Fall Break Camp: Aspen Magic
Fall Break Camp – Day 2: Aspen Magic with Jessica Mahan
Tuesday, October 13
9 am – 12 pm
Ages 5 – 12 yrs
Minimum Students: 5 / Maximum Students: 16
$59 CAE Member / $65 Non-Member
Inspired by Colorado’s golden aspens, students will paint a magical forest scene filled with tall trees and woodland animals. We’ll focus on creating vertical tree compositions and adding personality through animals like foxes, owls, deer, or even imaginative creatures. Students will learn how to create texture in trees, use contrast to make their subject stand out, and bring their forest to life with storytelling. We will also create mini forest creature sculptures out of clay.
Students will:
• Learn how to paint trees and create texture
• Practice composition with tall vertical elements
• Add animals and personal storytelling to their artwork
They will walk away with:
• One completed aspen forest painting with animals
What to bring:
• Water bottle/snack and clothes that can get messy
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.
