Spring flowers - daffodils, tulips, hyacinths. Student drawings, adult class, 4/25/16

We started with some cup and saucer simple drawing exercises. These saucers turned into propellers or whirly gigs. They in turn became the petals of the daffodils. These drawing exercises, or warm-ups, were constructs or conceptual...

Cherry blossoms, trees and koi kites/puppets for the Japanese Spring Festivals, and baby animal drawings - some kids and adults classes in April

Cherry blossoms, trees and koi kites/puppets for the Japanese Spring Festivals, and baby animal drawings, kids' and adults' classes in April.

These koi, (carp), kites or as stick puppets here, by kids and adults, swim across our quickie sky or water.

Make them simply by folding a sheet of paper in half the long way. Fold the open long side over a few times. Turn over to the inside one of the open ends, (like you would do a grocery bag but fold to the inside. Cut some body and tail profile to give the fish more fish like shape. Then decorate. Start with the eyes. Draw with strong black crayon so it shows up well. Draw the designs as you wish - gills, mouth ripples, fins, scales, tail fin lines. Color it!

Note that one of these 'koi' kites may actually be a rainbow trout - or, rainbow carp!

Adult class drew cherry blossoms and trees.

Baby animals - we drew a kitten - one is named Butterscotch after the child's adult cat. We did a chick, a calf, a lamb, and a colt as well.

 

 

Spring drawings for coloring pages/ book

 

Collecting my Spring drawings here so I can get them into my google docs. Most of them are demonstration drawings from the kids' classes I teach.

List of the file names in my folder. Not all of them are uploaded here though. I may later add the links to the images on the server.

baby-animals-2-demo.gif
baby-animals-demo.gif
cherrytree-demo.gif
circus-parade-md.gif
falconCherryBlossoms-1-25.gif
lambs.gif
lionElephant50.gif
oie_21171933AC4XlWNd-2.gif
peepers-nestlings-demo.gif
puppy-kitten-demo-25.gif
rabbits_carrot_ck.gif
spring_watch_md.gif
springFlowersDemo03.gif
tulips-ink-md-1.gif
springFlowersDemo2012MDa.jpg
springFlowersDemo2012MDaCopy.jpg

 

 

May Adult Art Workshops with Catinka Knoth at Rockland Public Library, 2016

Press Release: May programs issue
For: Community Events, Art Events, Calendar Events
Contact: Catinka Knoth 596-0069, press@catinkacards.com

4/15/16


May Themes Art Workshops for Adults at Rockland Public Library, with Catinka Knoth, 2016

Rockland - Local artist Catinka Knoth will lead  workshops on creating
art for May themes such as American Wetlands Month and International
Migratory Birds Day, at Rockland Public Library. Classes meet 11 a.m.  Mondays, in the Community Room, Rockland Public Library, 80 Union St. Led by Knoth, participants create their own art. Knoth provides the classes free of charge, with materials supplied. Friends of Rockland Library host the workshops. FMI Knoth at 596-0069 or
Rockland Library at 594-0310.

Each week is a different subject.
5/02    May baskets and Mother's Day cards
5/09    Frogs, lily ponds, herons, & egrets
5/16    Migratory birds and warblers
5/23    Memorial Day themes
5/30    Library closed for Memorial Day

Knoth provides instruction and guidance in drawing and creating the
May themes. Each week class explores a different subject. Participants
work with pencil, colored pencil, crayon, and sometimes with scissors and collage, with a focus on drawing in color.

Knoth paints watercolors of Maine and whimsical animal scenes, which
she offers as cards and prints. She also teaches a free weekly
children's drawing class at Rockland Public Library, which Wendy and Keith Wellin sponsor. For more information about Knoth's work
visit www.catinkacards.com.

Attachments: art by Catinka Knoth, (photos by Knoth)

May Children's Drawing Program at Rockland Library with Catinka Knoth, 2016

Press Release: for May programs
For: Children's Events, Community Events, Art Events, Calendar Events
Contact: Catinka Knoth 596-0069, press@catinkacards.com

 

4/15/16

"Let's Draw Marvelous May!" - Children's
Drawing Workshops at Rockland Public Library, with Catinka Knoth, 2016

Rockland - Children will draw Mother's Day cards and May baskets, May flowers, marsh life, Memorial Day themes, and migratory birds  at this month's children's drawing classes led by Catinka Knoth at Rockland Public
Library.

Wendy and Keith Wellin sponsor the ongoing free workshops, geared for age 6
and up, (including the young at heart).  Children age 10 and under need adult accompaniment. Knoth expects participants to work independently for the most part. The workshops provide all materials. Classes meet every
Tuesday, 4-5 pm., Community Room, Rockland Public Library, 80 Union
St. Friends of Rockland Library host. FMI - Jean Young,
children's librarian, 594-0310.

May is also American Wetlands Month. Children will explore marsh and
wetland habitats by drawing such animals as egrets, frogs, and beavers.
International Migratory Birds Day, another May celebration, gives the opportunity to draw Spring warblers and other migratory birds. Knoth leads
attendees in step-by-step drawing instruction for the day's theme. She
encourages adults to participate and discover that drawing is for
everyone.

5/03 Mother's day cards, May baskets
5/10 May flowers
5/17 Marsh & wetlands life
5/24 Memorial day
5/31 Migratory birds


Attachments:
Demonstration drawings by Catinka Knoth

 

HappyBirthdayCK - a little birthday greetings video of cakes and whistling.

Some digitally drawn birthday cakes and out-of-tune crackly whistling Happy Birthday on my youtube channel. Now I can easily send birthday greetings. ...providing this actually posts to the blog. Tried to post a different video yesterday. It would not post here. A mystery since it is the same company - Blogger, YouTube, and Google. The video posted to the other venues with the vid sharer. Who knows.

Just in case, here is the link: https://youtu.be/5ApvDTou0hc

Retry/ Circus Puppet Dance - little triangle papercut acrobat clown puppets dance to the March of the Gladiators

Will have to do a link instead. The video just is not posting here.
https://youtu.be/O0kye-1pvJk
My little triangle papercut  acrobat clown puppets dance to the March of
the Gladiators, (circus music). This is 'danced' & recorded with my
laptop's little built in iSight  camera/camcorder, with the music
playing from the laptop. I wanted to dance the puppets to the music
rather than add the music later. Did you know you could get midi files
of old music, throw them into GarageBand and the tracks populate into
however many voices are in the file. You can change the tempo too. I
don't have a lot of instruments to use in my GarageBand. Here all the
voices are playing as different pianos. But, it sounds good enough to 
dance the puppets to. I could use practice in dancing these puppets.
Also, at the end I could not see the set-up well enough to turn it off
at the right spot. The light glared too much and I just could not see
what was going on! Finally got it. Now I can't stop hearing the music in
my head.

Circus Puppet Dance - little triangle papercut acrobat clown puppets dance to the March of the Gladiators

My little triangle papercut  acrobat clown puppets dance to the March of the Gladiators, (circus music). This is 'danced' & recorded with my laptop's little built in iSight  camera/camcorder, with the music playing from the laptop. I wanted to dance the puppets to the music rather than add the music later. Did you know you could get midi files of old music, throw them into GarageBand and the tracks populate into however many voices are in the file. You can change the tempo too. I don't have a lot of instruments to use in my GarageBand. Here all the voices are playing as different pianos. But, it sounds good enough to  dance the puppets to. I could use practice in dancing these puppets. Also, at the end I could not see the set-up well enough to turn it off at the right spot. The light glared too much and I just could not see what was going on! Finally got it. Now I can't stop hearing the music in my head.