See what we’ve been making recently…

 
Flower still life drawings. Been waiting for fragrant weather to try this beautiful project that uses pencil, ink, charcoal, fabric and collage by Samara Caughey @purpletwig
Ready for class 🌞
“Lion Dragon” symmetry prints on mulberry paper for the Lunar New Year 🧧🐲
Watercolor experiment grid with a monoprint heart on top 🩷
Valentine presents for preschool families. Cardboard heart, tempera paint splattered and spread with a plastic knife, yarn, pony beads and Polaroids.
Free draw. “Apple tree and raining green goo” 🙌
Puppet theaters made from recycled boxes, cardboard scraps, masking tape, plaster cloth, acrylic paint. Curtains made from velvet scraps draped on found sticks.
Finger puppet families 🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹🥹 the dogs just kill me!
Making finger puppets. Practicing painting in sketchbooks before paint goes on on puppet.
“Groundhog sees its shadow in the snow.” Marker, shopping bag, training scissors, glue stick, sponged tempera paint on monoprint.
Multimedia collages to celebrate individuality. Monoprints of favorite color on toned paper, paint chips to match eye color and skin tone, ink finger prints and tempera stick hands. What makes you different is what makes you beautiful.
Kings and queens of the canyon 👑
Cardboard houses with chia seed gardens. Did they sprout? No! But it was fun to try!
Using same process from our rain sticks, made mini maracas with the mini kids.
One year after the fires, it stormed, and we made rain sticks to celebrate the rain. Cardboard tubes, nails, rice, decorated with studio bits and bops.
3D fanned drawings. The picture changes as you walk around. In our version, we used transfer paper to make 2 copies of the same drawing, but colored one with warm colors and the other with cool. Pretty groovy!
Antique treasure boxes. craft glue, beads by the scoop, spray paint, lined with deadstock velour and a beveled mirror.
Made new sketchbooks for the new year. Covers handwoven with block print mulmul scraps. Couldn’t really capture how unbelievably awesome these turned out!
Learning to weave
Mini painting ornaments

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