February 16 5-7pm and February 19 9-11am
Online Eco Art Watercolor kit observation
Instructors
Seth Eberle and Bailey Kaul
Introductions (first session-Name, birds you’ve seen recently second session- Name, age, favorite bird)
Kit supplies- bird feeder and seed, bird footage for observation, journal for observation sketches, watercolor palette, pencil, pen
Nature portion- led by Bailey
Art portion- led by Seth
Project is a combination of watercolor and collage based on simple shapes based on Charlie Harper’s style (but different styles are encouraged)
Things not included in kit that they needed- cup of water, paper towel, scissors
Students were free to either follow along or just observe to do the project later
Reminded students that paper has 2 sides for if they wanted to retry
Warm up/ basic watercolor techniques-Wet on wet, wet on dry, getting rid of excess water on the paper with brush
After drying showing the option to draw on details in pen if they would like
Shown panting different color strips (to cut out for the final work) with different colors blended in for those who wanted to experiment with that
Showing mixing colors in the lid of palette
Showing how to get unwanted colors out of a contaminated color within palette
Large sheet of paper for the background environment
The example having snow Seth did the one in the demo with grass to show they could make the environment in whatever season they chose
Expressed the importance of letting the watercolor dry
Throughout the lesson Bailey would interject about bird facts related to what Seth was working on as well as asking Seth questions about what he was doing to prompt him to explain in more depth out loud
The tone for younger age groups is much different from the ones with adults. Instructors try to keep everything focused and there’s more of a focus on educational info about the nature subject
The lessons were a little rushed in these sessions and I think it would have benefitted with more time to allow for drying and working
Seth and Bailey talked to me about how the online eco art programs came about.
It was an experimental program in order to reimagine education with art integration with a hybrid format and take-home projects and kits
February 18 2:30pm-3pm
Another Make and Mingle planning meeting
I had tech problems with iPad and was given extra time to figure out if I could manage to get it working again or if I would need to find another work around