tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13340034170212302942024-03-13T03:49:37.720-07:00Annie's Adventures with NinaAnnie loves to sketch and hang out with her nina in the studio. This is where Annie and Nina will post the adventures they do together.mARTahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385896087633426989noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334003417021230294.post-58908938690484779312008-09-01T19:54:00.000-07:002008-09-01T20:25:33.026-07:00Labor Day Fun<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmvgonzales/2819567723/" title="Annie the princess by mmvgonzales, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3153/2819567723_dfbba9c6e1.jpg" width="333" height="500" alt="Annie the princess" /></a><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This Labor Day Annie and I spent the day together. Her mama and my Rudy both had to work. We had a fun filled day! Annie got to play 'dress up' while I cleaned house. She had fun picking out which heels to wear! Then we made 'magic boxes' using a paper folding technique. She found it a bit hard so I helped her complete hers. Then we got hungry and had a nice lunch. After lunch we took a long nap before returning to the studio for some art lessons and painting. <div><br /></div><div>Today we read a book about painting and paint. Then our lesson turned into learning about color. She is so smart! She now knows which are the 3 primaries and which are the secondaries. She also learned the words 'pigment' and 'papyrus.' </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmvgonzales/2819553451/" title="Annie learning about color theory by mmvgonzales, on Flickr"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "></span></a><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmvgonzales/2819553451/" title="Annie learning about color theory by mmvgonzales, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3016/2819553451_fa9f99ee9d.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="Annie learning about color theory" /></a><br /></div></div>mARTahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385896087633426989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334003417021230294.post-5812868306774552522008-07-08T17:22:00.000-07:002008-11-12T21:39:59.406-08:00Art Lessons resume<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgpWmi2Mq6N0J-et99kfCruZAtTgxQhqc2K23iYk7GcFMEaZ0_Z323i_IJob_gyVZo3UYLBE6S3u1OHVh7xzCbEbCHCwg-i_ZWdOl9aJqPW1fvqLc_3o-XLHF8BlFzFiRXkct6b71Nl05n/s1600-h/IMG_4106.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgpWmi2Mq6N0J-et99kfCruZAtTgxQhqc2K23iYk7GcFMEaZ0_Z323i_IJob_gyVZo3UYLBE6S3u1OHVh7xzCbEbCHCwg-i_ZWdOl9aJqPW1fvqLc_3o-XLHF8BlFzFiRXkct6b71Nl05n/s400/IMG_4106.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220803915725644594" /></a><br />We made playdough today before heading out to the pool for the afternoon. I promised Annie once I get back from New Mexico we'd start our real lessons again. For today the playdough was fun!<div><br /></div>mARTahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385896087633426989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334003417021230294.post-8058197384783123442008-02-07T18:47:00.000-08:002008-02-07T18:57:38.413-08:00Kissing Pears: Art Lesson no. 4<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmvgonzales/2249129407/" title="IMG_3598 by mmvgonzales, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2200/2249129407_d95a79b9ff.jpg" width="500" height="333" alt="IMG_3598" /></a><div><br /></div><div>Today Annie learned about blind contour drawing. We started by setting up a still life of two pears. Annie thought blind contour hard and did several sketches before deciding on this one for her painting.<div><br /></div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmvgonzales/2249924514/" title="Blind Contour of Kissing Pears by mmvgonzales, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2150/2249924514_1799334a45.jpg" width="500" height="372" alt="Blind Contour of Kissing Pears" /></a><div>Next I helped her trace the drawing onto bristol board. Then we both had fun mixing up some gouache in several shades of green. We had to look very close to see that the pears had other colors besides green.</div><div><br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmvgonzales/2249922290/" title="Kissing Pears by mmvgonzales, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2214/2249922290_088826e767.jpg" width="500" height="353" alt="Kissing Pears" /></a></div></div><div>This is Annie's finished painting which she took home to show her mommy when she returns home from work this evening. We had a fun afternoon!</div><div><br /></div>mARTahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385896087633426989noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334003417021230294.post-59182151098576919182008-01-18T17:01:00.000-08:002008-11-12T21:39:59.769-08:00Art Lesson No 2<div><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgP4PXFSX1fMPN8OVwmlqgBMxU2HQ17GZzh6oKFIl7f7jR3XHarlDh7jg9MvSVtR1xSyp4IwheWHRzgio7nh-Xl5aBuePR6OoJmrhaFVOGLuhVe3Iuub_Llf_D6QuKHpiJfofe4vNzP3DA/s1600-h/IMG_3570.JPG"><br /><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgP4PXFSX1fMPN8OVwmlqgBMxU2HQ17GZzh6oKFIl7f7jR3XHarlDh7jg9MvSVtR1xSyp4IwheWHRzgio7nh-Xl5aBuePR6OoJmrhaFVOGLuhVe3Iuub_Llf_D6QuKHpiJfofe4vNzP3DA/s400/IMG_3570.JPG" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5156986840275665666" /></a>Today we learned how to give FORM to our contour drawings by using hatch marks, stippling, scribbling and smudging. We picked some lemons from the tree and used them as our subject for exploring these art concepts. After our lesson Annie continued to practice with her artist eye. She did a second drawing of the lemons adding color with water soluble crayon and then drew a piece of Italian candy from the stash in my studio!<div><br /></div><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmvgonzales/2211783229/" title="Annie's Lemons by mmvgonzales, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2213/2211783229_1568e015e5.jpg" width="500" height="376" alt="Annie's Lemons" /></a>mARTahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385896087633426989noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334003417021230294.post-26991697365321107452008-01-08T15:20:00.000-08:002008-01-08T15:33:51.349-08:00Art Lesson No 1<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmvgonzales/2178537315/" title="Nina Knitting by mmvgonzales, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2373/2178537315_45afa048d4.jpg" width="500" height="408" alt="Nina Knitting" /></a><div><br /></div><br />Annie began art lessons with me today. After the lesson she decided to draw me with a giant ball of yarn!<br />Our first lesson today was in learning about a contour line and shapes and then doing contour drawings of objects in the studio.<br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Annie,</span><br /><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Your homework this week is to remember the two art words we learned today:</span><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">contour</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;">shape</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>I also want you to see with your artist eye all the contour lines at home, your school and outside and think of the shapes that <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: italic;">form</span> everything around us that we see.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>If you want to do another contour line drawing for me to bring next week that would be really nice! <span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">love, nina</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 24px;"><br /></span></div>mARTahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385896087633426989noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334003417021230294.post-66928943615850531122007-11-23T20:03:00.000-08:002007-11-23T20:05:16.123-08:00Annie at the yarn shopAnnie went to the yarn shop, Closeknit, with her grandma and nina today. The lady at the shop asked Annie to help her wind the skeins of yarn into balls of yarn. Annie did a very good job!<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/mmvgonzales/2058959312/" title="Annie Winding Yarn by mmvgonzales, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2405/2058959312_41221901c4.jpg" width="375" height="500" alt="Annie Winding Yarn" /></a>mARTahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385896087633426989noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334003417021230294.post-58415499972278687042007-05-25T20:07:00.001-07:002008-11-12T21:40:00.074-08:00Annie's Orchid<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xyc1Iog4uAXZsu0mHDnkQFNqJYwBJ2kbRuxdv3Zu2MMAq0wWXUfyGIcQY-vvnKyJslB53Vte-CmdARFRg1y-vkTdxXzVOFIBATHqy_R6dMtNQfS0BTEhaN4CEWg4Pvr_Pb4540cVwNeU/s1600-h/annie-painting.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068700927088598802" style="FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_xyc1Iog4uAXZsu0mHDnkQFNqJYwBJ2kbRuxdv3Zu2MMAq0wWXUfyGIcQY-vvnKyJslB53Vte-CmdARFRg1y-vkTdxXzVOFIBATHqy_R6dMtNQfS0BTEhaN4CEWg4Pvr_Pb4540cVwNeU/s320/annie-painting.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1BhUoTEyc_HlWdM387HBt5HDnDZtI3TtFZ3I48obZqbPWdr82mUj0OSf9cXxkjxTAdTCFy1DuhAT5vgCobPNhVkqnYWqs3-Cqoz6XO6Z3IEK65-VmPb-jUxwrlhA8nXF2gOlV9wunzMc/s1600-h/Annie's-Orchid.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5068700854074154754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1BhUoTEyc_HlWdM387HBt5HDnDZtI3TtFZ3I48obZqbPWdr82mUj0OSf9cXxkjxTAdTCFy1DuhAT5vgCobPNhVkqnYWqs3-Cqoz6XO6Z3IEK65-VmPb-jUxwrlhA8nXF2gOlV9wunzMc/s320/Annie's-Orchid.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:lucida grande;"><em>Annie says, "I love this picture so much!"</em></span></div><div><em></em> </div><div><em>Annie came over this evening and we had some fun in the studio. This is her first watercolor painting. I wish sometimes I had this fresh approach to my painting! Now that the day is done we are going downstairs for ice cream!</em></div></div>mARTahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385896087633426989noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1334003417021230294.post-59685886558115193902007-04-11T19:23:00.000-07:002008-11-12T21:40:00.276-08:00<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigydf5R9f7oT_v2YVS4r5JbL078XUsRb-Pp1SkHtGZjroym8MXQDnw6iFaDO59rDWRWRKzpD2_lo3A-A0Cx40YkyNEjeIu8XZkPjqMXd0GC4ZDm6Fwzoc_ir3tWI79a994HTOO9TV26J9F/s1600-h/april2007+064.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5052362386360840114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigydf5R9f7oT_v2YVS4r5JbL078XUsRb-Pp1SkHtGZjroym8MXQDnw6iFaDO59rDWRWRKzpD2_lo3A-A0Cx40YkyNEjeIu8XZkPjqMXd0GC4ZDm6Fwzoc_ir3tWI79a994HTOO9TV26J9F/s320/april2007+064.jpg" border="0" /></a> <span style="font-family:georgia;">On April 10, 2007 my grandniece Annie, my husband Rudy and I went on a grand adventure from Riverside, California to Los Angles. We boarded the Metrolink train for a 60 mile trip to Los Angeles....</span><br /><br /><br />Annie's sketches from her first trip to Los Angeles.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><embed style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" name="flashticker" align="middle" src="http://widget-f9.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bl&il=1&channel=360287970195973625&site=widget-f9.slide.com"></embed> <div style="WIDTH: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?ad=1&tt=16&sk=0&amp;cy=bl&th=0&id=360287970195973625&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-f9.slide.com/p1/360287970195973625/bl_t016_v000_a001_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?ad=1&amp;amp;tt=16&sk=0&amp;amp;cy=bl&th=0&id=360287970195973625&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-f9.slide.com/p2/360287970195973625/bl_t016_v000_a001_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:georgia;">These are my sketches from our Adventure.</span><br /><br /><br /><embed style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 300px" name="flashticker" align="middle" src="http://widget-72.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" flashvars="cy=bl&il=1&channel=360287970195974002&site=widget-72.slide.com" wmode="transparent" salign="l" scale="noscale" quality="high"></embed> <div style="WIDTH: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: left"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?ad=1&tt=14&sk=0&amp;cy=bl&th=0&id=360287970195974002&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-72.slide.com/p1/360287970195974002/bl_t014_v000_a001_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?ad=1&amp;tt=14&sk=0&amp;cy=bl&th=0&id=360287970195974002&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-72.slide.com/p2/360287970195974002/bl_t014_v000_a001_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" /></a></div>mARTahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04385896087633426989noreply@blogger.com3