Hello Again! Week 4 of the art classes has been extremely productive! I am so proud of what the students have done! Great work and focus surely. The quote of the week is, "A ship in a harbour is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." Here is one of my commissions almost complete and another completed. The top three images are my oils and the rest are student work.

Katie and her Dad almost done

Noel

Alex's Love castle Valentine for his mom

Charlie is a students dog I am painting along with him

Cliona's pup 

Siofra's demon pool

Grace's golden bust of Matt Damon

Mac's seaside home

Maidch's Dragon

Mia's polar scene

Molly's fairy house almost completed

Orla's gorilla

Riona's seal family

Rionas Snake

Stevie's dead dolphin and the dogs that found it. True story,
sadly.

Sarah's penguin and spin art

 Willows Gorgon

Stevie's snake

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!