I was commissioned to paint this house (above). This photograph was taken last summer. It was once owned by my aunt when she was a child. Her family moved out of this home when my aunt was about 7 years old. The hardest part of the commission was…i was to paint it as she remembered…
Tag: watercolor
water bonds with itself
perfectly captured on my Hosta (well it was mine, but i’ve moved on, quite happily) me & water made the painting above
fail proof abstract painting for kids
Oil pastels base is oil, wax is the base of crayons. both refuse to accept water. the old oil & water don’t mix is proven in this wonderful fun art project. i begin the class with showing the children a cup with veggie oil & add water…kids love to watch them separate. i then explain…
abstract kitty art…
the first painting is by a 6 year old, the other two paintings were done by 9 year olds. Amazingly, i can use any combination of media with the kids because there are NO RULES. all of the art i do with the kids, is made up by me. i find inspiration anywhere & because…
How to make a collage like this…
i teach art to children. i have about 8 kids working on this project right now. ages 5-12. this project will take about four hours to complete or 4 art classes. i’ve gotta tell you, i have never had more fun with a project before. i googled a photo of a frog. the colorful one…
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,…
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…
watercolor pallet
& it’s artist & her work at the Montevallo Art Walk
i made a gallery of my artwork
I thought it might be cool to assemble all of my artwork into one gallery. I hope you’ll check it on 2me4art. ~amy
one of my favorite commissions
if you look super-duper close at the name beneath the word, “Siddur” you will find, absaab. Which is me. This is the second Jewish prayer book/Siddur that i have been commissioned to design/paint the covers for. I was shooting the redesigned school, the kids seeing the new changes to their school & i came across…