Mixing the Media Class February 2012
February 2012 kicked off another fun session of Mixing the Media. In three 1.5 hour sessions students explored collage and acrylic painting to create their own mixed media scenes on canvas. Below are some pics of the student work. Congrats guys! For more information about PONSHOP classes click here. Recommend on Facebook Tweet about it [...]
Second Annual PONSHOP Student Show Announcement
PONSHOP will be hosting their second annual Student Art Show in February 2012. Educating as many 98 students in 2011, the gallery will exhibit a cross section of paintings and ceramics completed by PONSHOP students over the past year. Student work will include all Adult and Youth Mixed Media and Ceramics, Intro to Street Art, [...]
Call For Artists: Second Annual PONSHOP Student Show
We are excited to announce our second annual PONSHOP Student Show this February and invite all students who participated in a PONSHOP workshop over the past year of 2011 to contribute to the exhibition. If you would like to exhibit the student work that you’ve done with teachers Gabriel and Scarlett Pons, simply RSVP back [...]
Intro to Street Art: September 2009
I had the pleasure of working with Simon throughout the month – facilitating him in the art of spray paint and stencil-making. Originally, he was one of my “Adult Drawing” students, but on his own initiative – he came to me with some sketches and an idea, and we took it from there. Below is [...]
Through an Architect’s Eyes: July 2009
This workshop took advantage of the remarkably comfortable July weather. For three 2-hour sessions, I took my student on an architectural walking tour of downtown Fredericksburg. I gave instruction on map-making, perspective drawing, and projected drawing (plan, section, and elevation) and demonstrated different techniques on representing space and structures. We also did contour drawings of [...]
"Mixing the Media": June 2009
June 2009: Grace participated in the “Mixing The Media” workshop and, within 3 sessions, created some great mixed media pieces. In this class, students are encouraged to create a “landscape” of imagery with found images and text. The student then interacts with the collage using painting and drawing. Below are some images from the final [...]
Private Student Sessions: Mixed Media
I had the pleasure of working with David again – this time for a mixed media workshop. His patience and attention to detail allowed him to layer up this composition on canvas. Check the progress and final pics below. Congratulations David! David “built up” his painting into a landscape, with a clear delineation between land [...]
Adult Drawing: September 2008
Full Scale Self Portrait: Krissy (left) Gabe (right) September ushered in a refreshing Adult Drawing Workshop. My student, Krissy, is a high school Junior whose interest in drawing and painting brought her to take this workshop. This workshop encourages students to make a habit out of drawing by keeping a sketchbook and practicing exercises to [...]
Intro to Street Art: September 2008
Nick followed up his “Skate to Create” workshop with the “Intro to Street Art” class. He was interested in creating his own style of letters, so we wasted no time getting down to business with sketching and painting… Nick learned some “can control” while making his outlines and fills (above and below). The finished product [...]
Mixing The Media: August 2008
In the “Mixing The Media” workshop, students combined scraps of paper, acrylic paint, spray paint and stencils to create their compositions. Grace and Jeff were excellent students and methodically layered their boards with images,color, and form until complete. Grace used xerox copies of earlier sketches as well as magazine clippings and some stock stencils in [...]