We explored color mixing with Elmer the Elephant in this week’s Art Adventure! We shared the story of Elmer and his wonderful rainbow checkered pattern! It was all about color mixing with our primary colors this week as we collaged and overlapped pinks, blues and yellows to create new colors on our Elmer! Art Adventurer’s …
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THIS WEEK IN CCA: NOT IMPASTA but IMPASTO!
We explored new tools and painting techniques in THIS WEEK’S #ARTADVENTURES . Our 2- 8 year old adventurers mixed sand with paint and used palette knives to make an Impasto Painting A technique used in painting, where paint is laid on an area of the surface in very thick layers. Palette knives help to achieve …
The holiday season is in full swing! In celebration, we played with color. Our Art Adventurers explored color mixing by making their own age appropriated color wheel with watercolors! Primaries, Secondaries, Tertiaries…oh my! We then took inspiration from the Bauhaus painter, Wassily Kandinsky & created our version of his …
Chalk Pastels may seem intimidating, but fear not! Just stick to your values & everything will work out just fine. Watch our process in learning chalk pastel drawing techniques! AND check out more Art Adventure class project photos HERE
We took a trip to the Cooper Hewitt this week where they brought color, science & theory to life in their current exhibitions, Saturated: The Allure and Science of Color and The Manhattan Color Walk! Learn all you need to know about color: from color theory used by artists & designers, right down to the …
Tres Bien Week 1 June Art Campers! CHECK OUT OUR PROJECTS HERE! (click to view) Or ALL the Creative Camp fun HERE. (click to view) Be sure to REGISTER here for Our LAST WEEK OF JUNE ART CAMP:- June 25th-29th AM or PM Camps (9:30-12:30am / 1:30-3:30pm) Enjoy Stop-Motion Animation Videos? LIKE US on FACEBOOK & Watch HERE! We had …
We’re taking our Art Adventure, Studio, and Mini’s classes to the Met this week! Its all about exploring all the different art movements, forms, processes and cultures that the museum has to offer while creating fun and exciting art projects ….in front of famous ART! This adventure brings us to a few spots @ The …
In honor of this month, we commemorate Captain Patrice Clarke Washington– through value study! Born in the Bahamas in 1961, Captain Washington, is one of the nation’s, and possibly the world’s, first black female commercial airline captains! Taking a photo of her, we divided the image, and each Art Adventurer made it their own – following the “code” of …