ZOOLICIOUS! Camp

June 25-29

August 27-31 (different techniques and projects from first week)

Different animal theme and materials, everyday!  Painting, ceramics, drawing, sewing and mixed media explored.

Step 1 and 2: Creating a cone from a hunk of clay.  Then carving out center so that it is not too thick and won't explode in the kiln.

Step 3:  Smoothing the hollowed cone shaped form out on the outside.

Step 4:  Creating your own animal by attaching on head, limbs, tail, ears etc. to your original hollowed cone shape.

Step 5: Once everything is attached, smoothed, secure and hollow, time for underglaze.

 All of the pieces created in Zoolicious! clay exploration, were unique to each of the individual artists.  Campers used their creative problem solving skills to: shape a cone, hollow out the form, design a head from a pinch pot, and decide on dimensions and shapes of legs, feet, tails, eyes and ears.  There was a lot of team work involved when brainstorming the best solutions to each step. 

 

Acrylic painting on canvas.  First designing and sketching were important before campers moved onto painting.  Once their sketch was what their mind saw, we began the process of painting with layers, proper brush size, color mixing (we mix all of our colors from the primary colors, black and white), and how to use a brush appropriate and effectively.

ZOOLICIOUS!

Friends coming into the camp.  The camper on the right first came to Studio 4 Art when she was 4!

New found friends.  Love their paintings.  It is great when they can paint objects that they love.  That love is then transferred into their work!

Brothers!

Finger puppet free choice time.  Sewing, ceramics, painting and mosaics are all a part of free choice time.  This always happens after our warm up project of the day.

When a 5 year old boy can learn to design, cut, sew buttons and sew a seam, I get extremely happy!  And the fact that it is my son, extremely proud!

 Many steps were taken before this Eric Carlisle inspired mixed media piece come to be. 

Mixed media piece.  So complete, with the details of the underground environment and the character of these wolves.

Step 1: We begin the process by freely creating sheets of acrylic painted paper.

 In the first step, artists are beginning to create freely, while learning about visual texture, coloring mixing a pallet of monochromatic colors, hues and values using blacks and whites.

Step 2: Begin to create an environment for your animal.  This step is first designed in pencil, then traced with a sharpie.

Beginning step 2 with a pencil that is then traced with a sharpie builds the eye hand coordination that is essential to drawing, painting, sculpting and all sports!  Other things talked about were; what is an environment, what is a horizon line, perspective and scale.

Step 3: Once traced, it is time to add color with water paints.  The water paints that Studio 4 Art uses are not going to be Crayola.  We use a high grade, heavy pigmented water paint.  Huge difference for the kids because they don't have to "scrub" the paint to get color, they simple dab.

Step 4: Using scissors to cut out our animals.  Looking at shape, size, and details needed.

 Always so colorful, whimsical and fun!