being human commission

This is a commission i finished for a Rabbi in Texas. Rabbi Scott commissioned me to create a logo for his classes. He is based in Texas, Shma Koleinu…Rabbi Scott suggested Da Vinci’s Vitruvian man for the logo. The name of his classes? ‘being Human’. I told him that woman & children are human too,…

the cat who wished to paint

my Thursday afternoon art class. three kids, they have no pets of their own. last week was their first class & i told them that Hobbes (my cat)  LOVES art more than anything. but, last week, they were a bit scared of him, i had to lock him out of the room. yesterday was their…

The Cat Who Loves Art Class

my cat’s name is Hobbes. when the kids come to my studio for classes, in walks Hobbes. Hobbes finally got to make his own painting. it is at the end of the series of Hobbes in art classes. (poor quality images taken via iPhone in low light)

2me4art project!

1. Watercolor paper. color a big swirl on one half of paper, using one color of OIL PASTEL. other side of paper, use another color & make another swirl in OIL PASTEL. i picked orange & purple. 2. paint– with WATERCOLOR paint, the colors that are closest to the OIL PASTEL color…i painted my purple…

bowl of gold…

yeah, i know, i forgot #3…anyway. lets talk about trash, shall we? I bought the wreath at the thrift store for $2.00. I bought the Chanukah gelt (and candy canes, they pick) for my art students to eat, but i ask they leave their trash with me because…geez, how often do you see GOLD tinfoil?!…

give your kids something to do…

over Winter break. This was made with a student who celebrates Chanukah. The same materials can be used to make Christmas ornaments. I’ll show those ideas soon…

teaching the artist to SEE…

this is my Monday, after school, art class…three 1st grade girls (my classes are no more then 3 children at a time, that i way, i get to create art with them)  i know these girls have been taught all day long, so i make my teaching very brief. At first, it is difficult to…

art class decoupaged birdhouses

the boys that made these were 6 & 7 years old. Pick a theme, find illustrations/scrapbook paper, magazines, cut out, paint birdhouse close to theme color, let dry, then use Mod Podge on the back of image, apply to birdhouse, again apply Mod Podge on top…when all images are on, paint 2 coats of Mod…