2012 SUMMER IS HERE!

BLUE APPLE STUDIOS 2012 SUMMER SCHEDULE
ART HOUSE FOR KIDS LOCATED IN SANTA CRUZ, CA
831.588.5412 OR KCELLISON@ME.COM

JUNE:

6/27-29: BIRDS 10-1PM
WORKING ON HEAVY WATERCOLOR PAPER, EACH DAY WE WILL CHOOSE A NEW BIRD TO STUDY AND CREATE. WE WILL THEN DECOPAUGE THE FINISHED MIXED MEDIA PAINTING ONTO A 24X24” CANVAS TO TAKE HOME.
6/27: OWLS
6/28: PEACOCKS
6/29: SPARROWS
$85. EACH OR $225. FOR ALL 3

JULY:

7/17-19: TREE OF LIFE CANVAS 10AM-1PM
THIS WORKSHOP IS INSPIRED BY THE WELL-KNOWN MEXICAN FOLK ART OF STORY TELLING CALLED THE TREE OF LIFE. WE WILL SPEND SOME TIME LOOKING AT DIFFERENT TREES OF LIFE AND THEN ARTISTS WILL BE ABLE TO CREATE THEIR OWN TREE ON A 20X24” CANVAS. THEY WILL THEN WORK WITH CLAY CREATING ELEMENTS OF TEXTURE ON THEIR CANVAS. ARTSITS CAN FILL THEIR TREES WITH COLORFUL FLOWERS AND BIRDS, FRUITS AND SYMBOLS. $150.

7/23-27: MOSAIC GARDEN WORKSHOP 10AM-1PM
A WHOLE WEEK OF WORKING WITH STAINED GLASS PIECES AND TRANSFORMING THEM INTO FANTASTIC ART MASTERPIECES. ARTISTS MAY CHOOSE CATS, DOGS, DRAGONFLIES, BUTTERFLIES, TURTLES OR ANY OTHER LIVING CREATURE TO SERVE AS THE SHAPE OF THEIR MOSAIC. THESE SHAPES WILL BE CUT OUT OF WOOD AND THE ARTISTS WILL THEN COVER THEM WITH STAINED GLASS PIECES TO CREATE A BEAUTIFUL MOSAIC. AFTER THE GLUE HAS DRIED, ARTISTS WILL GROUT THE PIECE. THESE WORKS OF ART LOOK GREAT HUNG BY WIRE OR ATTACHED TO A METAL STAKE FOR THE GARDEN. IN ADDITION TO THEIR CREATURE, ARTISTS WILL ALSO BE DOING SOME FUN FILLED GARDEN ART PROJECTS. $225.

AUGUST:

8/1-3: BUTTERFLY WEEK 10-1PM
WORKING ON HEAVY WATER COLOR PAPER, WE WILL CHOOSE A DIFFERENT BUTTERFLY TO STUDY AND MAKE EVERYDAY. WE WILL THEN DECOPAGUE THE FINISHED MIXED MEDIA PAINTING ONTO A 24X24” CANVAS TO TAKE HOME. $85. EACH OR $225. FOR ALL 3

8/1-3: GARGANTUAN CANVAS 2-4PM
AGAIN AND AGAIN AND AGAIN…IT IS ALWAYS FILLED! IF YOU HAVE AN ARTIST WHO LIKES TO PAINT GIANT PAINTINGS, THEN THIS IS THE WORKSHOP FOR THEM!!! ARTISTS WILL GET TO CHOOSE FROM A VARIETY OF LARGE SIZED CANVASES TO DESIGN AND PAINT THEIR OWN HUGE CANVAS! LIMITED TO 6 STUDENTS. IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT PARENTS TALK TO CAYCE FIRST BEFORE THE WORKSHOP STARTS IN ORDER TO GET IDEAS OF WHAT THEY MIGHT WANT TO PAINT.(ADD AN OPTIONAL HANDMADE REDWOOD FRAME FOR ADDITIONAL $50.00) GOOD FOR MOST AGES. $175.

8/6-10: ANIMAL CANVAS WORKSHOP 10-1PM
EACH DAY OF THIS 5 DAY WORKSHOP ARTISTS WILL LEARN ABOUT ONE PARTICULAR ANIMAL IN ORDER TO CREATE THEIR PAINTING. AT THE END OF THE WEEK, ARTISTS WILL HAVE A MIXED MEDIA COLLAGE OF 5 DIFFERENT ANIMALS ON SEPARATE CANVASES IN ALL DIFFERENT SHAPES AND SIZES. $225.

8/14: GARDEN CANVAS 10AM-1PM
COME INTO THE STUDIO FOR THIS ONE-DAY WORKSHOP TO CREATE A WHIMSICAL GARDEN ON CANVAS. FILLED WITH BRIGHT DOTTED FLOWERS, TALL GRASSES AND THEN EMBELLISHED WITH GEMS AND GLITTER THIS WILL BE A PLEASURE TO CREATE AND A BRIGHT SPOT ON YOUR WALLS FOR YEARS TO COME. GREAT FOR ALL AGES. $85.

8/15: A DAY AT THE ZOO 10AM-1PM
ARTISTS GET TO CHOOSE FROM AN ASSORTMENT OF CLAY ANIMALS THEY WANT TO PAINT AND THEN MAKE A BACKGROUND FOR THEM ON A 16X20 CANVAS. WE WILL THEN ATTACH THE ANIMALS TO THE CANVAS AND DECORATE THEM WITH BEADS, WIRE, GEMS AND OTHER ARTISTIC ELEMENTS. GREAT FOR ALL AGES. $85.

8/16: FOREST FRIENDS 10AM-1PM
COME INTO THE STUDIO FOR THIS ONE DAY WORKSHOP TO CREATE YOUR VERY OWN FOREST ON CANVAS. FILLED WITH BIRDS, SQUIRRELLS, TREES, FOXES, DEER AND THEN EMBELLISHED WITH GEMS AND GLITTER. THIS WILL BE A PLEASURE TO CREATE AND A WHIMSICAL ELEMENT TO ANY ROOM IT IS DISPLAYED IN. $85.
$85. EACH OR $225. FOR ALL 3


*HANDMADE REDWOOD FRAMES ARE AVAILABLE FOR ANY PIECE OF ART MADE AT THE STUDIO. PRICES START AT $25 DEPENDING ON SIZE. JUST LET CAYCE KNOW.

*IT IS RECOMMENDED AND APPRECIATED THAT ARTISTS BRING IN THEIR OWN HEALTHY SNACKS FOR ALL WORKSHOPS THEY ARE ATTENDING.
BLUE APPLE STUDIOS POLICY:
ALL WORKSHOPS REQUIRE A $50.00 DEPOSIT PER WORKSHOP IN ORDER TO GET A SPACE RESERVED. THE REMAINING BALANCE IS DUE IN FULL THE FIRST DAY OF THE WORKSHOP. ALL DEPOSITS ARE NONREFUNDABLE. IF A STUDENT NOTIFIES BAS OF THEIR INABILITY TO ATTEND 2 WEEKS PRIOR TO THE WORKSHOP, THE DEPOSIT MAY BE TRANSFERABLE TO ANOTHER WORKSHOP. CANCELLATIONS MADE WITHIN THE 2-WEEK PERIOD RESULT IN A LOSS OF DEPOSIT. THERE ARE NO CASH REFUNDS. THERE ARE NO MAKE-UPS FOR WORKSHOPS. IF THERE ARE LESS THAN 5 STUDENTS SIGNED UP FOR A WORKSHOP, BAS RESERVES THE RIGHT TO CANCEL THAT WORKSHOP, IN THIS CASE, YOUR DEPOSITS MAY BE TRANSFERABLE TO OTHER WORKSHOPS. PLEASE REFER TO THE BAS POLICY LOCATED AT THE STUDIO FOR MORE DETAILED INFORMATION OR FEEL FREE TO CALL US.

CITRUS FRUIT BOWLS

Looking outside my kitchen window lately, I have been watching all the lemons grow. This has inspired me to do a citrus still life with my classes and I remembered the painting my sweet friend Alissa did with her son years ago. She sent it up to me a long time ago, in hopes I would do it with my classes someday. Well, this week has been the perfect someday. Thank you Alissa, my beautiful friend who always inspires me and who I wish I saw more often. And thank you little artists, for working so hard on these paintings this week. They are just lovely.

Gargantuan Canvas

We had another packed out Garganutan Canvas workshop this past week and it was as usual, beautiful! Love what those kids are making around here. When I look back on the photos I snapped, I can't help but wish I had an art studio like this when I was growing up. I would've LOVED making huge canvas! There is something so healthy and freeing about letting children just paint big every once in awhile.

One year at Christmas (i think i was about 8 or 9), my brother and I somehow talked our parents into letting us paint windows in the house with a wintry theme (like stores do around the holidays). Funny, I know, but this was one of the jobs that was on my to do list when I grew up. I used to love seeing new, Christmas themed paintings around town and thought those artists were AMAZING :)

I clearly remember walking into Vessey Drugs in Aptos (I just aged myself for all of you that remember good old Vessey's (proud of that!) and picking out bottles of powdered tempera paint with my dad. It was SO exciting! I had no idea what I was even going to paint, but it felt so important and teachery to be able to use the same paint we used at school in our house for a special project just for us to do. They let me and my older brother pick which windows we were going to use and let us have at it. It took me all day and even into the night before I was finished with my "masterpiece." I remember my dad coming out at night and telling me I was about to miss dinner as I was putting on the last snowballs in the sky. It was cold and dark, but I didn't care.
And there it went. A tradition was born that year, and every year, for several years after that, we looked forward to painting another window.My parents and all of our extended family seemed to love whatever we made and it was such a confidence boost to have them all come over and see what we made every year. As I look back on that, I am grateful for my parents just letting us be kids. My mom cared about how the house looked and everything was just magical about the decorations at our house at Christmas time, but somehow in the mix, she was still able to work with my dad insisting on getting a 14 foot Christmas tree (not kidding, we WERE that family in Christmas Vacation) and very cool with letting us kids have a corner to do and create whatever we wanted. I cherish that.

So my advice to all of you who have growing up ones out there:let them be kids! The projects in the house can be stressful and messy but the big, finished product hanging up after, is so important for little ones to feel like they are really a part of the home somewhere. It gives them something to feel proud of to look at. It changes houses into homes in my opinion. And hey, if painting with permanent paint isn't for you, don't under estimate the greatness of painting with water and brushes on concrete or wood in the sunshine all day to pass the day along (I will vouch for that too as some pretty fantastic childhood memories). Happy painting!