Art Camp still has a few spots for Juniors this summer

Quoting WB MUD Manager Matt: "You blew up skittles!" We made a fountain of suds and fizzing with vinegar, baking soda, and powder paints, placed inside out film canisters! 2 spots still open for this year's sciency art camp Aug 2-4. Call 512-251-9814 to enroll. Age 8-12

Painting a blue horse @ WBCL

"The artist who painted a blue Horse" one of my favorite author illustrators for all ages! We talked about how he creates his work then the group painted a horse in blue tones. They had a drawing of the horse without a mane so it was on them to add the mane. Of course several decided the horse had to have a tongue too! Fun project to do.

Registration open for remaining summer Art Mini-Camps

Art Mini-camp Give your child a week of intense creativity and the freedom to do art “their way”.

Juniors:  12-3:30 Tue/Wed/Thurs  Age 7 1/2 - 12 

July 12-14  Drawing & painting - We are going to draw cartoon dogs, a cat, paint a guitar, learn to create clouds and waterfalls,  and a martian or winged fairies.  They will do a Georgia O’Keefe landscape and glass painting. We’ll pull out charcoals, pastels, great paints and have fun with them. FULL
Photos of our art guitars

August 2-4  Lets imagine it/ lets make it (Our version WACKY science) we will explore our creativity and make things that move and interact like the rolling thunder explosion and structures that bend, kaleidoscopes, spinning things, pouring things. 2 spots

August 9-11 Design it and make it--bags and mosaics and jewelry and more. We’ll create our own designs and decorate the results 

Beginners: 9-11:30 Tue/Wed/Thurs Age 4 1/2 - 7

July 19-21  Artistic fun with Foods-FULL  would it be more fun to eat a salad if it were a train or a skeleton? we will eat some of our art at the end of each day—fruit pizza, train salad, make a recipe book, decorated plates for lunch.  

August 2-4  Wild n Waacky Arty science We will make our own fossils, investigate colorful chemical interactions, create crystals, make our own clays, and explore color. 2 spots

Join us for the art mini-camp program held in Wells  Branch and sponsored by the  Wells Branch MUD.   We pack lots of activities into each week of three 1/2 day sessions: painting,  drawing, 3-D art,  fabric painting, mosaics, clay sculpture, murals, art discussions, and stories. 

$45 per week per child. All materials included. 

Each week has its own theme. Enroll for one or several. Registration in person or by phone at the WB MUD  at 512-251-9814 or visit them at 3000 Shoreline Dr. http://www.wellsbranchmud.com/parks-a-recreation/youth-programs    Online registration is open with active net.

We are at the WB Rec center,  3000 Shoreline dr so it is easy to coordinate with swim team and lessons.

Camp is taught by Dianne Koehler

Swirly Trees in chalk pastels @ WBCL

Oh wow the swirly trees turned out really good! I had the kids draw them first with lots of swirling branches then block them in with black crayon. Next made a dozen or twenty circles with white crayon then the COLOR. They got to choose their own chalk pastel colors and make dual colored dollops and grass. A couple of the kids who came in late are finishing their branches at home but good work.

 Join us for the art mini-camp program held in Wells  Branch and sponsored by the  Wells Branch MUD.   We pack lots of activities into each week of three 1/2 day sessions: painting,  drawing, 3-D art,  fabric painting, mosaics, clay sculpture, murals, art discussions, and stories. 

$45 per week per child. All materials included. 

Each week has its own theme. Enroll for one or several. Registration in person or by phone at the WB MUD  at 512-251-9814 or visit them at 3000 Shoreline Dr. http://www.wellsbranchmud.com/parks-a-recreation/youth-programs    Online registration is open with active net.

We are at the WB Rec center so it is easy to coordinate with swim team and lessons.

Camp is taught by Dianne Koehler

Summer camp registration is now open

Creating Earth Day sculptures from recyclable materials @WBCL

Earth day sculptures from recyclable materials

Earth day creativity was amazing. I took a couple of boxes of caps and rings and assorted plastic and cardboard shapes, set them out on the table and let the group go wild. Amazing diversity. Some had moving elements, some had special significance to the maker. Great way for parents and kids to create together.

Bottle cap spring animals and Pots of Gold at WBCL

Sometimes a project is just too fun not to do! We try to do lots of things with recycled or donated materials and this one used bottle caps of many colors, leftover fun foam, tiny feathers and craft sticks. The original example used metal bottle caps but they are very small and do not let the younger kids be creative. For spring my idea was to do bunnies and chicks but we also got lots of kitties.

We made pots of gold/shamrock pins for St. Patrick's day and they really, really turned out great. I cut 1" candle cups in half and painted them black and glued a cardboard back on before class. They embellished them with gold pony beads, sprigs of shamrocks, and self stick shamrocks plus most of them made rainbows to put behind them. Great to wear right away and for the activities the next day.

Awarded Best in area for Facepainting for 2016

Awarded Best in area for Facepainting for 2016

Making Crazy birds @WBCL

Making Crazy birds Wells Branch Community Library tonight was so much fun. We used a lot of bits from other projects but they were jus perfect! A leftover easter egg for a body, a large pompom for a head, pipe cleaner legs and a cardboard ring for a neck with bright feathers for wings held on with washi tape. Everyone was able to do it and not too much glue got loose!

Painting the Alamo for Texas Independence Day

Tomorrow is Texas Independence day so tonight we painted a picture of the Alamo. I found a good line art and had the kids add stonework to it then paint it from top to bottom. Some got creative on the sky color but every painting looks great

 

Making furry groundhogs @ WBCL

Not your usual groundhog project! 

Using 1/4 page of construction paper we drew a fat little groundhog and then glued the 2 sides together with a stick in the middle. 
The kids were told they could cut him out or not--the real project was in making him furry. I had thin doll hair that most cut up then glued down to the groundhog. I also had some fur coat lining that others used. We added google eyes and a bead nose to finish them off. Pretty cute!!

Penguins and owls @ the library in January

We have had a lot of owl projects lately as they are easy to draw and lend themselves to a lot of techniques. We did screech owls tonight and painted them with palette knives using Basis paints with cornstarch added to give it a bit more texture. This group does so well, even the littlest ones. Gets a lot of moms drawing too.

Last night we did a drawing and painting project with penguins. At first I had planned a straight nature theme of a penguin family but that held no excitement even for me yesterday. Then I thought, why not have them being playful in the winter dressed up in caps and scarves? The kids spent almost 20 minutes drawing the 2 penguins. we talked about wing position to throw snowballs or ski or other activities and adjusted. Then we painted them. Lesson learned--washable black tempera is not black, it is green..grrr. Some of the kids got into spreading their paints around--"they are in an ice storm" some got excited about the colors (think pumpkin head instead of just a beak) Lots of talk about what was going on in their pictures. One of the penguins is even speed skating--you can tell who wants to be at practice.