Holiday Art Class - Romero Britto

Ian attended a canvas painting workshop again this September holiday, at Wowart Studio.  I stayed back a while this time round and discovered that the teacher had to help him quite a bit.

Nevertheless, it was an enjoyable process for him.

Wow Art: Malay Kite & Canvas Painting

Ian attended 2 more classes in this June holiday, and he thoroughly enjoyed them, especially the canvas painting class.


Malay Kite Making
He got to learn the technique of batik print making.

Canvas Painting - Andy Warhol's pop art
I had been hesitating whether to let Ian try his hands on painting for quite some time, until I saw the results of a friend's daughter who attended it for the first time.  What the heck, I thought, just let him give it a try!  And, the outcome was more than satisfying - it was not just the artwork that he produced (under the teacher's guidance, of course), but the joy that beamed out of his eyes when I fetched him.

I asked Ian for feedback, and he said that he liked the painting class most of all!

And with this, it ended the series of holiday workshops for this time round.

Wow Art - Star Struck

It was the school holidays again, and that meant Ian would get to attend holiday workshops again at Wowart.  He was so looking forward to these workshops!

First 2 classes for the month - the Starstruck series - "Galaxy World" and "Friends from Mars".  We decided to let him attend the 2 classes back-to-back.  Hubby took leave to accompany us, and it was a very long wait, from 2.30pm to 5pm.

In "Galaxy World", he made a 3D galaxy, dripping paints on the background cardboard to make the stars, and kneading clay to make the planets.  The teacher mentioned that they learned marbling technique in this workshop.

In "Friends from Mars", he made Martians and put them onto the scene that he had created in the first workshop.

We returned before 5pm to pick him, but he was already waiting for us and had even finished colouring one full page of paper.  I wondered he had finished his class how long ago?  He was the only student in the second workshop, so probably it was a lot faster?  Anyway, I gathered it was not wise to proceed with the class if he were the only student.  He lacked the companionship of peers, and the motivation, I thought.

Nevertheless, I was pretty pleased with the artwork.  The teacher had helped him in some parts, such as the eyes, and the rocket.