tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-42466923406580186812024-03-04T22:50:58.042-08:00PICASSO'S BASEMENTAN ONGOING SAGA ABOUT A MULTITASKING ART INSTRUCTOR AND SOME REALLY INCREDIBLE KIDS!
Paula Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415027133555492625noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246692340658018681.post-58931936873323351782015-05-23T11:49:00.003-07:002015-05-23T11:49:23.430-07:00<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">I don't think there's a lot to say here except that <b>THIS is THE CAMP </b>to sign up for this Summer. I am again combining forces with the brilliant Andrea Felcone of Fearless Dragon Writers LLC to bring you this creative writing and art camp. This summer's camp will be based in HOGWARTS!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">August is almost sold out so sign up soon!</span></div>
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Paula Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415027133555492625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246692340658018681.post-6609598769973765392014-03-18T08:13:00.001-07:002014-03-18T08:16:55.763-07:00GIVEAWAY TIME!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Time to give away one of my all time favorite books!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">MADE BY DAD</span></b> is a fabulous collection of amazing<br />
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Toast racks, twisters, bookends, even Mother's Day Cards. All created by the marvelous Scott Bedford.<br />
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<span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #0b5394; font-size: large;"><b> What do you do to win this hefty fantastic book?</b></span></span><br />
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<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">1: </span></b> Leave a comment here telling me what you love most about my favorite material: CARDBOARD! Also leave some kind of contact info or YOUR blog info if you want me to see it!</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">2:</span></b> If you are on Facebook LIKE my <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/picassosbasement" target="_blank">Picasso's Basement Page</a> </b>and I'll enter you in the raffle TWICE!</li>
<li style="text-align: left;"><b><span style="color: red;">3: </span></b>AND if you are on Facebook and post about my <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/picassosbasement" target="_blank">FB Picasso's Basement page </a></b>to your friends (just tell me here you've done it) I'll enter your name THREE TIMES!</li>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The contest ends April 1st!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;">GOOD LUCK!</span></div>
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Paula Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415027133555492625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246692340658018681.post-75374324644350586542014-02-17T21:12:00.003-08:002014-02-17T21:14:25.625-08:00A favorite class in a whole new place!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Some of my favorite people have offered me the opportunity to bring my classes to their new exciting business. <a href="http://builditlabs.com/" target="_blank"><b><span style="color: #38761d;">BUILD IT LABS</span></b></a> is a pretty amazing place. There are robotics classes for kids, programming for older kids and teens, birthday parties, etc. I hear they've added summer camps!<br />
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So to try it out I'm bringing back one of my favorite classes:</div>
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<b><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"> MAKE YOUR OWN COMIC BOOK class!</span></b></div>
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Kids ages 8-13 will learn to write stories, draw accompanying pictures, page out their books, add comic book elements and create an exciting finished project. Each week features activities that encourage the kids to think outside the box and help them strengthen their drawing skills. </div>
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<b>It all starts up again this March 13th.</b> <span style="color: #38761d;"><a href="http://picassosbasement.com/comic_books_at_build_it_labs.pdf" target="_blank"><b>CLICK HERE TO check out my flyer and registration form</b></a><a href="http://www.picassosbasement.com/comic_books_at_build_it_labs.pdf" target="_blank">.</a> </span>I have yet to enter the new era and get online registration started so you'll have to use one of those retro envelopes and stamps! Just shoot me an email to let me know you are signing your kids up!</div>
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Paula Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415027133555492625noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246692340658018681.post-74668875346309357342014-01-25T13:57:00.000-08:002014-01-25T14:13:59.947-08:00Picasso's Basement Art Camps!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">As I start planning my summer Picasso's Basement Art Camps it dawned on me that I'd never properly shared much about my camps from last summer. Time to change all that!</span></div>
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<span style="color: #674ea7; font-size: large;">To begin I'm happy to share that this coming Summer I will be featuring three camps: </span></div>
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<b><span style="color: #cc0000;">Make Your Own Comic Book Camp</span></b> - a one week program in which kids create comic books, learn how books are put together, and play absolutely crazy games related to comic books, graphic novels, and comic book making.</div>
<b><span style="color: red;">Camp Olympus</span></b> - this will the first collaboration between myself and my friend Andrea Felcone who runs the best Writers Club for Kids around. This will be a camp for fans of Mythology and Percy Jackson. It will feature creative writing and artwork all related to mythology. Campers will also play games and test their skills much like Percy Jackson did in Camp Halfblood.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-weight: bold;">Art In the Park Camp </span>- a theme based art camp. Last year we created projects to match each day: Space, Under the Sea, Pirates, Make A City, etc. But this summer will feature a WHOLE NEW group of themes!<br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><b>Last summer </b></span>was the first time I'd ever run a camp and it was possibly the most fun I'd ever had! I ran the Comic Book Camp and Art In the Park Camp and both took more energy than I ever knew I had. But thanks to some outstanding friends and counselors (thank you Maia, Devon, Sarah, and especially dear friend Trish) and the kindness of the local Recreation department (thanks Bob!) we pulled it off. So here are a few moments from last summer.<br />
<b><span style="color: #674ea7;">PLEASE CHECK BACK when I am able to announce the start of registration for SUMMER 2014!</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">BUT what amazed me was how hesitant they were!</span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">They did not want to make a mess. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">They wanted things to be neat and orderly. </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #0b5394;">But I changed all that. Yikes! I hope their parents don't hate me now.</span></b></div>
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<span style="color: #990000;">Here are a couple of the cool paintings that they created! </span></div>
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After that we made <b><span style="color: #cc0000;">GINORMOUS</span></b> spin art paintings with a spin art machine made out of a box fan. It was fun to watch and predict what colors we would make when we dropped in the paints!<br />
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Paula Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415027133555492625noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246692340658018681.post-69714220968767136312013-12-21T21:57:00.000-08:002013-12-21T21:58:12.674-08:00Art Around the World at Preschool!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The most wonderful thing about 2013 has been bringing my classes to a local preschool. Our first session was ANIMAL ART followed by ART AROUND THE WORLD. It brought a lot of new challenges. First of all, the kids were coming to me as an Enrichment Program so they'd all had a full morning of school AND stayed for lunch. Sometimes they arrived thinking it was time to head home.</div>
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<li>We often read a related book first. In Art Around the World it was often a folk tale. </li>
<li>The largest table is the place for the most involved and time-consuming art project.</li>
<li>The smaller table is for projects that are somewhat less structured.</li>
<li>We end each class at the Experiment Table.</li>
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It's been a busy Fall and I'm excited that this Winter I'll be bringing my classes to an additional preschool as well. I hope I can repeat some of these projects with the new classes and work in a bunch of new projects as well. But no fear, there is so much art to create that no class will ever have to repeat a project they've already done!</div>
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Paula Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415027133555492625noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246692340658018681.post-57779476977751058692013-12-17T02:04:00.000-08:002013-12-17T02:04:52.884-08:00Self Portraits with Frida and the Scouts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've been lucky enough to have worked with several Boy Scout and Girl Scout troupes in the past couple years. I've done a variety of programs with them but lately I've been helping several Girl Scout troupes earn their painting badges. Perhaps <i>helping</i> is probably the wrong word. I would have to say it was more like Guiding. These girls could clearly all draw and paint. My job was really to find a fun way for them earn a badge and perhaps give them a new way to look at themselves.<br />
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In an hour. After pledges and snack. Easy? With THESE bright talented girls it was beyond easy!<br />
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<li>Introduce them to <span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Frida Khalo'</b></span>s self-portraits.</li>
<li>Give them all mirrors.</li>
<li>Talk to them about really looking at themselves: have them inspect the real shape of their heads. Are their eyes really dots or circles or perhaps more almond shaped? </li>
<li>Ask them to think about composition: is their head in the middle of the page the only way to go? </li>
<li>How about colors? Skin is not one flat color. Hair usually has different shades and tones in it. How can their artwork reflect that?</li>
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And more. Keep them looking. Keep them thinking. Lots to think about in under an hour. </div>
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You might notice that these aren't your usual paintings. Because I never know what the setup will be in the various locations I often avoid actual paint with these projects. So here we worked with oil pastels and a medium that would help them use them in a painterly manner: BABY OIL! That's right, the entire room smelled like the beach in the 1980's. (Some of you might remember those days. The days before we were told about sun damage and baby oil was our choice of tanning lotion.) But I digress...<br />
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Did I mention that they had to add the stuffed animal of their choice? Who better to accompany them to their meeting!<br />
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Leave it to me to forget to update my blog with information about my <span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b>MAKE AND TAKE CRAFT FAIR. </b></span>Which is TODAY! Yikes! Our area is about to be blanketed with snow and events all over have been cancelled. But I'm from snow country. 4 inches of snow? BAH! </div>
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We have enough for 70-80 crafters! </div>
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Paula Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415027133555492625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246692340658018681.post-91022465736648986172013-06-20T08:39:00.002-07:002013-06-20T08:41:03.864-07:00INSECTS- Upcycled!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">This Spring it was hard to walk anywhere in my neighborhood without seeing </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">THIS</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;">: </span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">We were overrun by the 17 year cicadas coming up to say hi, loafing on our plants, enjoying the sun and making my dog very very full. Depending on how you feel about cicadas this was either a good time to hide in your homes or to venture forth as the local welcoming committee. At my house we welcomed them with open arms (or in the case of my mini-schnauzer, open mouth.)</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #a64d79;">So it was only natural to turn to art as a way to honor the little guys. Of course the 5-6 year old class preferred butterflies. Close enough! I got to use up my lemon juice containers to make insect bodies and we added little pieces of hardware and pipecleaners and cut cardstock wings. Sharpies work wonders on carstock. The insect goggles (thank you to my friend Eileen who donated a bunch of avocado cartons) were more free-form-insect-style. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">I'm happy to share that the party end of my Picasso's Basement venture is really taking off. I'm amazed at how much fun it is to bring cool art projects into someone's celebration! Each Artist is different and each party is different and these past few weeks have been chock full of 'em!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">I went from a casual outdoor party to doing crafts for the kids at a 5K race, to a garden party where the guests became The Decorating Committee and helped create the coolest of birthday banner upon arrival! Even better, the Birthday Artist gets to keep it as memento to remember the special day!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">I ran two parties this week for 6 year old girls and they were both so different! Framable Oil Pastel resist art and Tissue Paper Stained Glass candle holders complete with tea lights and ribbons at one party. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Alphabet Canvases at another followed by butterfly masks at another. When I suggested painting symmetrical butterflies or making masks the Birthday Artist requested a combination and it was a huge success! Thankfully an outdoor party allows for use of the GLITTER STATION which I probably would have avoided indoors!</span></div>
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Here's what I've learned about teaching comic book classes. Kids who like comic books are not just your usual run-of-the-mill kids. First of all they like to read. They are smart. And I mean <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b>SMART</b></span>.<br />
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They also tend to be <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b>FUNNY</b></span>. Some of them are outwardly funny. Some are quiet and you don't even know how funny or clever they are until they start writing. As a teacher that's part of the fun. It's a fantastic surprise to find out what stories they have in their heads.<br />
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I love teaching all my classes but I have to say I laugh A LOT in comic book class. The kids seem to have boundless energy and an incredible amount of energy for discussing comic books.<br />
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But they never stop surprising me. For one thing, they don't just draw comic books. They tend to be gifted artists with a wide range of skills.<br />
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And in the end they produce these amazing books!<br />
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These are just a few of the books that have been printed in our class. </div>
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Stay tuned, dear readers, to see what new printed comic books will be coming your way!</div>
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Paula Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415027133555492625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246692340658018681.post-83424691866302883122013-03-20T19:33:00.003-07:002013-03-20T19:33:47.585-07:00Masks! Masks! Masks!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In my YOUNG AT ART class we read Elmer the Elephant and made elephant masks. </div>
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Silly teacher that I am, I pre-cut the masks out for the kids and had them color them in. </div>
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But you know when the <b><i>really</i></b> shined? When I showed them how to cut eyes out themselves! I gave them a ton of round cardstock, a bunch of kid-friendly scissors, and some oil pastels. And they went <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">MASK CRAZY!</span></div>
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Paula Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415027133555492625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246692340658018681.post-56335911693674617152013-03-11T20:02:00.001-07:002013-03-11T20:02:17.731-07:00CAT Mummies?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Yep, that's right. Cat mummies. </span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">Giraffe mummy</span></i></td></tr>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">We made our animal mummies out of paper towel rolls. The Artists covered them with gold wrapping paper and drew on them with marker. Fastest mummification ever!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">But, wait! There's more!</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">We also took a look at Egyptian scrolls and statues and studied the gorgeous headresses. A little upcycled cardboard, some eye holes, and a lot of metallic markers and the Artists had some amazing headresses!</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Excellent work, world travelers!</span><br />
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Paula Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415027133555492625noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246692340658018681.post-66589587559643692122013-03-10T09:12:00.003-07:002013-03-10T09:12:50.967-07:00Picasso's Basement Summer Camps!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<br />ART IN THE PARK CAMP lets kids create awesome, unique
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<li>ROYAL ART DAY: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Make coats of arms and 3D castles, and
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<li>PIRATE DAY: Create maps, sculpt parrots,
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwMevOemriibci1TNW0zNS00VEU/edit" target="_blank"><b>FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO GET THE FULL FLYER WITH REGISTRATION FORM PLEASE CLICK HERE!!!!</b></a><br />
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Paula Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415027133555492625noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246692340658018681.post-59198288696837359422013-03-09T14:10:00.000-08:002013-03-09T14:12:44.810-08:00SPRING: BRING IT ON!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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I am really a big fan of Spring. It's a great season. It looks good, it feels good, it smells good. Plus it ushers in the start of the best time of year of all: Garage Sale Season. (I'll admit it. I'm an addict.)<br />
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I start getting excited about Spring pretty early on. Probably around November I'm already thinking about garden gnomes and wondering which of my garden flowers will get confused and push to the surface first. (This year the daffodils won--one fluke of a warm day and they were half-way up by mid-February.) <br />
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In Picasso's Basement's <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><a href="https://docs.google.com/file/d/0BwMevOemriibMFV6TzJjZU1KTjQ/edit" target="_blank">YOUNG AT ART CLASS</a></span></b> (for 4-5 year olds) we are already getting ready! The young Artists took recycled cereal boxes and painted bird houses on them. I helped them holes in the front for the bird entrance. We glued the paintings to cigar boxes that had the lids removed. The Artists painted corks and drew in eyes and beaks to create birds and then glued them to popsicle sticks perches that we attached. They were so excited by their creations that they continued painting beautiful Spring scenes!<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Anyhow, this is just a quick post to say <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"><b>HAPPY PRE-SPRING!</b></span> </span></div>
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Paula Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415027133555492625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246692340658018681.post-47834958055968883652013-03-07T04:58:00.000-08:002013-03-07T04:58:07.269-08:00Fun Event for Kids During Spring Break!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>COME TO A FUN SPRINGTIME KIDS EVENT DURING SPRING BREAK!</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">Hosted by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #741b47;">Little Scoops of Cranford</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;"> and featuring </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: purple;">Picasso's Basement crafts</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">, there will be egg decorating, hat making, a scavenger hunt, dance party and of course....ICE CREAM!</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #38761d;">You must prepay and preregister. Please go to <a href="http://http.//scavengerfriday.eventbrite.com/">http.//scavengerfriday.eventbrite.com/</a></span></span></div>
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Paula Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415027133555492625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246692340658018681.post-57489910872440211222013-03-04T19:16:00.003-08:002013-03-07T04:48:11.633-08:00FANWOOD CAMP REGISTRATION NIGHT!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hi Everyone, I'm reposting this announcement with the updated pricing.</div>
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I'm pleased as punch to announce two upcoming summer <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Picasso's Basement Summer Art Camps</span></b> being held at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>Forest Road Park in Fanwood</b></span>!<br />
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The first night for Registration will be on Wednesday, March 14th at the Forest Road Park Building. Fanwood residents can sign up from 7-7:45. Residents of other towns may sign up from 7:45-8:30.<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #0b5394; font-size: x-large;">MAKE YOUR OWN COMIC BOOK CAMP </span></span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>(Ages 8-12)</b></span></div>
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22-26, 9AM-Noon </span></b></div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">Forest Road Park, Fanwood, NJ </span></b></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">ART IN THE PARK CAMP</span> lets kids
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with paints, pen and ink, printmaking, sculpture, mask-making, and much more. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px;">Each day, a creative theme
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<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b>ROYAL ART DAY </b></span>Kings, Queens and Knights make coats of arms and 3D castles, and
battle the invisible knight! </span></li>
<li><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: 16px;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;">PIRATE DAY</span></b> treasure hunters create maps, sculpt
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: large;">For more info please <a href="mailto:paula@picassosbasement.com" target="_blank"><b>EMAIL ME</b> </a>or call me at (917)207-2301!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Cambria; font-size: large;">More info will also be available on the <a href="http://picassosbasement.com/" target="_blank">Picasso's Basement LLC WEBSITE</a> very soon!</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;">Traditional artwork depicting Taniwha</span></i></td></tr>
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I've done this project before but it's always so much fun! In my <b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #134f5c;">Passport to Art Class</span></b> all the young Artists make passports and each class we "travel" to a different country to learn about the culture and the artwork of that country. A few weeks ago we went to New Zeland for an hour.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><i>Some exuberant painting!</i></span></td></tr>
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The Maoris of New Zeland have always created amazing artwork with beautiful graphic swirls. Everything from their tikis to their facial tattoos are gorgeous.<br />
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The <span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #990000;"><b>Taniwha</b></span> </span>are mythological sea creatures. In some stories they are protectors, in some they are vicious. But the drawings and sculptures of these beings are vibrant and exciting. <br />
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The artists in the class created their own sea monsters. Some chose to use bubblewrap and mesh bags to add textures, underwater bubble patterns, and scales. </div>
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Paula Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415027133555492625noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246692340658018681.post-31199664442556102382013-01-01T19:50:00.000-08:002013-02-05T06:14:21.480-08:00A Cheery 2013 to You All<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A nice way to welcome in the New Year is some bright cheerful flowers. And nothing says cheery like flowers created by my 4-5year old class. Toss in some bright colors and recycled objects and you have the makings of some uplifting artwork.<br />
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Paula Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415027133555492625noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246692340658018681.post-51703331256928880102012-12-21T20:46:00.002-08:002013-01-01T19:23:18.210-08:00How To Teach Figure Drawing Without a Model!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I always have a few kids who really want to know how to draw people. Makes sense, yes? It's my favorite thing to draw too. But try as you might, you really really really need them to look at a model. Both in school and out I've spent countless hours at Life Drawing classes. Problem is the models are unclothed. NOT what you'd want for a class for kids.<br />
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I've tried everything over the years: having them look in the mirror (not too successful except for self- portraits), making my own kids pose for the class (only a good idea if you have kids that are NOT mine--one refused and the other one wriggled so much I might as well have had the artists draw weasels), cutouts from Fashion magazines (here the clothes so overpowered the form of the body that the kids went right to stylizing the figures.)<br />
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I explained gesture drawings to the students. They each had 1 minute with each photo, then we switched. Then they had 5 minutes with a picture. Switch. It was the best way to replicate an actual Life Drawing class where the models usually start out with short poses.<br />
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Paula Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415027133555492625noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246692340658018681.post-10830840663077236962012-12-21T06:41:00.004-08:002013-01-01T19:24:08.851-08:00New Picasso's Basement Website! Woo-hoo!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Pass this on to your friends who want to throw their kids a party! I can run a fabulous art party. </div>
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Tell a buddy who owns a preschool! I am happy to teach a class for them.</div>
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Let your local parks department know about it. I am running afternoon classes in the Fanwood park buildings but will travel locally! </div>
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Recommend me to retirement or assisted living communities! I can come in to help make a memory box with the seniors that they can share with family or use to honor a special person or moment in their lives.</div>
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A<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"> big </span>hearty hug and thank you to my friend <a href="http://www.lavrentyeva.com/" target="_blank">Lyuda Luvrentyeva</a> who designed the site. She is an<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"> amazing illustrator </span>to boot. (Right, you know the drill. Click her link too! She likes to work!)<br />
She worked hard into the night while I bombarded her with pictures of artwork and artists. She pored over fonts and tolerated my lack of technical know-how. Plus she fed me very very good bread. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cc0000;"><b> THANKS, LYUDA! </b></span></div>
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Paula Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415027133555492625noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246692340658018681.post-2965900005105361442012-12-03T19:48:00.002-08:002013-01-01T19:25:21.404-08:00Master of Disaster Projects (AND A GIVEAWAY!)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It is rare that I swipe a project directly from another blog or website but this one bore the markings of everything that is good in a project:<br />
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Even when I do get a project from another site I usually try to put my own spin on it but this looked so gorgeous. PRINTMAKING ON GELATIN SHEETS. Sounds like fun! Sounds challenging but exciting! Check it out here at <a href="http://cassiestephens.blogspot.com/2012/02/leafy-spring-prints.html" target="_blank">Cassie Stephens' blog.</a><br />
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Gorgeous, right? I imagined my students looking at me with new-found admiration and a greater understanding of the printmaking process.<br />
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Well, not the yummy kind of jello you had as kid. Of course I was thinking that. Delicious pretty friendly jello. I'd eaten it for years. My mom made it. My kids loved it. Good ol' fashioned jello.<br />
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Regular Jello IS this kind of jello. Yeah, but it's bright and cheerful and smells good. And I'm not a vegetarian and I'm not kosher so what's the big deal?</div>
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Making 3 trays of gelatin took 36 pouches. That's right. 36. And my kitchen smelled like ground pig. </div>
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Do you really want to keep reading? Well, I'll do you a favor cause it's a painful tale of woe. (I almost wrote <i>tail</i>. That wouldn't have really been funny, would it?) I'm gonna sum it all up in a list of chain of events. To make it more dramatic I'll talk about myself in the third person, like Bob Dole:</div>
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<li>Paula makes up list of items needed to do project</li>
<li>Paula calls local art supply store in advance which promises her they HAVE printmaking ink.</li>
<li>Paula gets all supplies. </li>
<li>Paula cooks 36 packets of smelly nasty gelatin and fills 3 cookie sheets.</li>
<li>Paula spills some on floor. Dog races over and laps it up. Dog vomits.</li>
<li>Paula cleans vomit. </li>
<li>Paula goes to parent-teacher conference for 9 year old, runs a little late.</li>
<li>Paula races to art supply store, just hours before her Mixed Age Group class is to arrive.</li>
<li>Art supply clerk takes her to printmaking ink aisle.<b> No printmaking ink. Only ink for stamp pads</b>.</li>
<li>Paula <b>DOES NOT</b> hurt the clerk or the apologetic customer service aide who tells her no one there knew what printmaking ink WAS. </li>
<li>Paula panics and substitutes tempera paint.</li>
<li>Students arrive. Paula shows them leaves and pictures of the glorious pieces we will all make.</li>
<li>Paula inks up nasty gelatin tray with tempera paint, students apply leaves, make first print.</li>
<li>Gloopy paint slithers under leaves, making ALL prints black.</li>
<li>Paula and students try many methods to make it better. They try printing other things. </li>
<li>Students discover that printing shells do nothing but leave you with a tray of shells embedded in gelatin.</li>
<li>Paula tells students to wash trays, we are going to try something different, neglecting to say USE COLD WATER.</li>
<li>Hot water causes slimy gelatin to pour off trays and into now-vile slop sink.</li>
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I'm going to do you another favor. I'm not going to show you our "prints". Use your imagination.</div>
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<b>Do you have a MASTER OF DISASTER PROJECT you care to share? If I get at least 5 submissions I will pick the most vile and send them one package of Mr. Clean Magic Eraser Cleaning Sponge. </b></div>
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Paula Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415027133555492625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246692340658018681.post-80996699462844122322012-11-28T18:40:00.002-08:002012-11-28T19:40:09.127-08:00MORE Face Jugs!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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In a <a href="http://paulacohen.blogspot.com/2012/11/face-jugs-and-hurricane.html" target="_blank">previous post</a> I shared our Face Jug project made from recycled jars and clay. The artists worked really hard on them. They were so incredibly varied and whimsical. Some were a little crazy looking, which is pretty appropriate considering how insane traditional face jugs can be.<br />
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Paula Cohenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415027133555492625noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4246692340658018681.post-18620379140575329512012-11-26T18:19:00.000-08:002012-11-28T18:14:26.215-08:00Comic Book Class 101<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've been teaching Comic Book Class through our Town Recreation Department. Those of you who know me may be surprised. Although I am an illustrator (see? I even have a <a href="http://www.paulacohenillustration.com/" target="_blank">WEBSITE!</a>) I have never been a comic book artist. I do, however, love comic books. My love started back in the 1980's when I'd snarf up copies of RAW Magazine, a compilation of alternative comics compiled by Art Spiegelman of <i>MAUS </i>fame. I became a huge fan of graphic novels but it wasn't until I had my boys that I began to appreciate more traditional comic books.<br />
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Now, of course, my 9 year old and I are regulars at the <a href="http://www.littleshopofcomics.com/" target="_blank">local comic book store.</a> After about a billion visits to the store I found myself reading up on how comic books are made, a little about the history, and a lot about the art. And I saw my son start to create his own comic books. I tried to guide him a little on how to put together the story, how to use lettering creatively, how to include action and details, how to work with pacing and planning, later on how to ink and color. Suddenly I had the structure of a class. </div>
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It's a class that is a pure joy to teach. The kids come in excited, ready to work, enthusiastic to share. We do exercises in story crafting, layout, sketching, figure drawing, adding expression and much more. Each artist</div>
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Here's a sample of some of the wonderful work created by the Picasso's Basement Comic Book artists.</div>
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This group is entirely made up of 2nd-to-4th graders!</div>
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I'm fortunate to know some amazing artists who have come to share their work with our class.</div>
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I can't wait to share more of their work with you!<br />
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