Art in the Garden

This week of Art Camp took us to the Botanical Garden. We're spending every morning drawing, painting, and creating, and it's been an awesome experience !

 pastels

 acrylic on dark canvas

on site "land-art"installations, inspired by the work of Andy Goldsworthy

mermaid

Another articulated figure as a birthday card. This little mermaid will make her way to my niece to celebrate her 3rd birthday.

morning news

Clemson, and The Arts Center were on the morning news (again) this morning.

 It started at 5am (yes, I know) but it was fun to see a different crowd, and hang out downtown. 

We organized the chalk paint street painting and brought out the head of "Arty" from the christmas parade. I'm already thinking about ideas for our entry in this years holiday parade. Giant stars maybe.........?

swimmingly

Last day of lessons.......

Mazes are on the schedule for Art Camp this afternoon,

more on that later.

Have a nice day!

Flower Mandalas

This is from day two of 'Mirrors and Mandala's". We spent the first day working on mirror symmetry, and moved on to rotational symmetry yesterday. Making flower Mandalas (in traditional groups of four) takes a lot of negotiation and compromise, as well as a good eye for color. Bravo!
Today we will be doing some print making and making our own kaleidoscopes.

raw material

petals sorted by size and color

final mandala 1

mandala 2

mandala 3

taking notes

Some notes from my seat by the pool. Swimming lessons are a lot of fun to watch, and very instructive...

I enjoy the "safety tip of the day" too: " too much sun is no fun" (monday)

Little Red Riding Hood

An inspiring video to start the weekend: Little Red Riding Hood reinterpreted by (new to me) illustrator

Daniel Egneus. Inspiring!