Class Two: Painting with Scissors

In this class, we learned about Henri Matisse in the second class of the Art in the Lyceum. We tried to emulate his cut out technique.

I'm loving the dynamic of these art classes.

We have young adults creating art alongside of their parents.


We laugh ...


We cry ...


But mostly we laugh.



Not afraid of making mistakes, we simply create for the joy of it
and enjoy each other's creative talents










and awesome company ...
and Jazz Hands!


Who knows what might happen next week.
A zebra may be involved!

Fine Art in the Library, 2nd week

Today we looked at some of Henri Matisse's early paintings and followed the progression of style over his art career.

Then the kids made their own cut outs.


Everyone seemed to enjoy "painting with scissors".












It was impressive how all the young artists worked with the contrasting colours as well as with positive and negative space.








Some of them even remembered to do their homework from last week by completing a self portrait, and bringing it back to share with everyone.

In our next class, we will discover the art of Marc Chagall.

Fine Art in the Library

Here are some photos from the Fine Art in the Library class I am teaching at the Leduc Public Library. It's a 6 week class for kids ages 10 and up. We'll be learning about six famous artists with six very distinct styles.

There were 13 kids at this week's lesson which was on Vincent Van Gogh.












We used pastels which the kids really enjoyed ~ especially when it messed up their hands.













Everyone chose to either work from Starry Night or one of Vincent Van Gogh's sunflower paintings.






















The students were thrilled when Vincent even made a personal appearance in the form of an action figure!

Next week we'll be learning about Matisse. It promises to be a fun and substantially less messy experience when we do some "cut out" art.