Sunday, December 19, 2010

December 18 ~ Holiday Party

Lots of kids and their families came on Saturday, from 1:30-3:30 for our holiday party. We had all the materials for the Wes Bruce project~ shoe boxes, straws, fabric, buttons, popsicle sticks, telephone wire, markers, glue, acorns....etc. The families worked together to create their own diorama. We had pizza and cookies and juice too!
Mundo Lindo Holiday Party

Mundo Lindo Holiday Party

Mundo Lindo Holiday Party

Mundo Lindo Holiday Party
Mundo Lindo Holiday Party
Mundo Lindo Holiday Party
Mundo Lindo Holiday Party
Mundo Lindo Holiday Party

We hung the two murals that the kids had done with Amy.
Mundo Lindo Holiday Party
Mundo Lindo Holiday Party
Mundo Lindo starts up again on Thursday, January 13th and Tuesday the 18th! See you then!(If you want to join us, you need to go to an Escondido (California) Public School and be in the 4th or 5th grade. Email Amy for details.)

Friday, December 17, 2010

Santa's Workshop!

Santa's Workshop at Mundo Lindo
We were very busy this last Thursday before the holiday break!
Santa's Workshop at Mundo Lindo
Painting paper roll Nutcracker men. (Edgar recently saw a performance of the Nutcracker at CCAE, so the inspiration was fresh in his mind.)
Santa's Workshop at Mundo Lindo
Gift wrapping, gift tags...
Santa's Workshop at Mundo Lindo
painting paper roll angels...
Santa's Workshop at Mundo Lindo
Santa's Workshop at Mundo Lindo
The teen volunteers had time to make mosaic pots
Santa's Workshop at Mundo Lindo
The kids who'd missed last week, made mosaic pots too.
Santa's Workshop at Mundo Lindo Santa's Workshop at Mundo Lindo
Santa's Workshop at Mundo Lindo
And ornament painting too. (Check my blog, JaneVille, for a tutorial)
Santa's Workshop at Mundo Lindo
A fabulous Nutcracker!
Santa's Workshop at Mundo Lindo
At the end of a very busy two hours, every kid went home with a wrapped gift (their mosaic pots) an paper roll something, an ornament a gift tag...whew!

Friday, December 10, 2010

Mosaic flower pots

mosaic pots
We're making mosaic flower pots. Terra cotta pots, along wtih small mosaic tiles, glass gems (flat on one side) buttons, broken tile, and shells. The kids are gluing the pieces individually using Weldbond glue, from the hardware store.
mosaic pots
mosaic pots
mosaic pots
We'll grout them next week!
mosaic pots
We're also working on a large pot for the CCAE garden.
mosaic pots

Friday, November 19, 2010

Self Portraits

self portraits
Self portraits starts with a guided lesson on drawing and proportions.
self portraits
then comes collage with construction paper and glue sticks.
self portraits
self portraits
self portraits
self portraits
self portraits
self portraits
self portraits
self portraits
and yes, they could choose any hair color they wished
self portraits
self portraits

and then, some time to make cootie catchers AKA fortune tellers. Janice show the others how to fold them.
self portraits
self portraits
fold this way...
self portraits
add the numbers, then write the fortunes!

Friday, November 12, 2010

Art inspired by a museum visit

museum visit Wes Bruce Fort ~ Thursday Kids
The kids and I and Amy had a field trip to California Center for the Arts Esconidido Art Museum to see the fabulous installation by Wes Bruce.

shoebox fort materials!
When we returned to the studio, each kid selected a shoe box. We'd gathered  materials for them to construct whatever they wanted. Some of the materials were: shells, acorns, bells, spools, wooden sticks, fabric, glue, construction paper....I showed the kids how to add a wall, inside their shoebox, using a piece of construction paper, and let them do whatever they wanted.

shoebox fort

shoebox fort

shoebox fort
Everyone's was unique and original. Some approached it from the architectural point of view, constructing floors, stairs, patios, while others when straight to the decor, wall paper and objet d'art.
shoebox fort
shoebox fort
shoebox fort

shoebox fort

shoebox fort

A visit to the Art Museum