pre-existing materials that can be recycled or natural materials that will leave a smaller footprint.  We used a variety of wood in addition to bamboo from the bamboo grove here at School House Farm.  The kids painted the top piece white and chose from a variety of patterns (including splatter painting) painted in black.  A colour pattern of Beads were added to their centre string before the task of tying began.  It was definitely more labourious than I had expected, but everyone was very proud and pleased with their final product!

Indigo, as usual, was anticipatory, then really boring and smelly, and ended with sweet victory, excitement, and pride.

Art Club | Summer Edition: Week 1

We are in the second half of summer and filling our weeks up with Art Club sessions!  Emily has been so kind as to host these fun creative adventures at School House Farm, providing a beautifully inspiring and open space for our energetic artists.  The week kicked off with Abstract Acrylic Painting on Canvasses, followed by our Gift Wrap session, and ending with Indigo.   I was really excited for the new Gift Wrapping session (I'm probably going to renamed it That's A Wrap because I'm just into fun names for things...) which turned out super fantastic!!!  I will definitely have to get my hands on a few more Pom Pom makers as those were definitely a favourite by far.  The Acrylic Painting always puts me on edge because of the permanence and all the accidental squeezing too much paint or possible end game of BROWN FROM MIXING ALL THE COLOURS, but as you will see, they all turned out uniquely awesome in every way.  Indigo was indigo, a lot of impatience and aversion to the smell, but inevitably always worth the end product!