Spring Happenings

Hi everyone!
I am sorry for the delay in updating here. Being pregnant with my third has proven to be harder to keep up with life more so than my other pregnancies. If it is contageous, I have managed to get it. It sounds dramatic, but seriously! Flu, ear infection with ruptured ear drum and then PINK EYE??? Who gets Pink eye? The notice came home from the elementary school on a Friday, and who ends up getting it that weekend? Not my children...just pregnant me. Awesome. It was a lovely winter as you can imagine. As I am writing this, I am realizing I have less than 6 weeks before we get to meet our littlest one. 6 Weeks!? Where does the time go? We are getting excited. And the good news is, it is almost Spring, I can feel it in the air. This is the season where the flu usually leaves us and vitamin D starts filling our lives again. I have never been more excited for Spring to come...

So, enough with the drama. I am actually really attempting (and happily doing so) to hold just a few Spring workshops for the month of March. Just a few, but it is a great way to get in some work before I take my maternity leave. As my kids are getting older, I realize how hard afterschool commitments become. Workshops are a great way to go if you don't want the weekly commitment. Here is the lineup:

MARCH 2: SPRING BLOSSOMS CANVAS 1pm-4pm


Artists will each paint a 18x24 sized canvas and fill it with budding blossoming branches and little birds and nests with eggs and more. They will get to choose their own background sky and paint with a pallet knife in places to make it full of texture. If they want to add fabric elements to the canvas: bird wings, leaves on the tree etc. they are welcome to. After we paint it, paintings will be sealed for a gloss finish.
$95. unframed/ $120. framed in rustic redwood frame



MARCH 23: SPRING CENTERPIECES 1PM-4PM


Much like our Holiday centerpieces, Artists will get to choose a spring subject and make centerpieces out of them: rabbits, chickies, eggs, birds, owls, deer are just some thoughts. Each artist will get 3 cut outs of wood shaped in what they choose and they will paint them and add fabric, buttons, feathers and whatever else they want to them. After they are finished, they will be attached to wooden dowels and a base so you can put them on a table.
$95.



AND HERE IS THE CRAZY PART:
I have had so many requests for a Gargantuan Canvas Workshop, but it is hard to have them over the weekend because it is just 2 days of painting and we tried it once in the past and some of the kids felt pressure to finish in a certain amount of time. SO, I am offering a SPRING BREAK GARGANTUAN CANVAS CLASS. (It is only crazy because I am due April 7, but in the past I have taught my last class right up to my due date and both babies came after their due dates. So I am pretty confident things will work out with this class).

SO, if you want to do a big, HUGE painting, now would be the time! I don't know what my teaching schedule looks like for this summer yet, so jump in if you can.

APRIL 2-4 GARGANTUAN CANVAS 10AM-12PM
Big, huge canvas! Or 3 smaller canvases, whatever your preference is and depending on what kind of wall space you have available, this is a fantastic workshop to come to! All my kids love it!i offer it every year, and kids don't seem to tire of being able to paint huge.
$175. Here is the link from past.

All workshops are going to be held in SANTA CRUZ. I am finishing up teaching my weekly classes in APTOS this week and next. I will not be teaching weekly classes after next week.Please call or email if you have any questions or want to sign up: 831.588.5412 or kcellison@me.com Hope to see you soon!

Classes Are Starting This Week!

Happy New Year to everyone! Just a reminder that classes are starting this week. My schedule is pretty limited at this point, but I am able to add another class/time if I can get enough people to start a class. I am commiting to teaching for the months of January and February and I am hoping to teach for March too, but as most of you know, we have a little one due at the beginning of April, so I am going to see how "we" feel during February and let you know about March. Also, be on the lookout for my Spring Workshops schedule offered on the weekends starting at the end of this month. We are getting a jumpstart on those early this year, so I will be able to take a break from teaching all together once the baby is here. So many exciting things happening this Spring, I just can't wait! I hope to see you soon!

Mondays:
9:30am-10:30am: Pre K (ages 4-6) in Santa Cruz
2pm-3pm: Pre K/Kinder (4-6) in Aptos
3:30-5pm: 6-9 years in Aptos

Wednesdays:
3:30-5pm: 6-9 years in Aptos or Santa Cruz (depending on who signs up and where you would like it to be held)

Fridays:
4pm-5:30pm:Advanced students in Santa Cruz

All 60 minute classes $75. month
All 90 minute classes $95. month
please contact me for more information: 831.588.5412 or kcellison@me.com

2012 HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS ARE HERE!

BLUE APPLE STUDIOS 2012 HOLIDAY WORKSHOPS SCHEDULE
ART HOUSE FOR KIDS
831.588.5412 kcellison@me.com

11.24: HOLIDAY FUN PAINTING! 10AM-1PM
ALL YOU ARTISTS AGES 4-9, COME ON OVER TO THE STUDIO FOR SOME GREAT PAINTING TIME. ARTISTS WILL BE WORKING WITH OIL PASTEL, TEMPERA PAINT AND WATERCOLOR ON PAPER, AND THEY WILL COME AWAY WITH 2 BEAUTIFUL CHRISTMAS THEMED PAINTINGS. WE WILL EVEN SERVE UP SOME HOT COCOA. A GREAT WAY TO KICK OFF CHRISTMAS SEASON! (AND THEY MAKE GREAT CARDS AND GIFT TAGS IF YOU MAKE COPIES OF THEM!)
$50.

12.1: HANDMADE CARDS PART 1 10AM-1PM
WE OFFER THIS WORKSHOP EVERY YEAR, AND IT ALWAYS FILLS! STARTING WITH LOTS OF PRINTED AND SOLID PAPERS, ARTISTS WILL BE GUIDED THROUGH MAKING SOME VERY SPECIAL CARDS TO GIVE TO LOVED ONES THIS YEAR. SOME WILL BE PAINTED, SOME COLLAGED, SOME DRAWN, OTHERS WILL BE LAYERED WITH FABRICS AND RIBBONS. THERE WILL BE SEWING ON SOME AND GLITTER AND GEMS ON OTHERS. YOU MOST LIKELY WILL NOT WANT TO GIVE THEM AWAY!
$75.

12:1: HANDMADE CARDS PART 2 2PM-5PM
SAME AS ABOVE JUST OFFERED AT A DIFFERENT TIME

12:2: COOKIE CUTTER ORNAMENTS 1PM-4PM
IT’S OUR TRIED AND TRUE. WE OFFER IT EVERY YEAR, AND IT ALWAYS FILLS. EACH ARTIST WILL PAINT, WIRE AND BEAD 3 INDIVIDUAL ORNAMENTS. MADE OUT OF SALT DOUGH, AND CUT OUT OF COOKIE CUTTERS, THESE ORNAMENTS START OUT LOOKING VERY MUCH LIKE PLAIN COOKIES, AND THEN THEY GET TRANSFORMED INTO BEAUTIFUL, LITTLE MASTERPIECES WITH SO MUCH PERSONALITY, YOU WILL LOOK FOR THEM TO COME OUT EVERY YEAR SO YOU CAN HANG THEM ON YOUR TREE. GREAT FOR ALL AGES.
$65.

12:15: WOODEN CENTERPIECES 10AM-1PM
ARTISTS WILL GET TO CHOSE WHAT WINTER SUBJECT THEY WANT TO MAKE CUT OUTS OF: BIRDS, SNOWMEN, TREES, OWLS, ANGELS ETC. AND THEN PAINT AND ADD FABRIC, FEATHERS, WIRE TO EACH OF THEM. EACH ARTIST COMES AWAY WITH 3 WOODEN PIECES OF ART THAT ARE ATTACHED TO A WOODEN BASE CAPABLE OF STANDING ON THEIR OWN.
$95.

12.18-12.20: HOLIDAY MAKING WORKSHOPS: $85. EACH DAY OR $225. FOR ALL 3. WORKSHOPS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

12.18: TEXTURED CANVAS 3PM-6PM
ARTISTS MAY CHOOSE THE HOLIDAY SUBJECT THEY WANT TO PAINT- LIKE A SNOWMAN, A REINDEER OR SANTA. ONCE PAINTING IS FINISHED THE ARTISTS WILL ADD DIMENSION TO THEIR WORK WITH TEXTURING PASTE, REAL FELT FOR A SCARF, BUTTONS FOR EYES AND A CLAY CARROT FOR A NOSE. THE FINAL PROJECT WILL BE FINISHED OFF WITH GEMS AND GLITTER. A WONDERFULLY FUN HOLIDAY TREAT. AND GREAT FOR ALL AGES.
$85

12:19: WOODEN ANIMALS 3PM-6PM
ARTISTS WILL GET TO CHOOSE BETWEEN THE “CLASSICS”: ZOO, FOREST OR A GARDEN THEME FOR THIS PROJECT. OR FROM A NEW THEME! HOLIDAY: SANTA, REINDEER, HOUSE, DOVE, OR WINTER: HOUSE, SNOWMAN, CARDINAL, TREE. OR ICE: POLAR BEAR, FISH, PENGUIN, IGLOO. EACH ARTIST WILL GET 4 PRECUT CRITTERS TO PAINT AND DECORATE WITH DIFFERENT TYPES OF PAPERS, BUTTONS, FABRIC, YARNS AND MORE. AFTER THEY ARE FINISHED ALL PIECES WILL BE SEALED WITH A CHILD SAFE SEALANT TO PROVIDE HOURS OF ENTERTAINMENT BY PLAYING WITH OR JUST MAKING A CUTE SHELF PIECE. COMES IN A HANDMADE WOODEN CRATE. PLEASE SPECIFY WHICH THEME YOUR ARTIST WANTS TO MAKE BEFORE WORKSHOP BEGINS. ZOO: GIRAFFE, ELEPHANT, TIGER, TREE, . FOREST: SQUIRREL, OWL, BIRD, TREE. GARDEN: FLOWER, BEE, LADYBUG, CATERPILLAR. GREAT FOR AGES 4+
$85.
12.20: WINTER CANVAS PROJECT 3PM-6PM
WORKING IN MIXED MEDIA, ARTISTS WILL GET TO PAINT 3 SEPARATE 12X12 CANVASES, EACH WITH A DIFFERENT SUBJECT: TREE, SNOWMAN, REINDEER, CARDINAL, DOVE, PENGUINS, POLAR BEAR ETC. THEY WILL THEN BE ABLE TO ADD FABRIC AND GEMS TO DETAIL THEM. THESE WILL BE SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL CHERISH BRINGING OUT EVERY SINGLE YEAR. MAKES GREAT GIFTS TOO!
$85.
There is a $50. deposit per workshop to reserve a space. Please email or call Cayce to reserve your spot today: kcellison@me.com or 831.588.5412 Have a wonderful holiday season!