Sunflowers 2/12/14

Beautiful "Sunflowers" painted with the teen youth group (and moms) at Penn Valley Church in Telford, PA

Charley Harper Stylized Birds

We are beginning our session with a winter bird project in the style of Charley Harper.  Harper was an American Modernist who painted highly stylized birds and animals. His style was called minimal realism which captured the essence of subjects with fewest possible visual elements.  To stylize is art represented in a way that simplifies details rather than trying to show naturalness or reality.

screen shot of Harper bird

screen shot of Harper bird

 

Our project is mixed medium meaning we will be using different supplies to create our finished piece.  Students will be painting snow on the ground, stippling in the sky and painting in their stylized bird.  We will collage the trees using old book pages.

finished example

Weekend Paint Parties

Here are some photos from LuAnne's Birthday Paint Party and a six year old's unicorn birthday party. It was a great two days of creative fun!

hard at work on tree

proudly displaying her great painting

group shot, 2 painters are missing

Adding details

happy unicorns

great job!