Bumbling Art Studio

05/18/2026

For Mother’s Day, the kids could choose between painting a brush or a vase to give their moms. (I have a lot of siblings in my classes, so I like having 2 options so they can give different presents.)

05/07/2026

04/30/2026

Oil pastel still life paintings

04/26/2026

I also teach smaller sewing classes. I don’t post about them very often. But I was so proud of how their letter pillows came out this week!

04/26/2026

Underwater sharks!
Artist inspo: Van Gogh’s short brush strokes. We talked about how Van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime. But he painted over 2000 paintings!

04/26/2026

Making model magic ice cream is always a favorite! My students love trying to trick their family members into thinking it’s real ice cream.

Artist inspo: we talking about Salvador Dali as a joke (melting clocks vs nonmelting ice cream) but we also talked about Peter Anton who makes giant sculptures of desserts.

04/01/2026

This was such a fun project! Made from egg cartons and cereal boxes.
Artist inspo: Laurel Burch
Skill focus: creativity. This was a pretty open ended project and it was fun to see what they all did.

03/26/2026

These foil eggs are even cooler in person!
Artist inspo: Faberge eggs
Skill focus: texture and pattern

03/18/2026

Succulents
We learned about stipple, composition, gradients…
I always love seeing variety in their color choices.

03/12/2026

Weaving!