Peacock

KidzArt Session 2 - Week 2
Repetition of pattern and shape for creating unity and rhythm was learned.

Markers - November 4, 2008, age 6

Delicious Desserts

KidzArt Session 2 - Week 1

Alyssa learned the concepts of realism, still life, foreground, overlapping and pattern effects.

Markers - October 28, 2008, age 6

The Fox River

This piece was a gift to a friend. Alyssa shows movement in the painting through the waterfall.

Acrylic Paint - September 29, 2008, age 6

Mammoth whiteboard sketches Part 2

So here is Alyssa's finished mammoth picture.

whiteboard - Sept. 22, 2008

Jaguar

This is a piece from Alyssa's art class at school, a separate class from Kidzart.

Acrylic Paint - September 2008, age 6

More Instructional Art

Demonstrating volume and perspective with foreshortening. Alyssa decided to quickly add swimmers rather than a reflection towards the end of the piece. There's only one hour of time to learn techniques and finish a piece.

Week 5 - Reflection Pool

Chalk Pastels - September 16, 2008, age 6

Having her own agenda on her last art class this session, Alysssa reproduced her iguana piece colorfully

Week 6 - A Magenta Blue-Iguana

Marker and oil Pastels- September 23, 2008, age 6

Mammoth whiteboard sketches Part 1

This is Alyssa's second attempt drawing a mammoth from a real picture. The other sketches are of other prehistoric elephants, including the modern elephant. She informed me this picture was not done, so Part 2 will come soon.

whiteboard - Sept. 22, 2008

Self-Portrait

Among all the fun Alyssa had during her summer school enrichment program, Alyssa got to study a little art.

Picaso-esque

Watercolor - Summer 2008, age 6

Instructional Art

Alyssa has been enrolled in an afterschool Kidzart program. She loves it and does impressively well.

Week 1 - Recognizing the Olympics

Markers and Crayons - August 19, 2008, age 6

Week 2 - Perspective with Hot Air Balloons

Watercolor Pencils - August 26, 2008, age 6

Week 3 -Still life

Oil Pastels - September 2, 2008, age 6

Week 4 - Indian Masked Face

Markers - September 9, 2008, age 6

Inspiration from strange grasses.

Cattails are one of Alyssa's favorite plants. She has a small collection of real cattails from Arizona, Maryland and Ohio.

Cattails during sunrise.

Markers and Crayon - Spring 2008, age 6