2 pastels, chalk, 8x9”, oil 6x9”, abstract, 2023

Talking myself out of a rage, the tweeny art therapist was a twit. Know your audience!

I was irritated by a UCLA art therapist talking down to us in a CPITS Zoom class.

 

Oil pastel heart 9 x 12" no idea of date, class demo

 

torn paper collage crayon 9 x 12" no idea of date, class demo

 

Wet pastel, class demo, Emerson, 2018

In-class demo, unfired clay turtle, fish, cup

 

Class demos, Emerson, 2018

In-class demos, drawing, toy beetle, self portrait 9 x 12" felt pen, ca. 2013

 

In-class teaching demos, Klee inspired “quilts”, each piece is 18 x 24" on sulfite paper, tempera, 2008

These pieces were recombined in infinite possibilities. Sometimes I had students make those decisions. And when we had a show-and-tell critique of their own work, they'd rearrange their pieces too. I like the collective thinking process.

Teaching demo, inventive fish, tempera, ca. 2008, from a Facebook album, Literrata link

Teaching demo, inventive fish, tempera, ca. 2008, from a Facebook album, Literrata link

Teaching samples, Butterfly paintings (in class demos), tempera, 2008, Literrata link

Teaching samples, Butterfly paintings (in class demos), tempera, 2008, Literrata link

In class demos, wet pastel, ca. 2008, 4 x 6” landscapes from calendars

Mt. St. Helena, from a drawing, wet pastel, 4 x 6” in-class demo, 2008

Teaching demo, watercolor & wax resist, fanciful fish, 2005-2006, from a Facebook album, Literrata link

Teaching demo, Watercolor & wax resist, fanciful fish, 2005-2006, from a Facebook album, Literrata link