Visual Arts ● Fabric Arts ● Watercolor● Collage● Papermaking
Since 1971 I have been providing students with a multitude of artistic techniques. In addition to traditional drawing, my teachings include exploration of shape and texture, dimensional skills, water awareness through art and poetry, as well as interesting processes from around the world.
Class descriptions:
Art Around the World Grades 3–6
“Travel” worldwide to make shadow puppets from Java, Chinese tangrams, Huichol yarn paintings from Mexico, Japanese Notan and more. Inspired by native cultures, these exciting techniques are taught using child-friendly materials.
Making a Splash! A Water Journey through Art & Poetry 4th Grade only
Students will become aware of the impact water, in its many forms, has on our lives. They will illustrate their watershed showing their homes, nearby river, hills, schools & shops, and roads. The water cycle, aquifer, groundwater will be studied and more, through fun and varied techniques, including texture rubbings, visual poetry, marbleizing paper, rain sticks, and painting the movement of water with watercolors.
Triangles, Circle & Lines, Oh My!: Super Shapes Grades K–5
Explore contour, concentric, geometric and modular shapes through two and three dimensional projects, “stained glass” shapes and concentric shape drawings, masks, mobiles, shadow puppets, sculptures.
Lumpy, Bumpy & Rough: Terrific Textures Grades K–5, 6-hour workshop
Discover textures in the environment and learn how to create textures with various media: painting on textural surfaces, printing with paint, papermaking, rubbings and relief collages. An exploratory course with fun visual surprises; designed for each grade level.
Media Mélange Grades 3–5, 6-hour workshop
A series of projects combining materials in a single work including: imaginary animals using crayons and watercolors, cyclones made of wire and fluorescent paper, crazy hats, festive clay sculptures and collages. Students discover that art can be made from almost anything, and gain an appreciation of the artistic qualities of ordinary objects.