After School Art Classes

With the new year well under way, I'm now accepting enrollments for my 2017 term one art classes.

I'm really looking forward to the classes this term, with an exciting range of activities planned. The theme is nature, using botanical drawing as a starting point. We'll be sketching, using oil pastels and working with wool - dyeing it and then wet felting.

Things are happening a bit differently to normal because I currently have renovations under way at my house. Instead of teaching in a building site, I've been offered a space in Korokoro Wednesday afternoons. The classes are staying small, and the space is lovely (Thanks Libby!).

The class is for children aged 7 and up. The cost is $200 per child for the whole 10 week term. All materials are provided. The classes run from 3.30-5 p.m.

If you'd like to enroll your child please email me at dorapapersart@gmail.com or call 027 407 5098

If you'd like to know a little more about my teaching, read this post or email/call me.

Giveaway

I've been having great fun playing with my new cutting machine, and have come up with a series of cardstock embellishments I really love.

They're made from my own hand drawn pictures of birds native to Aotearoa NZ. So far I've done five different birds and cut each of them a variety of sizes.

Kea

Gift Hutt Marbling Workshops

Come along to Gift Hutt for an exciting afternoon marbling workshop with me!

The workshops are for everybody! Children and adults. If the children are 7 years old or older no adult supervision is needed, but all parents are welcome to stay and observe. If you would like to take part as well, please say so when registering as it effects class numbers and equipment. 

I'll be running three workshops. Attending all three will allow you build on skills learnt in the previous workshops, but all can be understood on their own and people are welcome to come to just one or two. 

The first one on Sunday the 8^th November, is an introduction to marbling and will include how to make some basic patterns. You can also do a bit of origami.

The second workshop is on Saturday 28^th November. As well as creating further marbled papers you will have the opportunity to make your own marbled fridge magnet (please note, one wooden base for each student will be provided as part of the class fee, more will be available for purchase on the day).

The third workshop is on 13^th December. It will, in addition to marbling, include some simple bookbinding with everyone learning how to make a stitched notebook. 

Cost $25 per person, or $65 for all three workshops. They will all run from 2p.m - 3.45p.m at Gift Hutt, on High St, Lower Hutt.

To sign up, or if you have any questions, email me at dorapapersart@gmail.com

More Trees

Spring, with a few earrings on it. The flowers are quilled

I really like my paper tree jewllery stand, so I’ve been making a few more this year. Here are a couple that are finished. The one currently underway is a gold leafed tree to complete the seasons. Of course, I doubt I'll stop there. 

Winter

A smaller green leafed one will probably be next, so they will really be a set - my first tree is a bit larger than the others.

Original 'Summer' tree in use at market

Class work Term 4 2014 and 1 2015

Art work from term 1 class. The theme was illustrating poetry.

Some of the fantastic art work the children in my classes have been producing in the past six months. I've put a few of these collages on my Dora Papers facebook page, but realised I'd forgotten to share them here too! So my apologies if you follow both and have seen these already - but really, they're great and worth looking at twice anyway.

Above and below pictures are both from term 4 2014, when the theme for the classes was mythical creatures.

This term it is the time of the insects. I'm looking forward to the wonderful bugs and butterflies I'll get to share here soon.