Cloud Painting

I did a seminar at Michaels in Huntington Beach on Painting Clouds last Monday. We are going to a class on just painting clouds this Monday.

Summer Painting Kids Classes in Huntington Beach.

Summer Painting Kids Classes in Huntington Beach.: Summer Painting Kids Classes in Huntington Beach.

from the Artist Mannequin Painting event. This was a lot of f... on Twitpic

from the Artist Mannequin Painting event. This was a lot of f... on Twitpic

Happy Valentines Day

Pinewood Paint Up, Huntington Beach

Pinewood Paint up

I had the first Pinewood paint up event on Saturday in Huntington Beach. There were a lot of people there and though it was very busy it was a lot of fun.
Apparently the timing was also right as there is a Pinewood derby next week

I helped the young people there as much as I could with paint, types of paint, ways to paint and how to use a couple of the different brushes and with a few scouts, how to use the airbrush on a very basic level.
The area troop leader showed up fresh from a car shaping event that apparently had taken place earlier that day.

Apparently some packs have races for family members and parents after the scouts have their race so I had several sisters of scouts painting cars.

There was even a mother who was making a car simply because she never had before and as one son had moved up into the boy Scouts and her other son would be doing the same this soon, this was the last year of cub scouts. After the event I helped her find a gloss coat for her car and more importantly some shadow boxes so she could display all her sons Cub Scout badges and thing as she has lots of fond memories of the scouting experience.

I am going to add a Sunday event in Orange (January 22th) next week as apparently the YMCA Indian Princesses will be hosting a pinewood derby that is a very large event.

Unfortunately I was too busy to be able to take pictures.

Next week Paint up event will be in Aliso Viejo.

http://www.jacktheartist.com/paint/pinewoodpaint.php

Let there be snow....

Not so sure what yet but Thursday night in Santa Ana there will be the Snow Scene. Friday in Buena Park also.
Next week in a couple of places there is to be a Hanukkah picture.
So it is time to PAINT!!!!

On December 11th I will be doing a painting class at Michaels In Orange for the children of the Anaheim Interfaith Shelter, Halcyon. This is a transitional living facility geared towards families. It is a strict program with a high success rate in assisting families in becoming self-sufficient. The people that live there need to have a job and have to save 80% of their money toward getting settled into a home of their own so they do not have much in the way of extra funds.

I was approached by a long time friend, Keith Olesen who wanted to seek donations and raise money to pay for the kids from this shelter to go to one of my painting classes. The idea was to provide them with a fun learning activity/event and with Christmas coming up they could use whatever they paint as a Christmas present for their parents or friends. I thought this was a great opportunity and cause to pursue so Store manager Jeremy Graves, Keith Olesen and myself got together and arranged a class.
There will be 15 young people plus a possibility of 5 more from elsewhere. I have put together a supply list which is more than is actually needed. Our thinking was to provide the participants something they could take with them so that they could pursue painting further should they so desire. Given the current cuts to art programs in the school system this is an opportunity we felt that these particular young people would not otherwise enjoy. This is not so much a charity as a sponsorship. I would like to explore the possibility of seeking sponsorships for an additional 1 month of classes for those who would like to continue.
Please keep in mind that the Anaheim Interfaith Shelter/Halcyonis always in need of donations to fund it's operationsand keep their programs running.

Opening Hearts to Art