Beyond the Fridge Door

Group of Seven Artwork

2012-01-29T23:19:00.003-05:00

During our Crafting the Masters workshop this past weekend, our young artists created artwork in the style of the Group of Seven. We focussed on landscapes and we used coloured tape to create...

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Spotlight on The Group Of Seven

2012-01-23T17:24:00.000-05:00

Algoma Sketch II - Lawren Harris It is almost impossible to think of the Canadian art scene and not immediately have the Group Of Seven come to mind. Iconic images of the Canadian...

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Spotlight on Emily Carr

2012-01-16T14:24:00.000-05:00

Emily Carr was born in Victoria, British Columbia on December 13th, 1871. She grew up on beautiful Vancouver Island, on the Western edge of Canada, surrounded by mountains, the ocean, trees and a...

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Spotlight on Salvador Dali

2011-11-08T17:32:00.001-05:00

"Have no fear of perfection, you'll never reach it." So said Salvador Dali, but he did manage to find a great measure of fame for his Surrealist artwork, as well as his eccentric ways....

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"Everything Starts From A Dot"

2011-11-01T13:44:00.000-04:00

Kandinsky This coming weekend, Budding Artists featured artist of the week for our Children's Art Workshop is Wassily Kandinsky. Kandindsky was an abstract painter that lived from Dec. 16, 1866 to...

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Spotlight on Marc Chagall

2011-10-25T17:16:00.000-04:00

Marc Chagall was born near Vitebsk, Russia on July 6, 1887. He was the oldest in a family of nine children of a poor Hassidic Jewish family. During that time, Jews were segregated from the Russian...

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A Wall of Art

2011-10-18T17:32:00.003-04:00

So the art work comes home from school, you admire it, then wonder 'what now'. Turning to the pile of artwork that has come home recently, you find a mountain growing. If you want to encourage your...

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Spotlight on Edvard Munch

2011-10-11T14:53:00.000-04:00

Self Portrait 1881-1882 Edvard Munch was born on December 12, 1863 in Løten, Norway to Christian Munch and Laura Catherine Bjølstad. He was the second oldest, in a family of five children. Sadly,...

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What Time Is It?

2011-10-06T10:30:00.001-04:00

What Time Is It? Craft Time! Hold your horses and wrap your mind around this fantastic art project that you can do with your kids - a Hand-Designed Photo Frame Clock. In fact, it can be an art...

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Self Portraits

2011-10-04T09:07:00.000-04:00

Here are self portraits created by the participants of the Da Vinci workshop. We looked at the Mona Lisa and discussed facial proportions. The kids used pastel.

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Spotlight on Leonardo Da Vinci

2011-09-27T22:06:00.000-04:00

Leonardo Da Vinci was born on April 15th, 1452 in Vinci, just outside of Florence, Italy. He was the illegitimate son of Ser Piero, a legal notary, and a peasant girl by the name of Caterina. Despite...

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Spotlight on Pablo Picasso

2011-09-20T20:01:00.000-04:00

MEET PABLO PICASSO Pablo Picasso was born in Malaga, Spain on October 25th, 1881 to Don José Ruiz y Blasco and María Picasso y Lópe. In fact, his legal name was Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula...

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2011-09-13T23:07:00.000-04:00

It has been long time since I posted. It was a busy summer with a good balance between time spent with my family and friends and working on Budding Artists. For the first time, my friend Nancy and I...

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Tissue Paper Painting

2011-07-14T10:15:00.000-04:00

A few weeks ago, I was perusing the Dick Blick's art lessons and came across this lesson Its called No Blender Pulp Painting. I was looking for a grade 1 lesson and this seemed...

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Artwork Inspired by Robert Delauny

2011-05-06T09:39:00.000-04:00

I teach occasionally in various schools in London, Ontario. One day, I was at Wilton Grove and I replaced Deb Bennett. Her students had done an amazing job on their artwork inspired by Robert...

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Artwork inspired by George Seurat using texture rubbings

2011-05-04T06:32:00.000-04:00

A few weeks I attended an art workshop for occasional teachers. It was put on by the Thames Valley District School Board and held at Althouse at UWO in London, Ontario. It was fantastic for many...

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April Showers Bring May Flowers

2011-04-27T08:32:00.000-04:00

It's almost May and all this rain has got to stop so those flowers can spring to life. To celebrate Spring, I have pulled out some of my daughter's flower artwork and put them together in a...

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Happy Earth Day!

2011-04-22T08:42:00.000-04:00

Today is Earth Day...A day to reflect on our natural landscapes and the environment we live in. Our featured artist today is Andy Goldsworthy, a British sculptor who creates outdoor art installations...

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Handprint Art

2011-04-21T14:25:00.000-04:00

Here at Budding Artists, we see a lot of fantastic artwork. For the younger children, a favourite type of artwork is using handprints to make simple pictures. Here are some...

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Kirigami

2011-03-19T21:22:00.000-04:00

Kirigami is the art of paper cutting. I was inspired by Omiyage's blog post and decided to make some coloured "snowflakes". Yes, I know Spring is here but these don't look like that dreaded white...

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Monday at the Art Institute of Chicago

2011-03-15T08:40:00.000-04:00

Yesterday, my family and I went to the Art Institute of Chicago. We spent four hours there with our teenage son and 8 year old daughter. I was happily surprised that they were engaged for that...

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International Women's Day

2011-03-08T11:38:00.000-05:00

Today is International Women's Day and thank you to all the women before me who have paved the road to change and all the fantastic women I know who are making positive changes everyday. Here at...

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Restaurant Art Fun

2011-03-04T23:12:00.000-05:00

I love it when restaurants provide crayons and paper. It keeps the kids busy. Usually, we play a game of guess the picture. Tonight, we were out with my daughter's ringette team tonight and we...

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Book Plates

2011-02-23T11:31:00.000-05:00

Another idea from D.I.Y. Kids and Scholastic.com. Make your own bookplates. Again, you must have some computer skills and a printer. I created mine on Adobe Photoshop. There is a tutorial on eHow.

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Eye Spy!

2011-02-18T08:33:00.000-05:00

I received an email from a former colleague, Joyce Contant who shared a really nice literacy project based on the Eye Spy books. She told them to bring in their toys or found objects. Some...

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