Hello, Friends!  The art class students featured in the images, below, are teenage members of Jack & Jill.  They came to paint via an event their parents scheduled.  I enjoyed demonstrating the painting and helping them paint their versions of the featured holiday wreath.  I think their versions of the paintings are really good!  I like their choices of unique accents.


During the painting process, everyone took a break to enjoy the meal and desserts that the parents prepared.  While all were eating, the paintings dried in preparation for the next layer of the art!

This was another wonderful Jack & Jill group I've had the pleasure & honor to teach an art class for!

Hello, Friends!  This little guys were a joy to paint with!  They enjoyed creating their version of the Orange Slices painting and the Hot Cocoa & snacks being served.  There paintings are gifts for family members.  Those paintings are nice and thoughtful gifts from two little gentlemen. 

Hello, Everyone!  The little artist featured in the images below, came to paint with me, thanks to her mother enjoying her painting experience approximately one week earlier.  Her mother created another beautiful abstract and they created a separate abstract, together.  As a petite artist she did a wonderful job painting.  You can see her artwork, below!  I think she's 5 years of age; didn't she do a great job of painting with her mother?! I really enjoy seeing families paint together; it is a wonderful experience, all around!

Good Day!  Friends, this class was part of a birthday party for a little girl, that favors Hello Kitty themes.  So, I came up with a Hello Kitty that was part-Princess, and part-Ballerina!  The boys (& girls) had the option to paint a Frog Prince, as well.  Additionally, the option to paint something of their own idea(s) was offered for those that wanted to paint something different. 

As you can see, this class included painters that are pre-teens, teens and their grand-pa!  This was another wonderful art class with birthday party combined!  Three generations were at this party, and there are a lot of parents and grandparents that were there, yet not on the images below.  They had a great time as well.  I certainly appreciated their assistance in distributing more paint, as the painters needed it.  Every child was a delight to work with and so were the parents and grand-parents. 

I've totally enjoyed demonstrating the paintings during the classes, and I am looking forward to doing so on an even greater level for the multi-generational classes, as well!  After the preliminaries have taken place, I can discern the moment students of each age begin to focus on what they're doing with paint and paint brushes, due to how quiet they become.  As they paint they appear to be discovering that they have the ability to make art, and that is always a wonderful experience to witness those moments of discovery!

Hello, Everyone!  These hostess for this class invited a small group of her friends.  However, some had to cancel.  So, we continued with the class anyway and these two best-friends enjoyed creating their version of the painting. 

After aiding during (and teaching) several Canvas Over Cocktails classes, I realized the value in advising the students to enjoy their cocktails after the first hour of painting.  I began telling the students this so that 'wine-eyes' (as I call them) do not prevent them from creating a nice version of the featured painting.  During this class, 'wine-eyes' did impact one's painting, so I gave her instructions on how to un-do the impacted parts, at home, in a day or two.  She was pleased to know that she could do so!  We can see the great talent rising from what they painted, so far! 

The Canvas Over Cocktails themed classes seems to delight the participants so much, because they come with beloved friends and family ready to relax, enjoy each other's camaraderie and the painting process.  It's been a delight to observe this type of atmosphere during classes! 

Hello, Friends!  These two families were such a delight to instruct (all of my students have been a delight, really)!  We painted unique pumpkin-themed paintings for the 'You Don'r Know Jack' at the Blu' Bique event, first.  Then, actual fresh pumpkins were painted with their custom, unique designs!  The art that these students created on canvas and on pumpkin is so nice! 

Hello, Everyone! Today's featured class is of a group of students/ladies that painted together, in celebration of one's birthday. As you can see some of them painted pottery and some painted canvases. Both groups did a great job of painting as they enjoyed their desserts and cocktails. Their creativity shows through the custom details they added to their works of art! So many artists and such great artwork!

Hello, Friends!  Today's images are of painting students and their artwork created during a birthday party event for a newly-teenage girl.  This painting of a floral bouquet in a vase was based on another artist's version, which was red, bright yellow, white and black.  My version has the pink background, with green, brown, white, blue and orange colors.  The young ladies featured, below, enjoyed creating their bouquets on canvas. 

As you can see each young lady, artist, created a uniquely styled version of the painting, yet each one is lovely, frame-worthy and gallery display-worthy!  I enjoyed working with these young ladies and their families.  Their families were delighted to observe and listen as their daughters learned to paint this painting.  What an all-around delight this class was!