New Home on Facebook

I recently started posting all the new Kid's Eye View art on Facebook.

Come check us out: https://www.facebook.com/kidseyeviewart

You can still view this website, as it is the original KEV home.

New Space!

We are finally finished with all of the renovations and KEV has a new home!
This space is dedicated exclusively to art and teaching.  I am so very excited to begin this new chapter!!!! :)  New students - welcome, and old students welcome back!!
You can also find us on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/kidseyeviewart

Cartoon Animals lesson - Adrian and Anthony.

Today the boys were learning how to draw anatomically correct cartoon animals. They created imaginative environments for the animals and learned to compose them on the page. The resulting collection of artwork looks just amazing!

Boys Portraits!

Today the boys painted each other's portraits. What a great job!

Guache art

Today with the boys we learned to use a different medium, guache. They mixed media to create unique pieces of art.

Kids' city view

Today the boys were young architects/city planners. Each created his own city! The resulted panorama is amazing! We also studied the multi talented Leonardo Davinci, a sculptor, inventor, painter and genius!

Graphic Design by hand

Welcome to graphic studio. We combined patterns and silhouettes to make funky greeting cards.

Best of all, they are hand made by the kids. No computer art. In this computer age it's very fun to make and to receve actual hand made greeting cards!

Picasso Lesson

Pablo Picasso is one of the greatest artists whose work transcends time. He was not simply satisfied with doing the same old realistic pictures.  One of the forerunners of cubism, he went on to create bold, colorful and daring art. I had the boys copy his composition with the bull scull. They each did it in their own style. As well as an introduction to an artist whom the boys did not know before, we studied how to mix colors and how to create a well-composed picture. Good job boys!

Monet Lesson

Today with Liza we studied the paintings of Claude Monet.
She did a painting of the japanese bridge in his style.
We did tape masking the bridge, for an interesting look.
Here, the painting is shown with/without the tape removed.
I think it looks interesting both ways! Great job Liza!

La Giaconda Part 2

Jenny finished her Mona Lisa today.  I am very pleased with the outcome.  She puts a lot of effort and thought into her work.

Things that Go!

Today with the boys we drew cars, airplanes and hellicopters. We also read a book about Alexander Calder. I wanted them to also create 3D car models out of wire and modeling clay, but we only had one hour :)
So we decided to leave that for our next class. The boys were all very good and were really into drawing and making up their compositions. I think each of them has his own creative ways of approaching their work and solving art problems. It's fun to go on this journey with them and find out the way they view their world through art!

En Plain Air

Summer is a great time to go out and draw outside.  Lucky for us, we have many beautiful locales to go to and enjoy drawing.  Today Liza went to draw on Cedar Grove beach. She painted an ocean/beach scene with oil pastels.  Another great work to frame!

La Gioconda Part 1

Wow, need I say more? Jenny rocks.
First she drew the Mona Lisa, in pencil, then she painted on top of her drawing.
She got a lot done only in one lesson, she will finish the painting in her next class.
I am so impressed with her and look forward to see the finished piece.

Robots of the Future

I have had the pleasure of teaching three boys in my classroom today - Adrian, Anthony and Dennis.
They were extremely nice and fun to work with.  I wanted to see where they are in terms of drawing.
We had fun with drawing robots from their imaginations, combined with some animal elements.
I tried to channel the lesson to their wants to make it interesting.

Watercolor animals

Today Liza painted animals using watercolors, pencil and marker. She had fun mixing media and creating vibrant pictures. She drew an iguana and a kitty.
I think this girl has an amazing style all her own! She is not afraid to make a "wrong" line and I love that! Just look at these masterpieces!

Jenny's animals and cartoons

Today Jenny drew stylized animals and a cartoon person.
She followed a simple tutorial with much skill and patience and the result came out awesome!
She got the point about keeping the right proportions and exaggerating some features to achieve a stylized cartoon look.

How do we draw animals?

I have come to a conclushion, there is no "how to". You just do the best you can to make observations and judge how to draw from what you see.  Today with Liza and Sam we drew different animals - tiger, frog, polar bear, dolphins and penguins. More to come!

Fashion Triptych

We had a great time with Liza, she drew different fashion designs, playing with textures and patterns.

Liza naturally has a good artistic taste and the result is quite whimsical and fun!

Jenny's First Lesson

I met with Jenny today.  She knew how to mix colors to get other colors and picked the right brushes for different detail needs, which I found very smart.  

She did a still life with a bottle and a bowl of fruit. 

We worked on getting the shapes of the objects to get them

to look real and for the colors to work well together in relationship to one another. 

Still life with model

Barbie was the model, she wore jewels and she sat upon her throne :)

Van Gogh Lesson

Today Liza painted Van Gogh's "Starry Night" with oil pastels.
She picked out all the colors and created the right kind of strokes!
I am amazed by her budding talent!

Frida Kahlo, self portrait study.

Today with Liza we studied the art of Frida Kahlo and her expression through self portraits.

Liza created her own self portrait with her cat in the style of Frida.  I think she did a great job.

Her drawing, using color pencils and pastels came out quite whimsical and original.

Liza's Matisse Lesson

Today I intoduced Liza to the art of Henri Matisse.
She painted a still life based on his colorful works!

Animals

Today with Nikita we practiced drawing different animals!