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outside the lines young artists studio outside the lines young artists studio art the process is fun the product is self confidence monday august 31 2015 new website check out outside the lines new website info about classes and camps can now be found there posted by melanie cramer ms melanie at 8 56 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest monday march 23 2015 summer camp registration is open time to register for summer camp flyer is below or click on the art camps link to the right posted by melanie cramer ms melanie at 4 06 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels camps earth art tuesday august 26 2014 2014 15 class registration is open time to register for art classes flyer is below or click on the class schedule link to the right posted by melanie cramer ms melanie at 6 52 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels classes friday november 22 2013 october november in the studio first order of business is to show the results of the projects started in september by the bigs here they are after jasper johns zero nine william age 10 after wyland s whaling walls grace age 10 quite impressive don t you think this group of older kids really takes their time and pays attention to detail and it shows it may take them two or three class periods to finish up but i think the results are worth it now on to october using a q tip to put our designs onto the plate ideally we learned about mary cassatt who was famous for her impressionist painting and dry point etchings but really we covered her very quickly and got right to the printmaking printmaking is like magic for kids and they love that you can make them over and over again the littles were encouraged to choose mary cassatt like subjects i e families and babies but they could make any designs they wanted drawing what we see not what we think we see emma age 5 next we tried observational drawing this is ambitious for the younger kids but i really feel they can do more than we think they can and it s never too early to introduce a concept observational drawing is a big focus for the older kids throughout the year but it s a little early for the prek and kinders still they did an amazing job warhol stole the flower image and got sued for it so we stole it from him colin age 4 back to printmaking the littles really enjoyed learning about andy warhol and his 25 cats all named sam we set up our studio like his factory using factory techniques to product our handprints as halloween approached our thoughts turned to pumpkins and the bigs created pumpkin farms using one point perspective this is a technique usually taught in middle school but you never know which kids will really get it and incorporate the concept into their arsenal of art skills we learned about regional painter grant wood as part of this project mateo age 7 my intention was for the week of halloween to just be a fun class for the littles but once we were done i realized we d covered all the art bases when approaching our subject of pumpkins we painted drew and sculpted pumpkins and threw in a little spooky music and a scary story or two we painted pumpkins sculpted pumpkins and sketched pumpkins other things and on to november carter age 4 the littles enjoyed an old favorite string painting we learned about the dada movement which was as silly as it sounds then we explored the concept of happy accidents by dropping paint covered string from a height onto our papers you d think this would be messy and you d be right more observational drawing our next subject was georgia o keefe finally the littles and bigs are aligned with the same artist each week i doubt it will last long but it does simplify things laurel age 7 both age groups did big o keeffe flowers in oil pastel and watercolor the littles also made their own interpretations of her ladder to the moon teddy age 4 prek inventions which brings us to leonardo davinci i like to read an art related chapter book to the bigs as they work each week to help with noise level and focus and our first one this year is monday with a mad genius part of the magic treehouse series this project was a nice tie in and worked for the littles as well both age groups learned that leonardo was not just an artist but also a scientist and inventor we designed our own machines above and did other activities like backwards writing and building and testing parachutes based on leonardo s design posted by melanie cramer ms melanie at 7 41 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels cassatt da vinci dada grant wood o keeffe observational drawing warhol wednesday october 9 2013 september in the studio play doh sculpting is a popular warm up activity ahh september summer s over the air cools and we go back to school and art classes time to reconnect with old friends welcome new ones and make some art working on our sketchbook covers we started off with a getting to know you activity where each artist filled out an info sheet giving vital information like favorite color and what they like to draw these are posted on the wall just inside the studio door check out our talented artists next time you drop off or pick up from art adding dots to our dots the littles read the dot by peter reynolds and made their own dots which are now framed in swirly gold in the studio the bigs read dog loves drawing and prepared their sketchbooks for the year we used lots of art materials to design decorative covers for the sketchbooks we will use to record what we learn undersea mural after wyland reese age 5 next we dove right in to creating undersea scenes after muralist robert wyland the kids were very excited to discover one of his whaling walls is right here in downtown norfolk all age groups did this project but the bigs are still finishing theirs they ll be posted next month blue letters numbers after jasper johns michael age 4 the littles finished up the month by learning about jasper johns obsession with numbers he created many many works based on that theme we studied his textural piece white numbers and then did our own versions the bigs are doing work based on johns number series as well that too is coming next month so stay tuned posted by melanie cramer ms melanie at 10 53 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels jasper johns the dot wyland monday may 6 2013 art show 2013 outside the lines young artists studio presents guess who s coming to dinner an exhibition of student art sunday june 2nd 4 00 5 00 pm third floor ghent united methodist church this year a suggested donation of 5 per person will be collected for the harper family former student and summer camp assistant wesley harper s father has been battling pancreatic cancer for three years as you might expect the financial burden of such a fight is considerable all proceeds of this year s art show will be donated to the family to help offset medical expenses light refreshments will be served here are some photos from last year s show art hung from the ceiling and lined the walls parents friends siblings grandparents and students all enjoyed the art the food table popular as ever posted by melanie cramer ms melanie at 11 31 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels art show monday april 15 2013 march in the studio miniature still life montage acrylic miniatures painting a vase of flowers easy painting a 4 x4 vase of flowers hmm but that s exactly what we did each older elementary student created a still life in acrylics using the tiniest of brushes and a pretty small canvas we tried to indicate form and show our brushwork art words acrylic canvas gallery wrap miniature form mondrian collage emma age 6 primary collage with piet mondrian meanwhile the prek 1st grade classes responed by making some very flat artwork we talked about piet mondrian s style and how it evolved then used construction paper scissors glue paint and cardboard for printing bold lines art words primary colors square rectangle assemblages with louise nevelson the art explorers love to glue they were presented with a table full of found objects like bottle caps and popsicle sticks and a bottle of glue and that was fun then it was suggested they could squeeze all the glue out if they wanted after a split second s hesitation it got way funner the end results were spray painted black to resemble nevelson s work process art at it s best blue dogs with george roderigue louisiana artist george roderigue made quite an impression on the elementary age artists with his iconic blue dog they loved hearing how blue dog was born from the cajun legend of the loup garou we used templates of roderigue s blue dog to plan out our own versions which could be any or all colors art words motif planning our blue dogs painted paper collages with eric carle everybody loves the very hungry caterpillar right so the art explorers and prek celebrated very hungry caterpillar day march 20 by making painted paper collages in they style of author eric carle flowers caterpillars butterflies ladybugs and a chrysalis were all created art words author illustrator collage watercolor technique seascape emma age 4 watercolor magic seascapes the prek artists experimented with watercolor and salt to make some lovely seascapes when salt is sprinkled on wet watercolor it soaks up the pigment and makes a wonderful crystalline effect once dry our painted paper was ripped and glued down to resemble the surf at the beach art words seascape horizon line discussing a video on faberge eggs faberge eggs all age levels learned about russian court jeweler peter carl faberge and his marvelous jewel encrusted eggs they especially loved the story of how the egg tradition began as an easter gift from the czar to the czarina we made our own versions of the eggs and hid something inside for our families to find on easter posted by melanie cramer ms melanie at 5 33 pm no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels assemblage eric carle george roderigue miniatures mondrian seascapes nevelson older posts home subscribe to posts atom home about outside the lines class schedule art camps student gallery melanie cramer ms melanie after a not so brief period when i wanted to be a ballerina art has been my passion education is the family business and i grew up on the campus of high point college now university art degree in hand i set off to change the world of print advertising at the local newspaper i moved up to norfolk to focus on my growing family fell in love with my daughter s preschool and taught the three year old class there for 6 years outside the lines is my way of sharing what i believe about the power of visual art with the next generation view my complete profile 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