Student's Work / Fall 2011

Emma: age 10
collage
made-up monster







Emma: age 10 & her sister, Katie: age 6
watercolour & ink
still life




Rowan age: 11
water colour & ink
abstract & made-up monster




Isobella: age 12
watercolour and ink
still life contour line drawing






Ruby: age 12, Rowan: age 11, Emma: age 10
collage contour-line project




Marlee : age 13
watercolour & ink
still life contour line drawing






Grey : age 8
watercolour and ink
made-up monster & still life




Ruby : age 11
graphite
blind contour line drawing




Amy : age 11, Sophia : age 11
graphite
blind contour line drawing


Isobella : age 12
watercolour & ink
still life

The House

Fall is here and Calla and I are super stoked!! We have finally taken over our WHOLE house and now have room for our art studios and classes! We're calling our space "the House" because it feels good... the idea of living with our art and sharing the experience. We've also teamed up with an experienced animation instructor, Ben Jacques, who has a wealth of knowledge about video editing and movie making. He has a fine arts degree from ACAD and has been teaching kids animation and art since 2002. He has extensive experience making short films and has even re-made star wars and Lord of the rings among other original works. Also, he can draw anything you want, if you ask nicely.

The following multi-media pieces are from a still life workshop Calla did with a group of grade eights. The project was to create an image with limited materials. Students were given pages from phone books and a sparse colour palette to express their view of a chair holding potatoes and oranges. Her students loved this exercise and were happily surprised with their differing styles and techniques!

Action! ART!

I just finished teaching a five session class called, Action! ART! that focused on narrative art making. I had seven amazing students who each created their own stories, sets, and characters! After working on thumbnails and storyboards, each student built their own sets and backgrounds out of a variety of materials. They then created characters (or brought some of their favorite action figures) to photograph within the sets. After photographing and editing their stories, students then added text. In the end each story turned out very unique and I really love them all!

Below are the covers of each book and the final layouts. The full spreads (with text) will be e-mailed to the kids and parents. Enjoy!