We had our last day of camp for this session yesterday and the kids did a fabulous job painting like Piet Mondrian. We created his “Still Life with Oranges” from 1899. The kids learned about color mixing, composition and about 4 different artists during this Art Camp Session. Great work everyone!
I often get asked why I don’t post my paintings along with the paintings that the people at Paint Parties do while at The Studio. The answer is that I don’t often finish mine! I am usually walking around helping others put the finishing touches on their work to be sure they are satisfied with them before we wrap up the party. From time to time I get back to my canvas to finish up. I did in the case of the Famous Painter Party this week because I really like the Piet Mondrian still life that we chose to do. Here is how my painting turned out. I love the complementary blue and orange colors.
We had a terrific group of painters join us at The Studio for Famous Painter night as we recreated Dutch painter 