Purple Twig

Cardboard is such a versatile and abundant material. This week using cardboard as the base to create all kinds of artworks from train cars, puppet theaters, and abstract stulptures.  This is a great wek for those who love sculpture and building. We will also be combining the sculptures with collage, printmaking and painting. So save your cardboard and shoe boxes because we are going to need them. 

We will be focusing on abstract during this week full of sensory play and artmaking with shaving cream and ice, drawing with charcoal and printing with bubble wrap.  This week is for that young artist who finds sensory materials both invigorating and relaxing. 

Large scale drawings, tiny drawings, plein aire drawing, self-portrait drawing. We will use a variety of materials, charcoal, pencil, watercolor, chalk pastels to make sculpture drawings, narrative drawings, still-life drawings.

This is a color theory week. We will be mixing, mixing and mashing colors together. This class will explore color in its many forms. Students will be painting using watercolors, tempera and paints we will be mixing ourselves. Students will create collages sculptures and doing some science experiments. 

This week of camp is FULL- if you would like to be added to the wait list please email me at info@purpletwig.com

We love to make art that looks like food. Students will spend the week creating scultpural treats from hamburgers or impossible burgers to cakes using many mediums. We will explore  paper mache and printmaking, painting and clay. 

We will make our own stamps and printing plates to print on fabrics to make banners, on cardboard to make sculptures. We will do mono-printing, foam printing and printing from everyday objects.

Exploring paint and its many forms will be the subject of this week, watercolor paint, tempera paint, sumi ink, powdered paints Kids will make large scaled paintings, collaborative paintings,  self-portrait paintings, abstract paintings, black and white paintings. We'll also explore color by mixing our own paints. 

Students will learn basic hand-sewing techniques in this class. We will use fabrics and felt to make soft creatures and wool for some soap felting creatures and maybe even some weaving. 

Large scale drawings, tiny drawings, plein aire drawing, self-portrait drawing. We will use a variety of materials, charcoal, pencil, watercolor, chalk pastels to make sculpture drawings, narrative drawings, still-life drawings.

studets will learn the tabby stitch, soumak stitch, looped tabby stitch, rya knot, lark’s head knot and  how to add tassels to different kinds of weavings and wall hangings. This is great for either a beginners or those who have done weaving before. 

We will be mixing, stirring, making creations in our own apothecary. The kids will have the opportunity to discover the magical, healing, aromatic, and delicious properties of plants and herbs. Students will make salves, candles, soap, teas as well a some magical made up potions.