THIRD AIB RESIDENCY: June 2013

TENDER MOMENTS: napping on a naked lady, made by the eminently talented Bobette Stott.

Some close-ups:

Wall #1

Wall #2

Wall #2.5

New drawings

Revisited an old painting and made some new ones:

After the kids go home- art room paintings

I've been making these paintings throughout the semester, so I thought I'd post them before the residency. Should I bring them? I'm not sure. They're more therapy than anything else.

1st grade clay birds, 3rd grade clay pots

If I'm painting in the art room after 3:30, it means that either:

A. the kids were so bananas all day that I need to vent,
B. I don't have the energy to start cleaning, and dabbling is more fun! or
C. there's so much paint left over from the day's classes that it seems like a waste to throw it out.

This day was flipping awful. I call it 'clay cart angst'.

 Entitled 'things I'm not allowed to say because I'm a teacher.'

And these two are from a few months ago. I wasn't frustrated or anything-- there was just a lot of extra paint. I lost these, though! Can't figure out where they went. Which is a shame because I would like to go back into them and play with them.

Process pictures:

Leftover palettes from 4th grade's "blue willow pottery" period in February

An accordion book made with abandoned kids' drawings that folds out to make a bigger painting