With the start of the new school year your child is ready to get back to piano lessons, or maybe starting lessons for the first time. As many of you have come to realize, lessons are the easy part – it’s the nagging that comes with practicing that you and your child have come to dread. We … Continue reading
Our final week of Art Camp for the summer was a study of different ways of creating characters through puppets, masks and drama. First we told lots of stories and discussed characters and plot. Then we chose a few stories to dramatize ourselves. We started simply with a paper bag puppet version of “The Three … Continue reading
In our second week of Art Camp we explored the world around us, using nature as both materials and inspiration for our work. We used leaves for leaf rubbings, made our own paint from leaves, flowers and fruit and turned leaves, pine needles and dandelions into different textured paintbrushes. We also represented the wonders of … Continue reading
ShaunaFarrell 