Hello to all! Week Three of the art classes and I even found time to work on my own paintings a bit.
Here are some of the images of my student's work and two of my own. The quote of the week, "If at first you don't succeed you are running about average!"

Caitriona's finished imagination painting

Maili's Coral Snake

Maidch's Dragon

Riona's Unicorn

Siofra's Flexamagoogin

Max's Jungle snake

Stevie's Demon

Ferdia's Donkey Sculpture

Labhoaise's Burger and fish

Riona's Alien's playing chess

My Calf in progress

Charlie in progress

Hello to all who are reading this! Week Two of Spring Term 2017 has great results! All the students
are enjoying the Golden Creative Bucket Challenge I introduced this term. Here are some of those pieces either finished or in progress along with other great work done this week.

Caitriona's answer to 'Draw an Aliens dinner table!

Caitriona's kitten

Megan's answer to draw hairy monster legs

Ferdia's Vegetable conversation

Isabella's talking pencil

Megans kid with multiple monsters

Isabella's monster coming out of a puddle

Maili's snake

Mac's conversation between pinky and thumb

Alex's snake

Labhoaise's burger

Micheal's snake

Hello to all! I am back after my Holiday Break. I have some student work to show after our first week back together. Some of the drawings and paintings were inspired by a new idea I have introduced
in the classes. I have filled a box with 41 creative suggestions that the students can select and then create a finished piece from. For example, "What is a Flexamagoogin?" They have been loving it. I think we all need to exercise our imagination muscles a bit more than we have been! Great work under way already as you can see below!

Alex and his clay snake

A kid with monsters, version 1

Grace's Matt Damon

A burger under construction

A kid with multiple monsters, version 2

Siofra's giant burger

Cliona with her kid and multiple monsters, version 3

Micheal and his snake

CupCake Mountains

A monster in a puddle

Hairy Monster Feet

This will have a tree added next week

Apologies to anyone following my weekly blog but I have not had time to post for either week 11 or week 12 of my classes, which are now finished for the year. I did a two  hour figure drawing class last week for my Leaving Certificate students which went well. I have been under pressure finishing two commissions for Christmas also besides planning and decorating for our annual Christmas party etc..
Busy times! I wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! I will post over the break if any paintings are completed. "If you can't find Christmas in your heart, you won't find it under a tree." All the very best, Elaine

This commission was a success and the recipient client delighted!

Week Ten of the classes has come and gone with incredible speed.Time is flying in the run up to
Christmas. The energy is high as the photos of the children and their art will reflect! I did get a bit of time to work on my own paintings also. The quote of the week is, "Someday your life will pass before your eyes, make sure it's worth watching!"

Mermaid in Progress

Ferdia's Cheetah

Kayla's penguins

Week Nine of Classes

We have successfully completed Week Nine of the art classes. I had time to paint my own work as well as make progress on my commissions too.

 Quote of the week , "Sometimes the best thing to that you can do is not think, not wonder, not imagine, not obsess. Just breathe and have faith that everything will work out for the best."

 I changed the composition and I think it will work a bit better, more room for her beautiful tail!

 Orla McConneell, one of my students, won a competition!

 Anysia, one of my Leaving Cert students, is working on a beautiful painting of a match burning series image. She has great skill.

 These are Cormac's silver football boots. He is making them for his sister for Christmas ad is quite excited to give them to her!

Max's Seaside home

 Maili's cool cat. pier!

Sponge Bob by Cliona

Sarah's cute elf



October Break Week

Hello again! I have been on holidays week now and what a week it has been! I have been dressed as a vampire twice, went to a party sang at a party, went to the Macnas paraade had a party and still found time to paint! I am adding some images I painted a few years ago from Tom Giblin's Gathering which is coming up again this November 18 weekend. I also put up an idea the students are working of painting Edvard Munch's "The Scream" and putting themselves collaged into it. This one is of me obviously. I love the string sculpture well. The quote for this week: "Sometimes I pretend to be normal but it gets boring so I go back to being me!"



String Sculpture

Ferdia's Moon Star lamp