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Friday, February 21, 2020

Homeschool Art Classes

These print making days have turned out to be really fun for boy my students and myself. LOVE making prints!

As you can see here, some of my printing plates are repeated patterns. Their assignment is to brainstorm with thumbnails for their own repeated patterns. Can’t wait to see what the students design!

I teach homeschool students ages 9-18 in two locations: www.hisclasses.org and www.ttcclasses.com. I don’t take students mid-year but our schedule for 2020-2021 will be up around the end of April. Here are the links:

The Training Center Classes

HIS Classes

Thursday, August 8, 2019

Art Classes!

Now THAT is a lot of pencils, Bubba! My students could look at just these ends and know each pencil’s purpose - light lines, super dark values, initial sketching, super-fine details, etc. Can YOU? School starts SOON and I still have a couple slots open in almost all of my classes. I teach in two locations, in The Woodlands - www.hisclasses.org; The Training Center - www.ttcclasses.com. If you want a spot, let me know right away to get your spot.

Here are the links:

www.ttcclasses.com

And www.hisclasses.org

Saturday, July 21, 2018

Art Classes for Homeschoolers

If you’re still thinking of art classes for the fall, I’m switching into high gear gathering supplies and preparing lesson plans. I teach in two locations: www.hisclasses.org and ttcclasses.com. Two of my seven classes are full, but there’s room in the others! Did you know I also give private lessons? Message me about that.

Turkish tour

Another look at those natural color-sources. I asked about cochineal, because you couldn't just have that on a shelf, and yes, their deep reds are cochineal. It's a South American insect that is a parasite to the prickly pear. Owners deposit them into their fields, and blow them off and collect them once they're big. Then they crush their fat, bloody bodies for a nice, natural, red dye. I'm so happy to report that the rug we purchased has cochineal in it. I'm also happy to report that it's likely in your lipstick and blush, ladies, and if you drink cherry coke - it's in there, too! :)

'My' Chair

At our theatre the other night we had an orchestra meeting after I taught my sets class. After about a half hour, someone pulled me out of the meeting for a few minutes. When I came back, everyone in the room was laughing and pointing to the nice, uh, black leather chair. I had paint on the back of my shirt, and it permanently smeared all over the leather! The last time I went in the office, I noticed that someone had taped up the sign you see here. One way to lay claim to something! Well, it's not the first time, let's see, there's my driveway with many colors of paint, our carpet with Peter Pan green footprints, my car with yellow paint on the seat, my gloves, half of my clothes. It seems like everyone likes my painted clothes, kind of like already-broken-in-jeans. Maybe I should start a clothing line!