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Thought I'd share what I did this Saturday...
I held my first painting workshop at a local Audobon center.
I've never taught before so I was a bit nervous...the center asked me if I could teach a painting class, and I agreed.
I had 5 sudents, which was plenty for me!
We painted our state bird and flower, which is the goldfinch and rhododendron
(shown here with the flowers just blocked in)
Although they had never painted before, they were pleased with the progress they made their first day. (sadly, we didn't get far on the flowers before time ran out...)
Here they are showing off thier first bird paintings!
keep that up and you'll be flying all over the country teaching people how to paint the respective state birds.
You should have a really fun time painting the NJ state bird. If you dont know what it is, just cut somebody off on the highway and Im sure youll get a good look at it.
-------------------- Harris Kohen K-Man Pinstriping and Graphix Trenton, NJ "Showing the world that even I can strategically place the pigment where its got to go." Posts: 1739 | From: Trenton, NJ, USA | Registered: Jun 2001
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Nice work Adreanne, I know the feeling, was asked to teach sign carving and gold leaf, never taught before, but it was fun, did it for three years.
-------------------- Bill Riedel Riedel Sign Co., Inc. 15 Warren Street Little Ferry, N.J. 07643 billsr@riedelsignco.com Posts: 2953 | From: Little Ferry, New Jersey, USA | Registered: Feb 1999
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The center charged $30 for members....I got half...ok, I know I basiclly taught it for free...but I needed to know what I was getting into.
Would you believe we were there 6 hours!!??
And we didn't even get into the flowers!!
I learned that with beginners you have to make it REALLY simple...I will have to work on a better plan for the next one.
My Dad used to teach Landscape Design at the local Jr. College....he said I will learn more from teaching it than the students...I think he is right on that!
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This was a project in acrylics...in fact...and don't laugh....but we used those little craft paints.
Reason for that was they are easy to work with, come on lots of colors and shades (mixing color is another class in itself) and are easily available here on the Peninsula.
We don't have much in the way of art supplies, and Walmart is about all there is.
MAYbe (if I get a big enough settlement on my foot) I'll open a well stocked REAL art store here....we sure do need one!
(shown here with the flowers just blocked in)
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