They have been fascinated by the technique and Tuesday night, the three girls enjoyed it so much I did not hear a peep out of any of them for almost the entire ninety minute class.
In fact with twenty minutes left to go, I had to entice them to put the wood burners down and pick up the paint brushes to put the final touches on their works!
I am so pleased and excited with the results the kids are getting with this art form. This is quickly becoming my all time favorite project.
I had picked out a variety of reference material of snowy landscape scenes and some Vancouver scenic pictures.
Two of the girls on Tuesday gravitated to the same reference picture and decided to sit next to each other to share, but look at how different their works came out!
11 year old
11 year old
It was also incredibly stormy during the Tuesday class. We had wind warnings in effect and I had a burning candle plus a flash light in the studio..just in case. The morning after many people were without power and the sounds of chainsaws resonated outside as people were getting rid of fallen trees. So how appropriate is this stormy painting of Vancouver's famous Inukshuk?
11 year old
She definitely captured the weather we were experiencing during class.
Wednesday's class was not really all that sure about the wood burners and took a bit of convincing to give it a go, probably due to my stern warnings of being careful as to not to get burned, but I don't think walking out of art class with burn blisters is a good thing.
So once the nerves subsided, all five students were hard to convince to put the wood burners down.
7 year old
If you click on the above artwork, you will notice just how deep the burns go into the wood. He was the most vocal about not wanting to do the project at first and then had the most fun. He even asked if he could do another one!
8 year old
This little boy had a marvelous time creating snow flakes with the burner. He stuck with blue and grey because the ground is icy, not snowy.
8 year old
This artist was one of the other students who was not really sure about the wood burner. She was extremely hesitant at first, so much so that I put my hand over hers for the first few times to make the burn marks until she gained her confidence. By the end of class, she also was creating deep, dark burns into the wood so that the Inukshuk would look three dimensional.
10 year old
These two girls have become good friends over the past couple of months and love to work together on their pieces. I enjoy seeing how they each interpret the same subject matter and although similar always show the unique personalities of each child.
10 year old
All these artworks are so beautiful to me but the greatest testament to the success of this project was the pride I saw in each child's eye when they finished. They could not wait to show their parents at pick up.
Was there an upfront cost in adding the wood burners to the studio? absolutely.
Was it worth it? A million times over. I'm already mulling over new project ideas to use with them.
Amazing post dear! You have a wonderful blog:)
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