Chinese New Year - of the Rat, 2020. Adult Art Class student display, 2/3/20

Chinese New Year of the Rat - 2020

We worked from reference pictures of the decorative designs created each year. This year's celebrations began on Saturday January 25 and continue for about fifteen days.

Exercises included practicing a Rat drawn in a few calligraphy strokes. We had cut a sheet of paper into quarters. Color a piece all red, (crayon). Now turn it red side down against a clean quarter sheet. Draw a rat on the back using a good bit of pressure with a number 2 pencil - or use a colored pencil. You have to draw firmly and directly. No futzing and sketching. You should have a kind of carbon copy on that clean sheet. Decorate as you wish.

We did simple papercuts too. Color a quarter sheet red. Cut out a rat figure so that you have a nice papercut and you have the background piece as a papercut. Arrange your quarter sheet creations onto a full sheet and attach. We used masking tape turned into double stick tape just by forming a short section of tape into a loop - sticky side out

Happy New Year 2020! Digital phone drawings

Wishing everyone a Happy New Year! And if it isn’t, there is always the next. Somewhere deep down inside, everyone must believe this in some form or another. How could one want to go on otherwise?
Love our new day, our new year, etc.

Cat and Pig love the New Year! ‘Touch’ drawing, 1/1/20. ❤️- CK

2020 will be the Year of the Rat. Will Cat start hanging with Rat, or will Cat stay with Pig? Hmm - there could be two Cats... 

Jumpin’ Johnny black eyed peas New Year’s Dish

Cat and Pig try black eyed peas and  Hoppin’ John for New Year’s. ‘touch’ drawing, 12/30/19. ❤️- CK

Happy New Year Library!

Happy New Year Library! Digital phone ‘Touch’ drawing, 12/30/19. ❤️- CK