Mouse Discovers Mouse FINAL!

And she's done! She caught on to the concept of blending really well. I'm so proud :) 

Good job Evie.

Speed Drawing!

Jonathan had his private lesson today. I had him speed draw from the Basic Proportions video 

http://artistecommon.blogspot.com/2013/04/basic-proportions-video.html

We went back over some sections after
the video was over. He took about
12 minutes total. He's 10 years old and in 4th grade.

As he was drawing he kept saying, "Miss Mathews, I can't do it!" & I kept telling him, "You ARE doing it! It looks great, just keep going!" I actually took his eraser away from him because he was trying to be a perfectionist. He cracks me up.

I asked him if he would like to comment on the experience, he said: "It's hard, but
eventually you'll get it."

"Do you think it helped going faster?"
"Yes"
"Were you nervous?"
"Oh yeah!"

Yauna Painting

Evelyn's Mermaid pt1

This is Evelyn's lesson from today. I picked something harder to challenge her more. I still think she did really well! We're going to add more details and some value to it next week. She is 6 years old, and in 5K. 

Colorful Fairy

Evelyn showed me this today. She had taken it home and colored it on her own. 

I think she did well with her color choice and pretty well with her draftsmanship!

Previous Related Post- 

http://artistecommon.blogspot.com/2013/04/new-student.html

Mouse Discovers Mouse pt2

Here's Evie's mouse after another lesson. Next time we'll finish the mouse, do the touch ups & be done! She has the opportunity to practice mixing different values of the same color on the mouse & next time we'll use the values to blend that area on the mouse's stomach & on his right leg.

Previous Related Post-
http://artistecommon.blogspot.com/2013/04/mouse-discovers-mouse.html

Brave Works by Callie

Callie is 6 years old and recently took private lessons from me.

Callie's first lesson: Girl in her nightgown

(from a how to book)

Third or fourth lesson: Hansel 

(from a still life toy)

Three or four lessons in, Callie asked me, 

"Are we always 

going to draw out of a book or can 

we draw something else?"

I thought she was brave the first lesson 

when she decided to do a full figure!

Most of the lessons after that I had her 

looking at still lives. 

 Six or seven lessons in: Elephant 

(from a still life figurine) 

Love the trunk ^_^

New Student!

Isabelle the Fairy- by Evelyn

8.5x9? Graphite on paper

Just this morning I was blessed to get a new student for private lessons. She is in 5K and her name is Evelyn. I'm told that she has been drawing at a level above her peers for a while and showing a lot of motivation on her own to draw and color. Since today was the first lesson I asked her what she likes to draw; immediately she said, "Fairies!" 

I really like getting to work with 4 and 5 year olds because it's something I don't normally get to do and because they're learning absolutely everything so there's a lot of explaining to do (and I love to explain). 

Isn't this a great fairy for a 5 year old?

Mouse discovers Mouse

10x14? Acrylic on Poster board

This is what Evie is working on now. She's 7 years old and this is the second day of painting. My students work from red, blue, yellow, white & black, so she mixes all of her colors. She's really caught onto color mixing. 

Lady Bug

9x10 Watercolor Pencil

My student Grace finished this piece today. She's 7 years old and worked on this one for about four 45 minute sessions. Today she got to "water it" (as she says). We were both pretty excited. Her parents already have it framed. 

Fashion Abstract

18x24 Acrylic on posterboard

My student Yauna is working on this piece. It's going to be colorful elements set against a dark background. She's 9 years old and takes private lessons from me. 

Spots

"Spots" 18x24 Acrylic on posterboard

My students Evie finished this painting a couple weeks ago. She takes private lessons from me and she's 7years old. It took her five or six 45 minute sessions. 

Intro to Comic Strips