G is for Guitar Case

                                     
                                     Yep!  That's us.... printing up cases for our guitars.

watercolor resist

We've been designing puppet bodies using a cardboard box, oil pastels and watercolor paint.

The four sides of this puppet body

 box were colored with oil pastels. 

  

The same four sides below, after a wash of watercolor paint creating a magnificent resist. 

summer forts

AHHH... summertime!

time for getaways.

time for hiding out.

a collection of favorite summertime forts, 

adult style.

YES please, I'd love one!  

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Monoprints

                                              I can't think of a better way 

to spend a rainy day..

full size MONOPRINTS!

early bird ART   week one

K is for Kaleidoscopes

What do YOU see?

a HEART

YELLOW

a BIRD 

COLORS

SHAPES

BITS

LIGHTS

PINK

CIRCLES

SPARKLES

The BEST kaleidoscopes made by the Wednesday 4's class.

mid stream

works in progress this week..

mermaids

birdhouses

pinwheels

Thanks MOM!

Some favorite shots from our

 Mother's Day workshop,

celebrating the many moms who have

 shared their kids with us!

sing in the shower

                                                                                   
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Linear Expressionism

by John Myles age 4

Outdoor hideout

 bringing the inside OUT..

 I need a hideout of my own!

                                                                           
                                                                            image here

lazy suz

 We love to use our lazy susan's (from IKEA) at beehive..

 sometimes with watercolor paint, sometimes with crayons or colored pencils.

 This time we used markers and boy do they make me smile.

My friend Susanna showed me this colorful tidbit, 

I always love love love it, and the best part is...  kids love it even more.

Kid Made Modern

Way cool and colorful diamond crayons from Todd Oldham’s Kid Made Modern collection, 

available at Target and Target.com on May 20th.

 I cannot wait to get my hands on these gems and share them with my Beehive friends.

TGIT

                                                           drawing by ANSON age 5

God's Eye

Today..

 

 paint your world.

nicholas stevenson

Tazo Tea

    okay.. I think I saw this idea some place a while back,
 however..I did drink all these cups of tea this past winter,

 and have been stashing the pouches with the intent of sewing them up.

I'm sending it off to my favorite boy in Portland. 

Happy Spring!

Summer ART!

      SUMMER ART at BEEHIVE  

       Monday - Friday   2 sessions per week...

                      5 - 9 years   11am - 1pm           

       8 -13 years      3 - 5pm

                                              

               week ONE  JUNE 25-28   Games Puzzles and Toys

 
                           TWO  JULY 9-13  Magical Mystery Tour  Music

         THREE JULY 16-20 All Things Paper
 
                          FOUR  JULY 23-27  Threads  Fabric & Textiles

                             FIVE  JULY 27- AUGUST 3  Big Plans  Sculpture

                     Intensive and creative weekly art programs. Each day is a 

                       progressive step in the production of art works created in a 

                       cool variety of explorative mixed-media projects. In addition 

                         to themed projects each child will have to freedom to explore 

                       individually at paint, wood and mixed-media art stations. All 

                  art comes home in a portfolio on Friday.   $210 per week.

 

 

        

                    

Four Brush Girl

Goes to show it can be done!

Tilly masterfully painting with 4FOUR brushes..OUTstanding!

LOVE the shimmy shake she danced mid stream.

thanks for the quick pick up on the pix,  SAMI!