Shed painting - Step by Step

Step by step painting a shed.

Waterfall Painting in Acrylic - Lesson!

Go to https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.591678054229407&type=1 for lesson

Kids Art Society Exhibition Sat 24 Aug - Fri 6 Sept 2013

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What an amazing Kids Art Society Exhibition opened on Saturday 24th August and running until Friday 6th September!  Kids art is awesome!  View on our Flickr Album!

Kids Art Society Exhibition Opening Sat 24 August 2013

Well done to all the amazing creative Cooktown Kids who opened our first ever Art Exhibition on Saturday. Thanks to Jacqui Collins-Herrmann 's daughter Chelsea for making a great speech on behalf of the young artists who exhibited their paintings and drawings. At the opening 35 painting were SOLD and several kids art prints calico bags as well as donations. Thanks to Jodi and Angie at RSL for baking delicious scones and banana cakes to sell and also beautiful mini cup cakes for the kids - they vanished very quickly! Also much thanks goes to Endeavour Lions for cooking up a beaut serve of sausages and onions which when eaten with potato salad, avocado, coleslaw and bread was a great lunch (thanks Kimberley Sullivan and Emma McGovern). George Theobald a Kids Art Society sponsor also attended and purchased three of the paintings! Thanks again George for you generous support!

Kids Art Society Exhibition this Saturday! Be There!

Kids Art Society Exhibition Saturday 24th August

Preparing for Kids Art Society Exhibition Opening Saturday 24th August!

Preparation is underway for the finale of the Kids Art Society with an exhibition of the Kids Art opening on:

Saturday 17th 24th August 
At the Elizabeth Guzsely Gallery from 10am - 1pm.  

No more posts of art works until after the opening as we want you all to be surprised!

Kids Art Session Saturday 4th May

Kids had a creative session with beads, modelling clay and card making!  I was also engrossed to the point that I forgot to take photos of the kids - here is some of the work they produced and much was taken home for Mother's day!  Hope mums liked it.

Upcoming Kids Art Session Sat 4th May at Gallery 10am

Kids Art Session Saturday 4th May at 10am at the Gallery!
See event notice on Facebook.

Unburdened with ideas on color theory and technique, children draw, paint and color with freedom and abandon.  

We can learn from kids to become better artists by exploring our world through their eyes.  All is so fresh and new which reflects in their art. 

Feeling uninspired? Go back to basics.  
Grab a box of crayons and a blank sheet of paper to see what you can create. Observe your kid's drawing and draw with them. Even coloring in can help free your mind and inspire ideas for your own art.  Have FUN!

GoMA Kids APT7 on Tour 12 April 2013 - Recipe Meal Placemat - Drawing

Friday 12 April Lea Stevens ran the GoMA Kids APT7 on Tour Drawing Activity by Roslisham Ismail (aka Ise) Sira pisang -'Glazed banana' .  

See album on Facebook
 
Children illustrated and shared their favourite meal / recipe on a specially designed placemat. 

Children also received a traditional Malaysian recipe, beautifully illustrated by the artist, which they can then cook and share at home.

GoMA Kids APT7 on Tour 11 April 2013 - Masks

Thursday 11 April Betty Clarke and Heather Willcox ran a Drawing on Masks Activity by Uji Handoko Eko Saputro (aka Hahan) 'Memento Masko' Activity inspired by mask-making traditions across Indonesia a series of black-and-white masks the kids completed by drawing their own facial expressions.  See full photo album on Facebook

GoMA Kids APT7 on Tour 10 April 2013 - Drawing & Painting

Parents and Kids turned up to run their own GoMA inspired art session on Wednesday 10 April.  Some of the members who are also parents assisted and the kids got into the paints, pencils, markers and treats!  A fun day for the School Holidays.  It's been a busy week for the gallery supporting the kids but well worth it!

Looking back to May 2012 when we were attempting to raise funding to do the Cooktown Art - Evolving Pozible Project it was all looking grim but as time went on we managed with the wonderful generosity of Endeavour Lions and George Theobald and locals and Cook Shire RADF to get the funding we needed to buy in art supplies!  It has all paid off if the art activities are a measure of success!

GoMA Kids APT7 on Tour 9 April 2013 - Comic Art

Locals were welcomed to the Elizabeth Guzsely Gallery where we held a:
Comic Book Art Session to drawn in or glue cut outs onto comic templates using art materials provided by GoMA Kids APT7 on Tour. 
They made a story in a comic style by drawing comic characters with various pencils and marker pens. The kids had loads of fun and left eager to do even more cartooning! 

 Hahan and friends provided for Regional Queensland kids and families to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Asia Pacific Triennial series by participating in Kids’ APT7 on Tour with Indonesian artist Hahan (Uji Handoko Eko Saputro) developing a richly illustrated activity book, presented in a format appealing to kids. 

Kids received a copy of the activity book to try their hand at creating a comic style self-portrait, flip book, comic strip or even design their own t-shirt.

See the full album on Cooktown Kids Art Facebook

GoMA Kids APT7 on Tour 8 April 2013 - 'Persian for Kids'

GoMA Kids APT7 on Tour 8 April 2013

GoMA Kids APT7 on Tour - Persian for kids 2012 at Elizabeth Guzsely Gallery Saturday 8 April 2013 was a lot of fun. 

Cooktown Kids had the chance to try the art activity by artist Parastou Forouhar titled 'Persian for Kids'. Using Farsi script cutouts and animal templates kids created zoomorphic images. The Farsi script filled the animal shape with texture to form a compelling image. 

We also used the multimedia activity. Kids manipulated Farsi script and animal silhouettes on the computer to create their own zoomorphic image and watched their Farsi creature become animated. The creature they created was then shared with friends and family via email. 

Click to see Facebook Album! 

Play online at http://interactive.qagoma.qld.gov.au/parastou/

Kids Art Session Saturday 6 April 2013

Kids at gallery for monthly art session. See the Facebook Album for all pics! Mainly using acrylic paints and inks to create light to dark contrast and depth. Also some drawing and younger kids did colour mixing - fun creating the colour of 'skin' and 'blood' by themselves via experimentation. Also glass painting with translucent paints and small battery powered tea lights inserted in glass as night lights. Fun day! Thanks kids for all your enthusiasm and talent :-)

Next Kids Art Session Sat 6 April

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*****  Art Session Soon!  *****

 At the Gallery - Air Conditioned Comfort

Saturday 6th April 10am - 12md

FREE with all Art Materials Supplied

 Will Need to Register if not a member of Kids Art Society!

Contact Faye on 0434356362

 

 

Kids Art Session 2 Feb 2013 - Painting Light to Dark - Tonals

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Group of 12 kids and two parents to assist with Faye and Gay got into the acrylic paints on Saturday morning 2nd March at the gallery - very comfortable in the air-conditioning.  Kids had a lot of fun and progresses on some painting techniques.
See the full album on Kids Art Society Facebook!

Next Kids Art Session - Painting

*****  Painting Session Soon!  *****

 At the Gallery - Air Conditioned Comfort

Saturday 2nd March 10am - 12md

FREE with all Art Materials Supplied

 Will Need to Register if not a member of Kids Art Society!

Contact Faye on 0434356362

Kids Art Session 2 Feb 2013 - Polymer Clay Modelling

There isn't a kid out there that doesn't enjoy molding, sculpting and squishing clay. These days, the clays of choice for kids' extends to many types and colours.  The polymer modeling clays feel like natural clay and stay soft at room temperature, but can be easily hardened by air-drying or in a kitchen oven instead of a high-temperature kiln.  More photos on Facebook Album!

Cooktown kids are quite talented when it come to making models.  We love seeing their creations. To do the same you'll need modeling clay in an assortment of colors, shaping tools, wires and alfoil for larger models a great imagination and time!  Have a go!

Cute penguins, a tank, a giraffe, a wolf, a rose bouquet, a face, hearts and a bear made by kids attending art session at galley Saturday.  Modeling clay is a great activity or craft that depending on the child's age can develop tactile and fine motor skills development for the little ones, and three dimensional/sculptural learning for the bigger ones!

Kids Art Session 23 Jan 2013 - Drawing

At Cooktown PCYC Events Centre Cookrtown School Age Kids Vacation Care - Drawing with quality pastela, marker pens and graphite and art pencils. Kids had fun exploring colours in pastel and learning drawing skills through line, dots, circles, angles and bringing shapes together. I think the work they produced was excellent. In so short a time they used the pastels and drawing pens without the trepidation adults often have and it shows in the work. 

Kids Art Session 16 Jan 2013 - Drawing

At Cooktown PCYC Events Centre Kids Vacation Care - Drawing with quality pastels, marker pens and drawing with graphite and art pencils. Kids had fun and I think the work they produced was excellent. In so short a time they used the pastels and drawing pens without the trepidation adults often have - that shows in the work. 

Kids Art Session Sat 5 Jan 2013 - Acrylic Inks

Click LINK to see Facebook Kids Art Session Album.