Art Camp

The kids just finished up Art Camp today, and it was a wonderful week! They were so enthusiastic every day and couldn't wait to get to Art Camp each morning. They had a brief show today at the end of the week, and Joel and I were so impressed with the variety of media used and with the skills learned.

 This is Will holding his name in calligraphy. They had practiced all week writing the alphabet and Bible verses with a real calligraphy pen and ink. I thought Will did a good job, considering that he is still working on manuscript handwriting.

 This was Will's watercolor rendering of a lake scene. I was blown away by the trees and reflections in this piece!

 This was Will's project of pomegranates in soft pastels.

 This was Will's acrylic piece of mountains with a field of tulips. I love the perspective of the piece and how his flowers look more like wildflowers in the foreground. Each student's personality really came through their work!

 Here is Emily Anne in front of her display table.

 This is her bulletin board above the display table.

 Emily Anne used soft pastel crayons on these pomegranates. I'd like to hang these in the kitchen.

 Oil pastels were used on the flamingos.

 Emily Anne's watercolor rendition of the lake. Beautiful reflections!

 Gorgeous mountains with a sea of tulips by Emily Anne.

 The students also transferred line drawings to rubber, carved out a stamp, and coated them with ink to make stampings. This horse was Emily Anne's creation.

Will's flamingos

They also carved and painted. Will's shark started out as a rectangle of a material like styrofoam.

Emily Anne's Irish Setter--You can't see it from the picture, but the texture on the ears was wonderful!

Their talented art instructor's name is Debra Carmona. You can visit her website here. Emily Anne has taken lessons with her for two years now at Co-op and will be continuing lessons this fall with Will in his first year of Art. We are so blessed to have her expertise available to our children! This week's camp was a fun and intensive time to enjoy a variety of projects in a relatively short amount of time. They both thoroughly enjoyed their time there!