Maritime Romanticism Presented by Jake Tedesco

Our second Hands on Art workshop was presented by Jake Tedesco, entitled Maritime Romanticism. 

We looked at the artwork of Ivan Aivazovsky (b1817 d1900) a famous Russian painter of Armenian origin who is often regarded as the greatest marine artist of all time.  

Jake explained that the Romanticism movement was not necessarily about romance but about creating artwork that provokes an emotional response.

We used wax pencil for the details and brought the image to life with watercolor.

Brunch was brought to us by Washington and Birney and the vendor was Melissa of Stella & Dot.

Goldfish by Rolandas Dabrukas

We had a blast at the first South Bay Hands on Art workshop of the new school year!

Multi-talented artist and illustrator, Rolandas Dabrukas lead us through a fun step-by-step workshop demonstrating how to create illustrative style goldfish using color pencils on black paper.

Born in the very small country of Lithuania Rolandas's project includes clear instructions but also allows for individual creativity as you can see in the photos of the docents' work below.  We can't wait to see Rolandas style goldfish popping up around the school campuses and the local community.

The brunch standard was set sky high with a wide selection of homemade hot dishes, fruit, croissants, bagels and all the trimmings accompanied by some very creative goldfish themed decorations.  A big thank you to Adams and Alta Vista!

This month's vendor is YaVanna Baird with Artistree Jewels.  All our vendors generously donate a percentage of their proceeds to South Bay Hands on Art.

We hope you have fun teaching this project in the classroom.  Please feel free to post your students's work on our Facebook page.

South Bay Hands on Art Appreciation Brunch - 2015

The appreciation brunch is the time of year that we get to see all board members, 350 docents, school Principals, PTA Presidents and other sponsors all in one room together.  

We get to see everyone one involved over the previous twelve months and show our appreciation.  We also get to welcome those stepping into new positions. 

This year we thank Alicia Rubio and Sue-Anne Silkes for their two year service as Program Chairs and welcome Erika Snow-Robinson and Gina Clancy who will take control for the 2015-17 term.

The highlight of the morning is always the reveal of the new projects.  Scroll through the pictures below to see the big reveal…

Thank you Sue-Anne & Alicia!

Welcome Gina & Erika

Wishing you all a safe and happy summer.

See you in the new school year!

Enchanted Inuit Presented by Erika Snow Robinson

Can you believe we’re on our last project of the school year already?

This month Erika Snow Robinson introduced us to Canadian Inuit artist Kenojuak Ashevak.  Ashevak worked in many mediums including pen and ink and color pencils.  Her artwork always illustrated creatures and birds surrounded by ornamental feathers and flowers.  Her artwork can be seen in galleries and museums all around the world.   Her most iconic work titled ‘The Enchanted Owl’ was completed in the 1960s and featured on postage stamps multiple times, as well as on Canadian coins.

As well as leading the workshop Erika brought along samples of her beautiful Redondo Beach themed artwork and offered docents the opportunity to go home with one of her prints.

An owl themed brunch was laid on by Parras on Thursday and Tulita, Tuvia and RCC on Friday.

Tribal Portraits Presented by Marianne Coble

Marianne Coble introduced us to the Surma tribe of the Great Rift Valley in Africa who paint their faces daily using plants, flowers, grasses, nuts and berries.  Who wouldn't be inspired by these beautiful faces?

Docents used acrylic paint, pastels, crayons and charcoal to create a unique portrait on black paper.

Brunch was beautifully presented by Parras, on Thursday and St. James and Redondo Union on Friday.

Shannon Flaherty shared a wonderful collection of Usborne Books.  You can see more books in detail on Shannon's page by clicking HERE.