October.

October is a season full of colors.
 Colors are everywhere -
Whether its the fall leaves in the park,

Or the veggies and fruits at the farmer's market,

 Even the sky and land is colorful,

Its very important for the children to pay attention to the different colors of the world around them.

The visual experience helps children to see the beauty of the created drawing, they start to use their  imagination. The children were very surprised when I suggested that they should first color the paper  with oil crayons, and then draw something. 

"You're joking, you're mistaken, you draw first, then color it," - they said, but then they joined the game, and were surprised with the results.

For more pictures you can view the Gallery

Sincerely yours,

Alla

Summer time.

Summer this year was surprisingly long and hot  in Calgary. It is September, however, it is hot like in July.

 All my students are busy for first days of school as well as their parents to organize everything
The schedules of art classes you can see here. There are many changes and some spots and time are available.

There are some news, I have been taken as an instructor in Art classes with children aged 6-9 years at St. Mary's University. Click: (St.Mary's University). The Group still has some spots available..

In August, we were near  Okanagan Lake. It was a wonderful weather and we used every moment to enjoy it. What a unique nature is in this place!

Unfortunately, we also could see and smell  the  smog.  

Mountains that are different! Each of it is different at any time of the day! 

We were hiking.

I am waiting for my students to share our impressions with each other.


Sincerely yours,

Alla

The exhibition.

Last week we had an exhibition for the students.They chose their favorite picture that they have created this year, framed it and brought it to display at the exhibition. If you are interested in some projects that the students have created, check out the Gallery .

 The exhibition gave an opportunity for the students to be proud of their work. It also gives them a chance to see what others think of their work and we must not forget it is a great way to make friends outside of their groups.

Thank you for another amazing year. Have a great summer!

Sincerely yours, Alla

Course of Iconography.

Last week I participated in an iconography course

The instructor of the course was Philip Davydov (St.Peterburg, Russia):
http://sacredmurals.com/

It was a very productive time for me. Egg tempera painting is an old and one of very complicated techniques. However more and more people are starting to learn and use it. I learned  how to organize the working process step by step, and how all those steps make the image work. It was also a very interesting teaching process that made us, as students, not only to see, but to also deeper understand the Image as a message.

Sincerely yours,

Alla

Gouache

We continue to work with gouache.

Some of students practice with brushstrokes.

Some of students exercise by coping pictures made by camera.

Mono-type helps them to see beauty in colorful spots.

  

We are almost ready for the exhibition! More pictures that you can see are in the Gallery

Sincerely yours,

Alla

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter, my dear friends!

As we say 
adieu to the silver of Winter
And welcome the 
brightly blooming Spring
As the earth is refreshed with 
the joys of Easter
Here's wishing you every happiness 
the season can bring! 

Happy Easter! 

More pictures you can see in Gallery

Sincerely yours,
Alla

February, 2017. Watercolour

My students are different. Boys and girls in different ages, different skills, different preferences...
We mix paint with color, mix colors together...

The result you can see in Gallery