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Back, Middle, Foreground
Students in our 9-14 yr. old classes practiced their background, middleground & foreground composition skills with this watercolor pencil drawing project. We included a mat board picture frame as...
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Chalk Landscapes
Excited to showcase these beautiful chalk pastel landscapes from a recent 9-14 yr. old class! We used a glue resist technique whereby students designed their landscapes at the end of class the prior...
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Inside / Outside House
The theme was “Home” in yesterday’s Thanksgiving Camp! We were so pleased with the result of this super fun project we came up with sort of “off the cuff”! The concept was for students to draw the...
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Geometric Gemstones
For Valentine’s Day we selected geometric faceted gemstones as our inspiration! We discussed geometric shapes, and used two different approaches for our younger and older classes. Younger students...
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Bicycle Illustrations
We’re showcasing some of some of our favorite projects from the “archives” this month! Have you ever tried to draw a bicycle? Try it!! It’s challenging! We thought we knew how everything fit together,...
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Kaleidoscopes
These mandala collagraphs were created in one of our Tween & Teen camps. After studying the geometric symmetry of mandalas and radial designs, they cut and glued layers of very thin foam on large...
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Camp Highlights
Some highlights from summer camps so far… Keep an eye out for some individual blog posts about some of these fabulous projects! Enjoy! Botanical Bug Jars Mixed Media // cardboard on wrapped canvas with...
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Tooling Foil Silberzwieg Portraits
We have loved these Sandra Silberzwieg portraits so much and last week we came up with an idea to try them on tooling foil! Students colored them with Sharpies, and then we mounted them on black...
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Black & White Chalk
We were so proud of these young artists in our Teen Camp last week! These kids were about 13 years old, on average, if you can believe that! I didn’t learn some of these techniques until high school!...
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Sandpaper + Colored Pencil Owls
We’ve had a few packages of black sandpaper in the cabinet for a few years, and Miss Katie had the idea for our kids in our older camp draw little feathers on it with colored pencils. We loved the...
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Mixed Media Feather Wall Hangings
One of our favorite projects this summer ~ mixed media feather wall hangings in one of our Teen Camps! Students created feathers out of a variety of materials – tooling foil, sandpaper + colored...
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Annual Fall Festival – Sat. Oct 29
We are excited to announce our Annual Fall Festival! WHEN: Saturday, Oct. 29, 11am-2pm (drop in anytime… expect the pickins to be pretty slim if you show up at 1:50pm WHERE: small hands big art...
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Recap // Fall Festival
Last Saturday was our 8th Annual Fall Festival! Three words: Pumpkin Painting Paloooooza! While the paint was drizzled out in the parking lot (some of it actually sticking to the pumpkins),...
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Mechanical Creatures
Oh man, we literally lost our minds over this project we did in our Election Day camp yesterday! It was loosely inspired by Leonardo DaVinci, steampunk, the Renaissance period, and royalty, all...
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Wooden Bead Mobile
An unexpected reward of doing what I love has been the connections & friendships forged through social media with other art teachers, creative parents & art ed bloggers around the world. I...
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More Mechanicals
We posted last week about this fabulous mechanical inspired project that we did in one of our School’s Out camps. We couldn’t get these out of our system, so we taught a slightly condensed modified...
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Amanda Moody Inspired Super Moons
We have amazing local artists in Charlotte, like abstract artist Amanda Moody, to name just one. Take a moment to get lost in her amazing creations on www.bombshelves.com. We have oohed and aaahed...
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Thanksgiving Mobiles
Giving Thanks Yesterday in the studio we packed in a super enthusiastic crew of little people, excited to make something beautiful with us! We made Thanksgiving mobiles (becoming somewhat of a...
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Bee Illustration Art Project
Bee illustration art project with pen and ink, inspired by historic scientific drawings Insects have always sparked creativity in children! Our amazing artists in our 12-15 yr. old class recently...
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Upcycle Cardboard Reindeer Sculptures
These upcycled reindeer were inspired by all of our favorite reindeer projects from years gone by! \ \ \ The post Upcycle Cardboard Reindeer Sculptures appeared first on Small Hands Big Art.
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