Students Art Show

Making art for keiki and with keiki is my happy place😊

I am so grateful for the opportunity to start teaching K-5th this year! I have been working on preparing for Students Art Show on May 7th. Itʻs less than a week now, but my trust is in God who has been faithfully provided me the strength, energy and everything else. All glory to Him.

Keiki summer art camp

 It was a fun week of summer art camp for keiki at my studio!🎨😊 We explored painting, drawing, mixed media and paper mâché🍍🐦🌻🐳🐬 a busy and fun week!

Keiki after school art

My keiki after school art is in the 9th year!🖍🎨😊

The theme on the 4th quarter was "Spring in Hawai'i"; we learned Hawaiian plants and animals and their habitats: 'i'iwi bird, ʻohia lehua, nēnē, ʻohelo berry, happy face spider, humuhumunukunukuapuaʻa and more. Here are just few pictures of amazing work of keiki!

Thank you so much for Waikoloa Elementary School!

Spring Break Art Workshop for Youth

 Aloha🌺 

This week I am so honored to teach Coloring Book Project🖍 at East Hawai'i Cultural Center (Hilo, Hawai'i) for keiki ages 8 to 14. Our goal is to learn about our native plants and animals of Hawai'i, and create a coloring book together to spread awareness for sour special 'āina🏝

I created these coloring pages for your keiki to learn and cherish these animals and plants, mostly endemic (exist only in Hawaiʻi).  E mālama ʻāina kākou!

Mālama coloring pages

After School Art for Keiki!

I am so thrilled and excited that I can do this again!
It's been 7 years...!
If you have K-5th grade age children who are interested in art in Waikoloa area, please pass this information. Mahalo!

Art Workshop #24

April 2 - May 1, 2012
After School Art for Children (K - 5th)
Waikoloa Elementary School
808-883-6808
5 weeks, Mondays & Tuesdays
2:15 - 3:15 pm (K - 2nd)
3:30 - 4:30 pm (3 - 5th)


Painting, drawing, printmaking, clay and mixed media :D

Kahilu Theatre Keiki Art 2012

Annual Keiki Art Exhibit (March 7-April 2, 2012) at Kahilu Theatre at Waimea, Big Island. This is 9th Annual Keiki Art Show for young artists between the ages of 5-10 years old. Over 60 young artists proudly displayed their work in the Kahilu Gallery (www.kahilutheatre.org), sponsored by State Foundation on Culture and the Arts.

Kohki's amazing butterfly!

Mihi's "Dream" self-portrait:) Congratulations!

Clay Art

In our 3rd quarter, our focus was "the clay art". Among many available clays, I chose air-dry clay "Laguna Modeling Clay" for its reliable consistency and its easy use for children. We used both earth color Red and White. As we have mostly done drawings and paintings in past, children really enjoyed playing clay to experiment 3-d art. In my part, it took way more preparation than other materials, but seeing how excited children were I am planing to continue incorporating this medium.

K~2nd
Coil pots and pinch pots; children enjoyed being creative
adding other materials like feathers, sea shells and branches.

K~2nd

K~2nd

3rd~5th
Making clay piggy banks was much harder than it looks.
Hardest part was to cover up round balloon with a clay sheet.
But they enjoyed adding elements like ears, feet and nose.
The popular animals were elephants, cows, and pigs :)
In the second week they painted their dried creations with acrylic.

3rd~5th

3rd~5th
Students made clay tiles.
After designing and cutting pieces, putting together like puzzles
was a little hard, but look at these beautiful tiles they created!:)

3rd~5th

Postcard Project

Hearing the "Postcard Project for Japan" organized in the Big Island , 3rd-5th graders in my art classes created these bright miniature art in the size of postcard with Hawaiian motifs.

Postage stamp self-portrait

Every year, in both K~2nd and 3rd~5th grader classes, we do self-portrait. With the changes in children's art skills and their rapid growth, comparing every self-portraits would be fun! In 3rd~5th grader class, students designed their images in postage stamps. The idea was using a bit of pop-art concept. Students first design the compositions with pencils, then used sharpie markers, and colored with oil pastels. Here are some of their work. 

Christmas paper-mache

Another fun and successful project with 3rd to 5th graders is this simple paper mache creations. We did it tis 2nd Quarter just before Christmas, so students worked on either Christmas ornaments or bowls with Christmas themes. They are both very fun ann simple, and same process. There are many You tube videos on paper mache, but I took most short-cut process, as I had only 2 class sessions (2 hours with some parents helps :D). This project is easily started as most materials can be found around your house.


Materials (per student)
balloons (12" for a bowl, or water balloons for an ornament or small cup)
many newspapers (cut into 1" stripes for a bowl, 1/2" for an ornament or small cups)
1" craft brush and several small brushes for painting
school glue mixed with water in 2:1 ratio in a bowl to make paste
acrylic paints
Sharpie pen
some wax paper for a working space
a pipe cleaner


Process

1.  Blow up a balloon. Setting it on a cup will make it easy while you work next step.
2.  Dip newspaper strips in the paste OR paint paste with brush on strips (both front and back) and cover the balloon.  Repeat this process and cover the entire balloon (no need to cover the whole if you are making a bowl) with many layers. Tip for the success in this process is laying each strips carefully removing any air bubbles. For the bottom of the bowl, make a small circle with pipe cleaner and secure it with many layers of strips. Let dry.

3.  When dry, pop the balloon and remove it. If desired, trim the edge with scissor this will make a straight opening for a bowl and cup. For natural looks, many students left untouched the openings which had irregular edges. Draw design with a Sharpie pen. Paint your design with acrylic paints. I instructed students to choose only three colors, white and black. They mixed colors to create new colors.
4.  For an ornaments, poke two holes at the top to string through and make a handle for hanging.

May you be blessed with the spirit of true joy at Christmas and always~!

metal embossing

Our 3rd to 5th graders tried on metal embossing and they had really good time (and outcome was amazing!). It is a century-old art form of relief sculpture in many parts of the world; called repousse or repajado (Mexico and South America). The designs are pressed with tools (we used colored pencils) into a sheet of metal to create 3-dimensional artwork. 
I ordered all materials from dickblick.com and please refer to their "teacher pages" for more detailed instructions. For my limited time frame I have simplified the project. Students really loved this project, but I recommend very easy, abstract designs, instead of concrete designs which will take long hours even for adults. I also recommend a small size as shown here.


Materials (per student)
Amaco ArtEmboss Soft Metal Sheets (I cut into 1/4 sheet per student)
Colored pencils (metallic colored pencils worked well too)
Copy papers for sketch (I cut into 1/4 sheet)
Small magazines, one per student
Optional (mat board 6.5" x 8", 2 mini pop dots)


Process

1.  Draw your design in a copy paper.
2.  Tape your design in the middle of metal sheet (so it won't move) and trace and press the     design onto metal sheet with a pencil. Remove the copy paper.
3.  Turn the metal sheet over. You can see the traced design is raised in front. Use colored pencils to color around this raised lines with some press, this will define raised edges. Suggest students not to press very hard, as it will make holes.

4.  After student finish coloring, mount the embossing work on mat board with  2 pop dots, so the work is raised from the board.