Good Bye, Farewell, Hate to See You Go!

Last Day at the Big Kids Art Camp! Time flies when you are having fun!

Friday was beautiful and because workers were jackhammering in our building we were able to take advantage of our beautiful location and do some pastel painting at the top of the tower looking out over the Bathurst Basin and Bay. What a great vantage point to see our city. The students did well with this media too, often tackling scenes from a bird's eye view.

Thursdays tie-dyed t-shirts were beautiful as you can see and I think we all had fun trying different techniques.

Hope all students have a great summer ahead and I look forward to teaching my upcoming classes both for Little Kids and Big Kids from August 16th to August 27th.

Water-colorists - please don't forget the Outdoor Painting Classes with Martha Robinson from Aug. 9th to 12th. The classes will be indoors for demos and instruction and then outside on location visiting many great Bathurst locations. There are still a few places left and you can register at the gallery or call me at 548-2160. A deposit of $25.00 is required to hold your place.

Next week I wil prepare my schedule of fall classes and will post it here so stay tuned!

Yesterday at the Big Kids Art Camp the focus was on tie-dyeing t-shirts and we can't wait to see the results today when all our young artists will bring them in to show. Each chose a different way of using their dye so it's going to be exciting to see the results!

Following the tie-dyeing the kids let off some steam lead by our youngest Wendy in improvized belly-dancing to Putmayo's "Cairo to Casablanca" middle eastern music. Lots of fun and lots of energy!!!

Plans for today include some training in drawing portraits and using soft pastels!

Stay tuned for the results of our tie-dyeing event!

The Bay Breeze Blogger: Welcome to the Big Kids at the Bay Breeze Art Camp...

The Bay Breeze Blogger: Welcome to the Big Kids at the Bay Breeze Art Camp...: "Welcome to our aspiring artists:Raphael, Maggie, Erin, Hannah, Wendy and Cassie! These students are in the age category of 10 - 15 and a..."

Welcome to the Big Kids at the Bay Breeze Art Camp!

Welcome to our aspiring artists:

Raphael, Maggie, Erin, Hannah, Wendy and Cassie! These students are in the age category of 10 - 15 and are now mid-week into their camp.

We began the week with an introduction to watercolors and everyone took home a matted water-color, their best of 6 little paintings done in class. On Tuesday the group completed big, colorful tissue paper collages as seen above on right. They also made some sand paintings with their own designs and colorful sparkly sand.

Today, Wednesday we will do little double canvass acrylic paintings and a large co-operative acrylic painting. Thursday, we will tie-dye some amazing t-shirts and learn to draw some animal forms. Friday will be a surprise!

We still have room in our August sessions, Little Kids - August 16th to 20th and for the Big Kids Aug. 23rd to 27th! The course cost is $150 with all supplies included.

We also have our Adult outdoor watercolor class scheduled for Aug. 9th to 12th with Martha Robinson, from Ontario. This will run full days with in-class and outdoor instruction. The course is $300 with a $50 deposit required to hold. We still have some spots available.

Remember that the Bay Breeze has art supplies covering most mediums so save yourself a trip or a wait for e-mail purchases by checking out our materials! The best thing is that we don't charge tax so you will save that and our prices are good!

All's Quiet at the Bay Breeze Gallery this Week!

New Faces at the Bay Breeze this week with the Big Kids Art Camp underway! This group of students are between 10-15 yrs.

I want to welcome Raphael, Maggie, Erin, Hannah, Wendy and Cassie to the gallery and hope we will have as much fun as the little kids did last week!

These aspiring artists have been really focused on their projects and so far were introduced to watercolors, collage and sand painting.

Tomorrow we will do some acrylic painting and on Thursday we will tie-dye some great t-shirts!

We will be holding both camps again in mid-late August if your children or anyone you know might like to participate in our program.

Remember too, that we have a good supply of art products for sale. No tax will be charged on our art supplies!

Also, for anyone wishing to try painting out of doors, Martha Robinson will be here from Ontario to guide you through this refreshing and great experience Aug. 9th to 12th. For more information call 548-2160 or the gallery at 546-6937.

The Art and Yoga Camp is Up and Running!

Good Morning Bathurst!

We are now midweek into our first session of the kids art camp ages 5 - 9 at the Bay Breeze Gallery and we are having a ball!

Our little kids are proving to be wonderful artists with lots of creative spirit and yoga flexibility!

We begin each morning with a special art project, take a snack break at 10 a.m. which leads us into an outdoor yoga session with Charlene Pearce. Following this the kids come back into the classroom to continue with a second project. The work is amazing!

Next week we start our Big Kid's Art Camp and we still have some space available if you know of anyone who may be interested! We will learn the basics of watercolor, acrylic painting, tie-dyeing, sand painting and much more! Register at 546-6937 at the gallery or at 548-2160 directly with Adrienne.

Stay tuned for updates and new happenings at the Bay Breeze Gallery!