Bubbles + Paint + Clay

It was a beautiful day in San Francisco and the artists were happy to be together and to begin another exciting afternoon of Art + Nature. 

This cowboy is ready for Art +
Nature - yee haw!

Bubble painting 

We decided to begin the class with bubble painting. 

One artist had never painted with bubbles and thought we were kidding saying,

"Bubble painting? That's silly!"

Perhaps...

Left: This is so awesome!
Right: A bubble painting master

Next, the explorers reviewed a map before embarking on a journey into the forest.

Cool cowboy map

Inspecting a dried creek bed

 One explorer noticed that the mud had dried up.

"It's gone. The mud was here."

As the children followed the curves, turns, dips, noticing how it changed course, 

they offered hypotheses to explain the reasons for the changes.

Playing and jumping 

Laying a bridge across the crevice

Watching four hummingbirds while
balancing a harmonica 

Back at the studio we engaged a variety of media, some familiar and others new.

Learning about modeling clay

This artist explores watercoloring techniques
like blotting excess moisture or 'erasing' as its described

Spray bottles wet the watercolor paper 

The collage queen's work station

Spray bottles are multi-purpose;
Thirsty? Why wait?

Stamping with wood pieces
collected in the forest 

Applying paint with an awesome natural brush
the artist discovered with his family at the beach

Completed watercolor paintings hang to dry

A collaborative piece made with tempera paint

Today was so much fun and we were sad when it was over.

But as we all know, there is always more to explore!

Join us on our adventures next week to see where our curiosities lead us.