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Liza painted her silly band in African Colors. 30" x 24", August
2010
 
Jack painted the UC Football quarterback, Tony Pike,
for his father's 2009 Christmas present. 24" x 30", 2009
Jack painted his favorite
doodle for his father's 2008 Christmas gift. 30" x 24"
Syd, Mas and Tom set
up their studio in the basement of their new 5000 square foot home. Needing
artwork for the large walls, Tom offered to stretch 2 - 3’ x 4’
canvases, supply the paint, brushes and expertise. In about three hours
the children were done. In the beginning they spent a good amount of time
mixing the color and doing small color sketches. Then Tom transferred
the children’s drawings on the canvas and showed them how to paint.
It was a little messy but nobody spilled any paint.
Mas' preliminary drawing
was a rocket ship and a planet with stars. The
black for space was really a thin black/brown/blue that once applied showed
some of the canvas. The strokes were evident and special for space played
such a big role in this work. Tom told Mas to think he was creating vast
sections of outer space with each stroke. In painting the stars, Tom showed
Mas how to anticipate a stars structure without using the crossing lines
children use to create five pointed stars. In painting them, Tom showed
Mas how to load his brush just right and let the paint edge of the brush
make the lower edges and once relieved a bit make the edges on top.
Syd’s work looks
like it came right out of a famous modern museum. Maybe it was done during
the 1920's in Germany when the Bauhaus Movement was in full swing. Syd
did not know what it meant. Her mother helped decide the colors. It was
a very simple drawing with crayons that theyworked from. After the general
shapes were in they sat back and pondered what would make it better. Her
mother helped with great ideas on which shape to make bigger and where
another color was needed. She directed the general color palette of the
works to suit her décor.
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