Summer Art Camp

All Girl Tea Party

 

  ART CAMP PROJECTS:

HANDMADE CLAY CAKE

 

Hand drawn shape patterns applied over a slab of rolled out clay and cut out with pencils formed the foundation of the artists cake design.  Once the cake shape was created, the girls got all "cake bossy"with the left over clay that was rolled, scored, slipped and squished on top much like fondant icing.

 

 

The handmade cakes were set aside to dry then fired to a bisque ware state in my kiln.  Afterwards the girls used a pottery pencil and lead-free glaze to add color, shape, line and pattern to their clay art. 

 

The cakes were "cooked" once again in my kiln.  To finish off their pottery pieces,  a saw tooth hanger was attached to the back.  

 

 

 

POTTERY TEA CUPS

The artists next pottery project was to produce a teacup design on bisque ware, while keeping in mind the elements and principles of art ~ line, shape, color, pattern and harmony.

 

Glazed and fired the teacups were ready for our end of the week tea party.

 

 

TEACUP PAINTING ON CANVAS

To begin their teacup painting on a 16x20 inch canvas, the artists drew three consecutive circles which formed the basic shapes of a saucer, teacup and tea.   Multiple coats of paint were applied to the negative space to create a sense of depth with color, value and texture.

 

  

The artist then applied the same painting process to their teacups and saucers.  Once finished the girls applied shadows and added a flower to the negative space, then they let me snap a picture of them standing by their paintings -

 Feet stepping in as the artistic signature :) 

FINALLY ~

CUPCAKES!!!

On the last day of art camp everyone takes part in our Friday feast - cracking, pouring, mixing, scooping and finally eating scrumptious cupcakes.

A huge thank you to my lovely art assistant Cabel for your very skillful help this week, and to the rest of my artists for sharing their creativity and joy.

 

 

Happy Birthday Tea Party

For my baby girl as she turns 20!

Where has the time gone?!  It seems like just yesterday when she was running around the house in a tutu and having tea parties with her baby doll and teddy bears.

The tutu is gone and her baby dolls have been replaced with a delightful group of girl friends, but she still enjoys a tea party.

 

The girls painted a bisque tea cup as my husband kept the tea flowing.

“Lastly, she pictured to herself how this same little sister of hers would, in the after-time, be herself a grown woman; and how she would keep, through all her riper years, the simple and loving heart of her childhood: and how she would gather about her other little children, and make their eyes bright and eager with many a strange tale, perhaps even with the dream of Wonderland of long ago: and how she would feel with all their simple sorrows, and find a pleasure in all their simple joys, remembering her own child-life, and the happy summer days.”

Lewis Carroll - Alice in Wonderland