Patchwork squares drawings & colorings, and exercises, adult art class, 11/28/16

Exercises were to draw a series of graphs: 8 x 8, 6 x 6, 7 x 7, and 7 x 7. The 7 x 7 would give central axes. Color in one color designs for the 8 x 8 and the 6 x 6. Make two color designs in the 7 x 7's.

For the big designs:

Fold up a sheet of letter paper so that you make a square out of it. I assume you know how to do that? (Fold the short side onto the long side. That should give you two equal sides with some excess. Trim off the excess. You will be left with a square sheet of paper.) Fold the square into 16 squares. Color a one color design using the squares from your folding.

New sheet: Fold into seven equal panels that will be equal or less then the square you can get out of that sheet. Make seven panels the other way so that you will have a 7 squares x 7 squares square. We used a fan fold or an accordian fold in order to get our seven equal parts. It is not as precise as measuring but we were working on the fly.) Now you will have a square that has  two central axes. Color a design using two colors.

Turkeys student art display, kids & adults, children's drawing class, 11/22/16

We did the calligraphy flourish type of turkey drawings, and then the horn of plenty cornucopia. And, the magic trick of making a patch of carbon/transfer paper. In this case it was a big guessing game to find out how to make marks appear on the back of the paper. I need this trick every once in a while when I want to reverse an image and have no light box. That strip of heart, box, circle, heart, box is a result of the experiment.

Happy Thanksgiving!

 

A little turkey fun!

Those snacky-poo turkeys people make look like such fun, I had to try a mini one. A way to have turkey without eating turkey!

Thanksgiving turkeys whiteboard demo drawings, 11/21/16

Thanksgiving turkey drawings, student display, adult art class, 11/21/16

Riot of colors because they did not get to work from photos! We practiced calligraphy loops using crayons first. Then class followed along from my demo on the whiteboard. Time to color in the drawing! Who needs coloring pages. This is 'make your own' coloring pages. Next version class followed along with my stencil style drawing. They were to draw in yellow or orange. And then color it. Turkeys ran off the page. Just tape another paper on and keep drawing.

Holiday papercut & crayon cards arrangement

 

 

December Children's Drawing Workshops at Rockland Library, with Catinka Knoth, 2016

December Children's Drawing Workshops at Rockland Library, with Catinka Knoth, 2016

"Let's Draw Pictures and Cards for the Holiday Season!"
 
Press Release
Rockland - Children will explore motifs from the traditional
celebrations of December in the free drawing classes at Rockland Public Library led by Catinka Knoth. Classes meet every Tuesday, 4-5pm, in the Community Room, Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St. Children 10 and under need adult accompaniment. The program, sponsored by Wendy & Keith Wellin, is free with all materials supplied, and hosted by Friends of Rockland Library. Contact Jean Young, children's librarian, at 594-0310 for more information.
 
Christmas, Winter solstice, Chanukkah, Kwanzaa, and the New Year offer lots of imagery for creative fun. Students will create images such as holiday wreaths, trees, gingerbread houses, ornaments and decorations; Santa Claus, toys, & elves; reindeer and sleighs; gift giving and more.

12/06    Gingerbread houses & holiday decorations
12/13    Christmas holiday cards
12/20    Holiday cards & winter solstice
12/27    New Year's, Chanukkah, Kwanzaa


Class often starts with a period of guessing and brainstorming ideas
for the session's drawing. Knoth then leads children age 6 and up in "follow along" drawings.  She expects children to work independently and encourages adults to participate by making their own drawings. If time allows, Knoth takes group photos of the students' work at the end of class.
 
Holiday Motif Demonstration Drawings  by Catinka Knoth

 

Holiday Cards, Ornaments, & Scenes December Adult Art Workshops with Catinka Knoth, at Rockland Library, 2016

Holiday Cards, Ornaments, & Scenes December Adult Art Workshops with Catinka Knoth, at Rockland
Library, 2016
 
Press Release:
Rockland - Catinka Knoth will  lead an art workshop series for adults,
on drawing and making holiday cards, scenes, and ornaments,  11 a.m., most Mondays, December 5-19, (no class 12/26) in the Community Room, Rockland
Public Library, 80 Union St.  Led by Knoth, participants will  create
their own art for the holidays. Knoth provides the  classes  free of
charge, with materials supplied. Friends of Rockland Library host the
workshops, which are open to the public. FMI Knoth at 691-5544 or
Rockland Library at 594-0310.
 
Knoth will provide instruction and guidance in drawing and creating
December's holiday  themes. Participants will work with colored pencil,
crayon, and paper cutting, with a focus on drawing in color.
 
Knoth paints watercolors of Maine and whimsical animal scenes, which
she offers as cards and prints. She teaches a free weekly children's
drawing class at Rockland Public Library, sponsored by Wendy and Keith
Wellin. For more information about Knoth's work visit
www.catinkacards.com.
 
Attachments: Holiday art by Catinka Knoth

 

Woodland animals - mice, chipmunks, squirrels, foxes, raccoons, bears. Student drawings, kids' & adult art classes, 11/8 & 11/14, 2016

Kids' class, (of kids and adults) drew along with my demonstration, always eager to get to their coloring. You can see they have made sure to give them plenty of berry good food. The adult class we did four follow along exercises. A chipmunk as if it were made of rectangular sponges. A bear as if made of eggs, (yarn balls or pompoms next time), the fox and coon as my somewhat cartoon like interpretations. Final drawings used reference photos from my close encounters with squirrels and chipmunks.

Christmas secular cards - four vertical images, individual cards, 1988, and one verso showing logo sticker.

Christmas angel cards - four vertical images, individual cards, 1988

Christmas Santas, toys, cats - four Christmas art works in card sets, my 'vintage' Christmas cards from 1988.

Toys Christmas cards set in Catinka's Christmas Shop
Four Christmas card illustrations printed offset as blank 5"x7" cards, (now vintage - 1988!). Three of each - One dozen cards with envelopes.

You can also order direct from me by email, etc.
$15.00/dozen and $3.25 shipping
Send check to
Catinka Knoth
241 Broadway, Apt B
Rockland, ME 04841
or christmas(at)catinkacards.com You know how to fix that into proper email address.
I need your proper shipping address. If you are local, you can pick up.
or pay with Paypal

Christmas Angels set of six images offset printed cards, by Catinka Knoth, vintage! 1988. Close-ups

Christmas Angels card set

 https://squareup.com/store/catinka-knoth/item/six-christmas-angel-art-works-two-of-each-design

in Catinka's Christmas Shop

 

Yes, you can order directly from me. Send me a check and your address, if you want shipping,($3.25)
ou can also order direct from me by email, etc.
$15.00/dozen and $3.25 shipping
Send check to
Catinka Knoth
241 Broadway, Apt B
Rockland, ME 04841
or christmas(at)catinkacards.com You know how to fix that into proper email address.
I need your proper shipping address. If you are local, you can pick up.
or pay with Paypal

Christmas sets offset printed cards, by Catinka Knoth, vintage! 1988.

What a clutter! Some toys, animals & angels made by me, and some that I've had for a long time. Our Mom gave me the Gundt Teddy - in my eyes it was not up to snuff with a Steiff animal. Then I felt sorry for it and so, had to do a pen and ink drawing with him and his little buddy the real Teddy, who used to be a lovely Cerulean blue. They then got turned into a Christmas design. The other Teddy, also a real Steiff I forgot about until now. These have all been stuffed into a box, besides being stuffed anyway, until I needed them today for this pic for Catinka's Christmas Shop. Notice his lovely sweater - handknit of fine cotton yarn. Our Mom made that. She loved to knit and sew miniatures but did so much knitting and sewing for regular/larger sized beings, that she did not get to do the tinies as much. These toys are only out today as props for the cards... for the big 'cover' pic one is supposed to have in an online shop. ....Maybe more about how the cards came to be later..

Catinka's Christmas Shop  https://squareup.com/store/catinka-knoth/

Christmas set of four images offset printed cards, by Catinka Knoth, vintage! 1988.

 

Toys Christmas cards sets in 

Catinka's Christmas Shop

Four Christmas illustrations by Catinka Knoth, printed offset as blank 5"x7" cards.

Santas, teddies, toys, and cats dreaming and thinking of Christmas.

Christmas Angels set of six images offset printed cards, by Catinka Knoth, vintage! 1988.

Deer drawings by students, from kids' art class and adults, 11/2/16 & 11/7/16 (phew, eve of Election Day).

We did follow-along drawings working from the art of Ken Hultgren, a long ago former Disney animator.

Adult class had some exercises to do first. They were to make 4 'windows/frames on their sheet. Box #1- draw 9 criss crossing straight lines border to border, like a plaid.
Box #2- draw 11 diagonal strait lines criss crossing.
Box #3- draw 7 arcs, border to border, criss crossing.
Box #4- draw 13 overlapping triangles. Don't count any extra triangles formed by overlap
Now color in a critter invention or finding in each box. Use a different dark color for each box.