Apprentice With the Masters Art Class: July 2015

Monday, July 20, 2015

A New Space for The Apprentice Studio and Apprentice with the Masters Art Class

Have you ever had to do something you didn't like, in order to do something you do like? There are quite a few times in life that I can think of that are like that. Eating all your dinner, so you can have dessert. Cleaning up your room, in order to go out and play with friends. Weeding the garden, in preparation of planting seeds. For me, sometimes taking the time to sketch or draw my subject before I start painting can feel this way.

These last couple of weeks have definitely felt this way. However, I am so glad that I did the hard stuff, because now, I get to do the fun stuff! What am I talking about, you ask? I have been preparing my studio space for the NEW The Apprentice Studio and my new art students! Packing and sorting, painting and designing, praying and dreaming. It has been worth it!

I am so excited that I have to share some of the process with you in hopes of getting you excited as well! Here are some pictures to show you what I have been up to.

Oh dear, look at the piles and boxes!

What a complete mess....

Now we are making progress!

I am in love with these new colors!

I will post again so you can see the end result and more information. I hope this encourages you art students, as you look out to next fall.... which seems to be just around the corner.

Friday, July 10, 2015

Hello Summer! End of the Year ~ Things to Think On

What better way to end the year than with giant palette cookies!

Another wonderful art and home school year have come to an end. I have seen you all grow so much this year. The way in which you slow down and really observe a painting, your excitement when using a new medium, practicing your drawing skills and your joy at ending your co-op day doing something really fun!

I really enjoyed seeing you work together on this last project and I am just awed at how wonderful it turned out! It shouldn't surprise me though, you are all such wonderful art students. You have done well!

Our collaborative project (ooopps! a couple are missing when I took the picture)

But this year I am also closing a beautiful chapter in my life and starting a new one too! I have finished home educating my own children. The last one will be a freshman at a local Classical Education High School next year in the fall. I have decided I am not quite ready to say goodbye to the home schooling community and I plan on teaching again next year at my co-op and also from my home studio. I will also be working part time as a teaching assistant at a local Classical Christian Elementary School. I have an exciting future don't you think?

If you live in the South Puget Sound Area of Washington and wish to inquire about private or group art lessons, please email me with your name, current email, and a phone number at the top left of the screen. I am gathering names now and I will contact you with class details and information about an open house in the art studio in late August.