Children's Gallery

I've always been interested in how children approach art. They simply choose the shapes, colours and art materials they like, and they go for it! I'm always inspired by their imaginative creations. Here is a gallery of art from my children's classes over the past year, as well as a few pieces created by my son Sam.

Butterfy Bug Garden Painting the Community Canvas

The joy of art!

Creativity in action!

Sasha's Vase

Olivia's collage Picasso style in tempera paints Picasso style using tempera paints Picasso by Quin Community Canvas Project August 2009

Isaac's underwater theme with watercolours and pointilism painting techniques Lynne's underwater ocean scene created with watercolour paints on paper

Isaac's shark Art Class

Stephanie's seahorse collage Emma's seahorse collage Madeline's seahorse collage

Kagan's shark

Lynne's sea creatures created using watercolour, markers and candle wax resist Emma's hot air balloons Hot air balloons by Madeline

Cezanne inspired fruitbowl (acrylic on canvas) Emily Carr style trees by Sarah

Emily Carr style trees by Isaac Emily Carr style trees by Sasha Emily Carr style trees by Kagan

sarah's abstract created using ink and tempera paint Sasha's abstract using ink and tempera paint Bowl in the style of Matisse (felt markers and abstract drawing technique)

City Scene City Evening (watercolour wash, black marker and paper shapes)

Octopus Dream from Sam's Book

(Above) My son likes trying "mixed media" by combining paints, markers, stamping methods and collage. Last year we tried something new together. We created a book by first creating plasticine characters, put them in a "shoebox scene" then used a digital camera to create our "pages". (My husband Jeff works for a children's book publisher so we had lots of inspiration!) We posted our new book, "Octopus Dream" on Youtube.