Hello, Everyone!  The beautiful abstract paintings you see in the images, below, were painted by the ladies you see holding the paintings in the last three images.  The ladies (doctors and lawyers, I think, and at least two are related to each other) were out for a day of activities together and were recommended to us by No Mas! Cantina.  We appreciate No Mas! Cantina for that blessing and we've recommended them to others, too!

When the ladies arrived, we decided to paint our versions of an abstract painting that was on display in the Blu' Bisque.  The color-scheme of the original is painted with darker, wintery hues.  We chose brighter autumnal colors since we were in the midst of the Autumn season with its gorgeous palette of oranges, reds and yellows.  Of course, as you can see we added other lovely colors, too!  I photographed these images with the iPad while the ladies ate their lunch at No Mas!  They left them with us to dry while they ate, since they were too damp for transport. 

When the ladies returned to pick up their paintings, the 'You Don't Know Jack' pumpkin-painting themed class had begun.  The ladies returning from No Mas! met the ladies (mother & daughter) that you see working on their pumpkin paintings, along-side their painted and decorated fresh pumpkins, complimented their artwork and expressed their interest in doing this themed class, as well. 

Of course, those classes were in October 2014 and I enjoyed meeting those seven (7) ladies and teaching the two to paint pumpkins on canvas, and the five to paint an abstract on canvas.  All of them were so delightful and I'd love to paint with them again!

This is my version of the abstract painting.  Each of us painted our own interpretation of the original painting, and each version is uniquely beautiful!

Hello! As you may have noticed, pumpkins have been a popular item to paint with several of my painters. The lady and guy below are relatives celebrating the lady's birthday with a painting class, among other celebrations they enjoyed earlier this day. The brother participated in this art class with his sister as part of his birthday gifts to her. They were great students, painting along as they enjoyed their dessert and beverage. I love the details they added to their pumpkins; I think they created beautiful pumpkin paintings! Don't you?

Good Day, Everyone! This young student came to paint thanks to an adult cousin taking her on a weekend visit of lady-entrepreneurs' businesses. As a walk-in student, she painted her own ideas on canvas. She had a great idea to paint family images on her canvas. 

This young artist's creativity is delightful and the painting she created is beautifully done!  One of her models was in the studio classroom with us, posing for the portrait with this young artist.  Her cousin had her wear gloves so that she wouldn't get acrylic paint on her hands. 

As you can see, sometimes I've worked with one family at a time and the classes are still a lot of fun to do!  I've been blessed to work with a lot of great families, including this delightful family!  Small painting classes are equally fun as larger classes.

Hello, Everyone! Today's art class images feature three family members: a mom, and her daughters. Mom brought her daughters out for a painting-on-canvas (& each other) experience to celebrate her baby's 1st birthday. Together, the three of them created two beautiful abstract paintings using acrylic paint. Initially, the oldest daughter painted on canvas only. However, at some point on her own, she decided it would be fun for her to paint her baby (literally) sister's face with acrylic paint. I, gently, reminded them that it would be far better to use this paint on the canvases.

Mom thoroughly enjoyed this experience painting with her daughters, and the baby enjoyed playing in the paint. Since they were 'walk-ins' they painted 'free-style' and created their own abstract masterpieces, together. Now, they have a wonderful memory of painting together, captured in photographs.

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