summer shots

while scrolling through the collection of summer ART photographs, 
a few of my favorites. 

last chance for summer ART!

We're back from the beach

 and ready to dig into 

the best session of 

summer ART 

week 4   August 11 - 14th

We have a few spaces open, 

email or call to reserve your spot.

More details and registration forms here.

taking two

We're taking two weeks 

outdoors to 

splash in the surf, 

soak in the sun, 

relax and re-energize. 

saving the best for last.. 

summer ART week 4

August 11 -14th 

10:00 - 1:00 pm

bring a lunch

dress for art

kid shirt

caught my eye and love,

from kidandkind.com

watercolor + color pencil

Two of my favorite mediums,

tried and true over and over.

Always fresh and always vibrant,

 I love the combination. 

We paint lots of small watercolors at beehive.  

After mounting them, 

we played with the pencil and a little sharpie marker. 

inspiration 7

images found beehive tumblr

snaps

                                                  

painted shells and watercolor resist
book covers 
pillow toss
spinning rocks

early bird ART 2014

today

sounds good to me

found 10days

snaps

paper weaving

ALL spring classes at beehive tried their hands at paper weaving. 
It's tricky, but once you get the hang of it...  oooooo la la!  
A beautiful collection of color and focus. 
YAY beehive kids! 

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day!

glimpses from beehive dad's workshop 6/12

PASTE PAINT PAPERS

PASTE PAINT is one of my favorite mediums.  It's all about experimenting with lots of pots of colors, color blending, lines, patterns and texture. 

Using a blender we whipped up several colors using different pigments of tempera and acrylic. We added just a smidge of pigment so that the paste paint has some transparency. If you want a more opaque look, add more pigment.
There are many recipes out there for paste paint, the one we used I found here.  

In a previous class, each child had painted several sheets of paper with tempera, 

for the background color. 

Add a small dollop of paste paint to painted paper and brush evenly. We dragged plastic combs across the surface to create color patterns and cool line formations. 

Make sure everyone has several sheets of papers to experiment with,

it's THAT much fun!