Art Group first day Blastoff

Today was the first day of our art group! We went to Earth House to play games and socialize. We played Uno and connect four, then we walked around the building. We a great day and look forward to next week!

Squares all Around

Today, we learned the first steps to making a quilt! Thanks, Laura!!
 
Laura Mickler (above), Ball State Graduate and Development Coordinator for her Sigma Kappa Sorority, graciously taught the Wednesday community art class the first stages of making a quilt. We each chose 9, 3"x3" squares of different fabric colors. We then sewed our small squares together to make a 9"x9" square. This square will become part of a large quilt that we will include squares from all of our OTB groups! SO COOL!!! We can't wait to see what the finished product will look like. Here are some sneak peek pictures of our experiences today. Who knew we could all sew!
 

Cigar Box Fun with Lynne Medsker!!

Today we had a visiting artist named, Lynne Medsker. She is a local artist here in Indianapolis. You can find her art on her website at www.lynnemedsker.com!

Lynne shared with us how to make cool and creative scenes on the surface of our cigar boxes. Our favorite part was learning how to use sand in art and make it look pretty!! Next time we will add paint to our sand and then finish it off with a nice clear glaze. We are excited about our finished product!!! We even chose a new Studio OTB logo today!

Later some of us are planning on going out to eat, shopping for a new video game, talking to our parents on the phone, or relaxing in front of the TV!

We look forward to blogging again soon!

-Wednesday Art Class

Cigar People!!!

Today we had a blast drawing and painting faces on our donated cigar boxes. Each box will have a name and a story! So far, we have "French Woman", "Mandam Hot Lips", "Angry Fred & I love Lucy", "Monsier Bearded Bobby", and "Snow White" & "Coraline Sally"

Congrats to Katy Wagner & Jonathan McAfee on a successful show at Jazz Kitchen!! Here are some sneak peeks if you missed the show!

 Jonathan McAfee

Katy Wagner

Spring Fever and Nature Art!!!

We completed our Spring scene boxes today!

We were really glad that to finish our boxes! The sun and the flowers were our favorite things to add to our box.  We are looking forward to Spring because we will get to travel, and celebrate Summer holidays like the 4th of July, and go to Summer concerts and watch sunsets.

Contour Drawing!! African Animals!

Monday Art Class!

Today we did contour drawing! It was very fun to do but it was really difficult to not lift up my pencil. The hardest type of drawing was blind contour drawing. The best part was getting to draw and see our different versions of flowers and animals.

"I really enjoyed the step by step drawing and the animals. I really liked the relaxation music even though it made us sleepy."