Wednesday, 16 May 2018

May, 2018

 We were waiting for spring time very long time. Finally,  it is warm and nice in Calgary.

Great time to get inspiration from outside. Spring blossom! Mother's Day!  New born bunnies and kittens... and many others.









We were practicing with different media during the year. Now we can choose not only the object for the project,but also media to full fill the task. More pictures you can find in Gallery

Sincerely yours,
Alla

Thursday, 12 April 2018

April, 2018.

 Happy Easter!

Its finally April....Spring... however the snow outside does not convince me. With the joyous holiday of Easter and the upcoming "spring" season, we have been working hard on multiple different projects.

 We prepared presents and decorated Easter eggs.

Unfortunately,I did not manage to make pictures of everything, but there are still multiple new pictures in the Gallery for you to enjoy.

 I am also in the process of taken, a wonderful course with SAGA


 I also continue, my work on icons: http://canada-icons.blogspot.ca/p/blog-page.html
 Sincerely yours,

Alla

Monday, 26 March 2018

March, 2018

We are continuing to work with brushes:



We learned how to make different brushstrokes with round brushes.


I try to teach students to enjoy practicing different position of the hand with a brush. It is like a game "What mark I can get if I hold it different way"




Mandala art, tradition art of different countries teach us brush strokes perfectly.

All of our experiments and brushwork  prepare our hands to make something decorative, for example: Easter eggs or presents for our friends.



Our pictures you can look at Gallery

Wednesday, 14 February 2018

February

Gouache painting.

We learn how to mix colors, to work with brushes.
More pictures you can see in Gallery





Sincerely yours,
Alla

Wednesday, 17 January 2018

January, 2018

We learn how to work with gouache. Children like velvet surface of the pictures and  opportunity to fix small mistakes.  



Sincerely yours,
Alla

Sunday, 17 December 2017

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!


Merry Christmas and Happy New year!

I hope the New Year will bring happiness, new memories and successes for you and your family and friends.

It is common to wish all the best in New Year, however all the best begins now.

I am grateful for all the successes this year has brought me, but also for the things that did not work out, because they gave me the opportunity to stop and think. I have a lot things to  love, and I am happy I have the opportunity to share this love with others. I am fortunate enough to do what I love and provide for my family and friends, but also do something that others enjoy and want to explore and learn more about. I have been blessed to meet people who have warmed my heart. I am sure that next year will be a source of new things to be grateful for.

And now pictures and how they were obtained.

So, take watercolor, paper and brushes, as well as a simple pencil, masking  tape of different widths and wax crayons. You can draw what you want. Leave what has to be white, white. Wet the colors with water and dance with a brush on paper. Yes, your brush can dance, my students know what that means. It's boring to tell that there are rules and techniques for working with a brush, so we teach our brush to dance. At first, of course, the result may not be perfect, but with some practice ...







We  mix colors and use the process called monotype, then look at them and create an image by adding some details.


You can make an illustration from a fairy tale, for example, Gerda from "The Snow Queen"  (H.C.Andersen). This painting contains, warm and cold colors, patterns, brush work, but most importantly: imagination.



More watercolor paintings can be viewed in the Gallery

Happy  holidays!

Sincerely yours,

Alla

Wednesday, 22 November 2017

November. Watercolour.

We learn how to use brushes, when make white spots with different art supplies., wet paper, dry paper...
More pictures in Gallery






Sincerely yours, Alla