Resist!

Marcella and Cameron had fun learning about products that resist watercolor. They used both oil pastels and masking fluid in these paintings.







As you can see, Cameron loves abstract!













Marcella removes the masking fluid from her painting.







Beautiful!

Balloon Art

Marcella is an expert at making balloon animals.

Cameron's Art Gallery

This photo was taken back in December, 2010, and shows some of Cameron's recent artwork. Note the American Girl collage on the right - that was her latest creation.

Silly Self-Portrait

Make a funny face, take a photo, print it out, trace it, and color with pastels for a fun, easy self-portrait. Great job, Marcella! hee! hee!

Cupcakes... yum!

Decorating cupcakes is almost as much fun as eating them!

Homage to Dorit Levi's Golfer

Whenever Grandpa and Grams cruise on the Holland America line, they enjoy attending the art auctions on-board. They bring home the preview booklets for the girls to learn more about art and artists.

Marcella thought Dorit Levi's Golfer was a great painting. Here is her version which she drew while looking at a 2" x 2" picture. Notice the use of oil pastel on the golfer's clothes that resists the watercolor. You have a great eye for color and detail, Marcella!

Abstract

First, while the girls listened to music, they thought of a feeling they could express with watercolors. Taking their cues from the beat, they used white oil pastels to "doodle". Then they chose a red, a yellow, and a blue to keep their colors clean.




Here's Cameron's beautiful results.









Cameron had so much fun that she painted two more. Notice the beautiful watercolor washes.