Art News at The Studio 2025 term 1

Welcome to art with Caren at The Studio 2025. 

It is a great joy and privilege to share art with your children and indeed with you too. 

This term we have launched with a term project. We have been thinking about coral reefs. 

We began the term with drawing. I like to start with a pencil drawing because drawing is the foundation of all art and it is the space and place that most children feel most comfortable. The observational drawings of shells were delightful. 

We have spent most of this term constructing our beautiful coral reef works of art. We began with creating process artworks with bilateral drawing. These became the papers which we made the coral reefs with. These were placed onto our very watery backgrounds. Beautiful to say the least. 

Below is a wonderful expression of the bilateral drawing process artwork. 

Bilateral drawing is drawing with both hands at once and it is wonderous way to de stress. Try it for yourself!

Our family homeschool class embarked on creating these beautiful giant fish. I absolutely love these so much. From the youngest to the oldest, the careful layering and detailed expression of these rainbow fish were such a delight for me to enjoy. 

 Did anyone get to The Investec Art Fair? What did you think. Below is one of the many artworks on exhibit over the 3 days. 

 

Please be aware of these workshops happening. Book a spot. 

Below is an example of the work the teen class is doing. We are thinking about abstract art. Abstracting is a difficult concept and the teen class was very honest when I introduced this theme. Some of them expressed their dislike for abstract art and I totally get this. Abstract art is difficult to understand and more difficult to create.  I set myself the task of changing minds . 

We have spent the term looking at different abstract artists and creating little versions of artworks that spring from these ideas. Ultimately, the teens will come up with there own abstract artwork. Watch this space. 

 Finally I would like to recommend a beautiful art exhibition that has just opened at The Norval Foundation. Billie Zengwa is a fabric silk artist. her work is beautiful. Her colours are calming. You will all enjoy this exhibition.