Out of the Woods Art Studio

California 2003 - 2010

Thank you to all of the 2003 - 2010 California students,

parents, and patrons who supported

Out of the Woods Art Studio.

The memories will last forever!

Here's to all of you! Love, your teacher and friend, Jennifer D.

"If I could say it in words there would be no reason to paint" Edward Hopper

Colorado 2010

Thank you New Castle Library and Children's Librarian Diane Webster

for the invitation to create ocean-themed crafts with children and their parents.

"Art is literacy of the heart!"

Elliot Eisner

July 2010

Under the Water with Watercolor

Students discovered the undersea world and created worlds of their own while learning the fundamentals of drawing and watercolor.

August 2010

Howard Pyle's Pirates: A High Sea Adventure

With images of the great artist Howard Pyle, navigating the waters, students explored the world of pirates with beginning drawing lessons, journaling, map making and the designing of a compass rose to direct ones path to creativity.

September 2010

Flying into Fall

Using paper, paint and string, students created owls, with wings spread wide, to soar the Autumn skies.

October 2010

Painting in the Dark; for those who enjoy the lighter side of life!

November 2010

Let’s Meet in a Bird’s Nest! Taking lessons from fascinating and resourceful home-building birds from all over the world students built their own unique nests for their stuffed and painted paper bird to live.

December 2010 Narnia: The Lion, Witch and the Wardrobe
Lessons in book illustration using the popular C.S. Lewis series for an enchanted winter holiday.

Colorado 2011

June 2011

Kinetic Art at the Out of the Woods Summer Art Program

in the New Castle Rec Center

July 2011 Adult Art Party:

Screamers

August 2011 Paper Mache' Sculpting for Children: Dovregubbens

Creatures of the Mountain s who's motto is: BE YOURSELF!

Fact: A Dovregubben is a character in Henrik Ibsen's Peer Gynt from 1867 , a dramatic poem that is inspired by Norwegian folk literature . Mountain King is in the 2nd action in Peer Gynt portrayed as a mighty wizard king and head of a family who lives with his court of underground creatures in "The Mountain King Hall" in the " Ronde ".

The most famous quote from the Mountain King's mouth in Peer Gynt is "troll be yourself."

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