Fine Art Workshops & Summer Camps for Children from age 6 to 14:
Learning oil painting
Allow your children to discover the uniqueness of oil paintings at a young age with an experienced artist from Europe, on Capitol Hill, in Seattle.
For many odd reasons, oil painting seems only accessible to older or experienced artists. Discovering oil paints at an early age is empowering and develops the subtleties of perception in color, contrast, texture etc…
Time is also an important part of the process of creating. (Not going too fast).
Children often cherish the silence you find in such classes and those memories are strong and a good base to learn patience and build awareness.
They will learn how to recognize colors on the palette, observe the complexity of colors in Nature and things surrounding them, and discover the richness of perception and how we express it.
These classes are open to all between the ages of 6 to 14.
Due to the delicacy and calmness needed for this program, please do not enroll your child if he or she does not enjoy these kinds of activities.
This year, one workshop is for both adults and children
Three 5-days workshops will be offered over the summer 2008.
At the end of each class, each young artist will bring home an oil painting on stretched canvas that she/he will produce through these 5 days.
Classes meet for 5 days from 9.00 AM to 3.00pm (an aftercare service is offered until 5.30pm).
Each day will be divided in 3 parts, morning session, lunch and nature observation, and afternoon session.
If you are interested in summer session or would like to be included in email updates, please email me and I will send you an update beginning of September.
Summer Camps Workshops 2008
1. THE SUN AND THE WIND Click for full description
Discovering each color and its full palette
From Monday, August 4th to Friday, August 8th
2. THE EAR IN THE EYE Click for full description
Associating colors to impressions, words or sounds
From Monday, August 11th to Friday, August 15th
3. THE EYE IN THE WIND Click for full description
Perceiving reality from different views - In French
From Monday, August 18th to Friday, August 22th
Artist Bio
Vanessa G. Briggs was born in London and raised in London, Cairo and Paris.
She went to High school at a Waldorf school in France (Ecole Perceval, Chatou) of which she has always said it changed her life.
She started painting at the age of 8 years old and still paints. Click here and here to see paintings.
She studied Architecture and Fine Arts at the Beaux-Arts de Paris in France with teachers such as Jean-Michel Alberola, and Marina Abramovic.
She obtained a Masters degree in contemporary arts in France at Le Fresnoy, National Studio for Contemporary Arts in 2000.
She has also made a short film with 2 children, her son Zephyr Aleta (Jewish Day School) and Ivy Girdwood, THE CAT AND THE CLOWN that was shown at the Northwest Film Forum, commissioned by the Childish Film Festival.