Full Cold Moon, South Portland Maine

Posted: December 11, 2011 | Author: becca neumann | Filed under: Gallery - Visual | 2 Comments

Happy Holidays!

Giraffe Family

Posted: December 5, 2011 | Author: becca neumann | Filed under: Art & Healing, Gallery - Visual | 6 Comments

I’m happy to say that we’re all up and roaming again. Together.

Mama & Baby Giraffes Making Progress

Posted: November 29, 2011 | Author: becca neumann | Filed under: Art & Healing | 1 Comment

Holiday Cards with Kids

Posted: November 26, 2011 | Author: becca neumann | Filed under: Child Centered Activities | 4 Comments

Super simple – cut some sponges into shapes ahead of time and use to make holiday prints on cardstock. We used acrylic paints which I put out in small amounts at a time. You can top off with glitter or add to w/other materials (colored pencils, markers, crayons, oil pastels) after the paint has dried.

Baby Giraffe in Progress

Posted: November 22, 2011 | Author: becca neumann | Filed under: Art & Healing | 3 Comments

Memory Game for Kids

Posted: November 20, 2011 | Author: becca neumann | Filed under: Child Centered Activities | 2 Comments

Save gift paper scraps! They’re always great for collages but in this case, memory games too. I cut blue card-stock for the background paper, glued the pictures down, then covered with contact paper.

Jingle Bell Skirt

Posted: November 17, 2011 | Author: becca neumann | Filed under: Child Centered Activities | 3 Comments

I cut strips of scrap fabric and tied them once to a piece of elastic. Next I sewed bells to the ends of some of the strips. Simple and tons of fun!!

Giraffe Base Coat

Posted: November 16, 2011 | Author: becca neumann | Filed under: Art & Healing | 3 Comments

I’m mixing multi-surface acrylic paints for the base coat.

Work-in-progress

Posted: November 15, 2011 | Author: David | Filed under: Art & Healing, Gallery - Visual | 1 Comment

I am turning a Japanese Maple tree into a sculpture, spraying it with Chinese Red oil paint, with lacquer to follow. The piece will be mounted on a metal bracket attached to the wall. The roots will be left unpainted and dipped in thinned out lacquer. While painting, the tree hangs from the roots to allow me easily to turn it while I spray the color. These photos show the tree after three coats of primer, and then two successive coats of color. I anticipate several more coats will be needed to reach full color.