Winter Break Camp: Christmas Tree Magic
Winter Break Camp Day 2 – Christmas Tree Magic: Holiday Painting & Ornament Creations with Jessica Mahan
Tuesday, December 22
9 am – 12 pm
Ages 5 – 12 yrs
Minimum Students: 5 / Maximum Students: 16
$59 CAE Member / $65 Non-Member
Students will create a festive Christmas tree painting filled with ornaments, presents, and glowing holiday details. We’ll focus on building a strong composition while exploring color, pattern, and texture to bring the tree to life.
Students will be guided step-by-step while also having the freedom to design their own ornaments, choose colors, and add personal touches like gifts, lights, and snowy details.
In addition, students will paint and sculpt real ornaments they can take home and hang on a tree or gift to someone special.
Students will:
• Learn basic painting techniques (layering, brushwork, color mixing)
• Explore color, pattern, and festive design
• Practice composition using a central subject (the tree)
• Paint and sculpt their own ornaments
They will walk away with:
• One completed Christmas tree painting ready to display
• One or more hand-painted ornaments
• One or more sculpted ornaments
What to bring:
• Clothes that can get messy
• Water bottle/snack
Instructor
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Jessica MahanJessica Mahan is a professional acrylic and oil painter and an art teacher with a degree in Art Education and Secondary Education. She previously taught art in the public school system for 7 years, has been a professional artist for 8 years and loves sharing her love of art with others through classes, workshops, retreats and paint at home kits. She is in awe of the natural world. Nature has the ability to wake up her mind to the present moment, sparking ideas and insight. The resulting paintings are vivid, emotional, playful and dreamlike. Her art practice helps her slow down and notice the world around her by examining shapes, colors, movement rhythms and light. She often uses symbolism and thinks of her work as visual poetry. Outside of art, she loves travel, yoga, nature, music and hanging out with her dog.
