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Showing posts with label watercolors. Show all posts
Showing posts with label watercolors. Show all posts
Saturday, August 24, 2013
Thursday, June 6, 2013
Kids & Creativity: Painting what you see (by the sea)
by Andrea Mulder-Slater
I was painting in my sketchbook the other morning while the littlest one was sitting with Jan, discussing how the birds were flying overhead. She was particularly struck by the fact that sometimes, birds don't need to flap their wings in order to move through the air.
"What are you painting?" she asked.
"I'm painting what I see." I responded.
My girl looked at my sketchbook and then at the view in front of us. And with that, she hopped up on a chair and began painting on a sheet of watercolour paper I had placed there for her. Just in case.
When she was through, I asked her to tell me about her work -- a black outline with dabs of orange and blue.
"It's a bird, flying without flapping his wings."
Had I not asked her to explain, I never would have known that she too, was painting what she saw that morning: A bird, soaring through the sky.
When creating with children, you don't always need an elaborate plan or fancy materials. All you need is some inexpensive paint, some paper and the patience to let things happen as they happen -- without direction...
I was painting in my sketchbook the other morning while the littlest one was sitting with Jan, discussing how the birds were flying overhead. She was particularly struck by the fact that sometimes, birds don't need to flap their wings in order to move through the air.
"What are you painting?" she asked.
"I'm painting what I see." I responded.
My girl looked at my sketchbook and then at the view in front of us. And with that, she hopped up on a chair and began painting on a sheet of watercolour paper I had placed there for her. Just in case.
When she was through, I asked her to tell me about her work -- a black outline with dabs of orange and blue.
"It's a bird, flying without flapping his wings."
Had I not asked her to explain, I never would have known that she too, was painting what she saw that morning: A bird, soaring through the sky.
When creating with children, you don't always need an elaborate plan or fancy materials. All you need is some inexpensive paint, some paper and the patience to let things happen as they happen -- without direction...
Saturday, November 26, 2011
Geoff's Prints - Now on Etsy
We finally got around to adding Geoff's prints of St. Andrews to our Etsy shop -- just in time for the holidays :)
These are delightful reproductions of Geoff's original watercolor paintings. There are eighteen all together and they can be purchased for just $15.00.
You can find them at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/jareaart?section_id=10757991
These are delightful reproductions of Geoff's original watercolor paintings. There are eighteen all together and they can be purchased for just $15.00.
You can find them at: http://www.etsy.com/shop/jareaart?section_id=10757991
Next, we will be adding some wonderful images created by Jackie Guthrie. Stay tuned...
~Andrea
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