Winter scenes, papercut snowflakes, snowmen- kids' art class, 1/22/19

Cutting paper snowflakes get trickier when working from a hexagon rather than a square or rectangle.

Decent folding & cutting instructions here:

https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-6-Pointed-Paper-Snowflakes/

Here the students experimented with various spontaneous cuts. The snowflakes were small enough to go onto a background drawing. A darker background would show up the flakes. Some colored their flakes as well.

And a new website by
Papercut artist Roma Devanbu:

https://romadevanbu.wixsite.com/mysite-1

December Children's Drawing Workshops at Rockland Library, with Catinka Knoth, 2018

"Let's Draw Pictures and Cards for the Holiday Season!" 

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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, 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.

12/04    Gingerbread houses &  holiday decorations

12/11    Christmas & holiday cards

12/18    Holiday cards & winter solstice

12/25   No class, library closed for Christmas

12/31    No class, library closed for New Year's Day

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