New Term

My art school has just launched its new term which will be commencing soon. If you live in Melbourne and have a desire to get in touch with your creative side go over and have a look. This term we are offering workshops in a variety of lengths if you can not commit to a term long class. I know if I didn't have a tiny baby I would be signing up for most of them myself.

 All the details can be found on our website 

www.the-assembly-rooms.com

hope to see you there....

Summer

stage one cutting the dough

stage two decorating

We had a lovely day painting our salt dough decorations on Friday, they all turned out beautifully.
It was our last class until the start of term next year and I can't wait to get started on some new projects together. Thank you so much to everyone who has come along especially the families who made the class such a part of their lives each week. I loved having you all and seeing what you made.
It is Summer here and I will be taking a holiday for a few weeks and will be not updating this journal much until the new year. I hope you have a rest and relax as well and look forward to what 2015 may bring.

Salt Dough Decorations

This week in Art class we made salt dough decorations, we did the same activity last year and it is a lot of fun and the decorations last for years especially if you seal them with Estapol once they are decorated.

 turn this...

into this...

with these salt dough decoration instructions....

Walter Martin Christmas song

Today we will be back on for our second last Art class for the year. I can't believe it!
We will be making something and decorating it next week so come along for the first step today between 10 and 12 if you are in the neighbourhood.
I have not even thought about Christmas yet but I have just bought even more copies of Walter Martin's album We're all Young Together for Christmas presents. I just love it so much.
Walter has released a very sweet Christmas song that you can download for free on his site. It is very lovely and I think I have listened to it about fifteen times already this morning.

No Class today!!

There will be no Art class today, Friday the 5th of December as we are away on holiday. Woo Hoo.
Hopefully I am lost in a jungle or drinking a cocktail in a pool under a palm tree. Or looking for fish in the water.
I hope you are also having a relaxing day too.
See you next week on the 12th of December for the second last class for the year!!

hoop planes

turn this...

into this...

with these hoop plane instructions...

Class today but not next week...

If you are free this morning come along to our Art Class, it is always fun!
Just a reminder that next week, the 5th of December there will be no class as we are off on holidays for a week woo hooooooo!!
See you back on the 12th for the penultimate class for the year!

botanical painting

 turn this...

into this...

with these botanical illustration experiment ideas...

finger puppet family portrait

turn this...

into this...

with these finger puppet family instructions...

art class

Come along to Art class today if you are in the neighbourhood as always we will be using our hands to explore and make something fun.

Halloween special

Today is Halloween here in Australia and tomorrow it will be in the rest of the world. Instead of posting our Art Class activity on Monday as usual I am breaking tradition and posting it this morning. If you are near by you can come along and make all three decorations and if not you can  still make these simple decorations with things you will have at home. Have fun...

turn this into...

this...

this...

into this...

and this...

into this...

with these Halloween decoration instructions...

worry dolls

turn this...

into this...

with these worry doll instructions...

Guatamala

My newly five year old son has come up with a wonderful activity this week and so in todays Art class we will be taking a short trip to Guatemala and making some treasures as well.

constellation maps

turn this...

 into this...

with these constellation maps instructions...

firework painting

turn this...

into this...

with these firework painting instructions...

plant measuring stick

There was no art class this week as it is school holidays but here is a project we did a few weeks ago in conjunction with our sunflower seedlings 

turn this... 

into this...

with these plant measuring stick instructions...

shadow puppets

turn this...

into this...

with these shadow puppet instructions...

todays class and holiday information

Today will be our last Art Class for the term with the next two weeks being school holidays there will be no classes on.
We will be exploring shadow puppets and my niece and nephews will be coming along to help which will be terrific. Maybe if we concentrate they might come out something like these beautiful works by German animator extroidinaire Lottie Reiniger.

sunflower seedlings

 turn this...

into this...

with these seed raising instructions...

measure

Today in our Art Class we will be doing some gardening and some measuring so come along if you feel like doing some exploration.
image from here