Watercolour illustration and not only.

The "Watercolor" session is almost over. The lessons that were created to show various ways to use watercolor paints and brushes, to demonstrate how white objects are drawn  when using watercolor and how the outcome changes when the paper is wet and when it is dry. This month children are practicing drawing sketches for their future paintings, making decisions and make use of what was learned in previous lessons.

A fairy tale "The Snow Queen" by Hans Christian Andersen helps me to inspire my students to draw winter-themed pieces by immersing them in the fantasy world, thus showing them the beauty of frosty windows, the Palace of the Snow Queen, the deer that helped Gerda, or the snow monster that could not beat the girl with her warm, loving heart.

I advise all adults to read this story, too. It is one of those books that may be interpreted quite differently by someone who is older. There are some versions are illustrated by artists from all over the world:

http://surlalunefairytales.blogspot.ca/2009/12/snow-queen-week-p-j-lynch.html
http://timecodegames.com/products/snowqueen/
https://lavendercreekglass.wordpress.com/2009/12/07/inspirational-monday-angela-barrett/

Just try to find the original book itself, if you can. Unfortunately in today's world there is a tendency to distort and rethink what has been done before us (just as in a mirror from the fairy tale). ;)))

Our fairy tale-inspired works and free choice pictures can now be seen in the Gallery.

In February, we begin a new session on Gouache. Many of my students are waiting impatiently for it to begin, because I have already told them that we are not only going to use brushes, but also use our fingers.

Sincerely yours,

Alla

Merry Christmas and Happy New 2016 year!

I would like to begin this post by wishing all of you a Happy New Year and Merry Christmas!

I wish you all health, happiness, beauty and goodness in every moment of your life!

I would like to share the beauty, that I got to enjoy during the New Year holidays.

 Everything was wonderful: the road, the forests and the mountains!

 I was even enjoying some skiing! Sincerely speaking, I am not a great skier, however children around me were my inspiration and my chargers of energy. I like to observe and learn from the children - they are the best teachers. After watching the kids as they come down from the mountain, I did it! I lost my fear and went skiing. And this time it wasn't even the little hill for children!

And now the dessert!














There are photos of works of my students, they have made during the session "Watercolor". My students from November to December 2015 mastered their skills with watercolor.
 They did tonal sketches.





They draw and paint watercolors of their favorite characters



















They made Christmas still life and winter landscapes




Did New Year's and Christmas cards:



















Some of them dared to make their portraits. And it turned out to be not so difficult.


The idea to send these as a gift to their grandparents seemed very timely.

Nice job! More photos can be seen at the Gallery

I wish all of you a good start in this New Year! And I'll be glad to see all of you starting January 11, 2016. This week I am going to spend time on paperwork and some self-studies and preparation of the lessons for my students.

Sincerely yours,

Alla

Soft pastel, oil pastel, pencils and etc.

Hi, my dear friends!

We started in September. I have some pictures to share with you.

We made some exercises with colors, lines, spots and textures. Than we tried to think about how it can help us to make pictures from our imagination or from the world around.  Our trip with "Dry media" is almost over.

Enjoy our pictures in Gallery 

Hi, my dear friends!

I hope that all of you have spent wonderful holidays. I will be glad to see my students full of impressions and new ideas to share with everybody.

I would like to share my inspiration of this summer.

Elena Makarova. The Teacher, the Artist, the Master... she is really great!!! To read her books was like... to  meet a person that understand your problems, meet the same difficulties... So I am in a process of  revising  my course.

Find her books and enjoy:

http://www.makarovainit.com.

I hope to see you soon,

Sincerely yours,

Alla

P.S. This is another part of my Summer 

http://canada-icons.blogspot.ca/p/blog-page.html

Art Exhibition

Hi, my dear friends! June is very special time for students and teachers. Students are waiting for vacation time to get more impressions. Teachers are making report cards and planning next academic year.  It is busy time for me too. I look through all visual material that was collected the period. Wow, students are such  hard workers!!!

This is our art exhibition 2015. Enjoy!

Sincerely yours,

Alla

Easter Fair

On the 18th of April, took place the Saturday Easter Fair "City of Masters".

There were a lot of interesting things, including an exhibition of children's work. O. Svyatoslav, priest of the church of St. John Chrysostom, kindly provided the premises of the church itself, as the weather was windy and was concerning the safety of the masterpieces of our little masters. Not only did the children have the opportunity to exhibit their work, but also to see the creativity of their friends.

The fair was a great success. I would like to thank everyone who helped in the design of the fair and those who provided pictures for the exhibition.

Sincerely Yours,

Alla

Happy Easter, my dear friends!

You are now all welcome to get inspiration in our Gallery.

You also have an opportunity to see some pictures at the event in Calgary that is going to be near St. John Chrysostom Church, Saturday 12.00- 17.00,  on April 18th, 2015. You'll be able to enjoy a concert, Russian food, playground for children  and etc. Please take your chairs, some cash and  a good mood:))

Sincerely yours,

Alla Kireyeva